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Sgt. Anna Lange is a transgender woman who has served as a deputy in the Houston County Sheriff’s Office since 2006 and continues to be employed there as a Sergeant. 

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a proposed revised Equal Access Rule (EAR) that rolls back longstanding protections ensuring trans people can access federally funded shelters and services consistent with their gender identity.

A4TE issued the following statement by CEO Andrea “Andy” Hong Marra in response to an announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center

Late yesterday, A4TE and a coalition of 21 national and local organizations sent a letter to the Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs (MOLGBTQA) , the DC Office of Human Rights, and the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia detailing widespread allegations of mistreatment, particularly toward trans and nonbinary people.

Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) and the law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel respond today to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar, which reversed and remanded the lower court’s decision upholding Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law.

Today, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut enjoined Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (Aetna) exclusion of gender-affirming transition-related facial surgeries for two trans women, Jamie Homnick and Gennifer Herley, in Advocates for Trans Equality’s (A4TE) class action lawsuit.

Today, U.S. Rep Pramila Jayapal of Washington and U.S. Sen Edward Markey of Massachusetts reintroduced the Trans Bill of Rights, and Advocates for Trans Equality celebrates the landmark resolution.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in State of West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Hecox v. Little, cases involving states policies that categorically bar trans students from participating in school sports consistent with their affirmed gender.

Today, the Trump Administration released three proposed rules that would severely restrict access to transition-related care for transgender youth.

In response to H.R. 3492, which seeks to criminalize safe and evidence-based transition-related health care for trans and gender-diverse youth, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) has brought together a coalition of over 160 national and grassroots organizations from multiple health equity movements, urging Congress to reject this bill.

Amici include ten legal scholars and historians with expertise in the history of gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ+ rights. The brief underscores the longstanding history of de jure discrimination—that is, discrimination by the legal system—against transgender people.

Ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) released its 2025 Remembrance Report, honoring fifty-eight known trans people who have passed away this year.