In the last two weeks, two different federal courts in Ohio and Wisconsin have held that the federal Title IX protects transgender students from discrimination, including being forced into a separate restroom. Both cases involved students who had struggled with their schools over multiple school years before turning to the courts.
Yesterday a group of U.S. Senators sent a letter urging the Veterans Administration to eliminate its blanket ban on medically necessary transition-related surgeries for transgender veterans.
This week the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), an organization that develops model programs for motor vehicle agencies across North America, has released a resource showcasing effective driver’s license gender marker change policies. NCTE worked closely with AAMVA to develop this new resource, and our hope is that it will assist states with outdated or nonexistent gender marker change policies to implement better policies.
Today the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a final regulation that requires federally-funded emergency shelters to provide access to shelter accommodations consistent with a person’s gender identity. This follows similar Department of Justice guidance for domestic violence shelters and other programs funded by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Following in the footsteps of numerous other federal agencies, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a letter last week clarifying that discriminating against LGBT people in the realm of credit falls under the category of "sex discrimination."
