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LGBTQ+ advocates are closely watching the outcome of a Trans-inclusive restroom dispute unfolding in St. Johns County, Florida where the school district won’t allow Trans students to use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity.

Today, 145 organizations sent a letter to the “Big Three” credit bureaus and to the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) urging them to take needed actions to correct credit report problems for transgender and nonbinary consumers.

Earlier this month, a New Jersey appeals court unanimously ruled in favor of a transgender man who sought to keep his name change private, finding that transgender individuals deserve privacy and protection from the emotional and physical harm that could come from publicizing their name changes.

Equality California and 144 partner organizations sent a letter to the "Big Three" credit bureaus and the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) Thursday urging them to take needed actions to correct credit report problems for transgender and nonbinary consumers.

TLDEF Executive Director Andy Marra said in a statement: "TLDEF applauds President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who makes history as the first Black woman to be nominated to our nation’s highest court..."

Penn’s Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, and Yale’s Iszac Henig, a transgender man, became only the second and third out transgender athletes to win individual Division I conference titles.

Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officers in Florida degraded, humiliated and abused three transgender people after being arrested at racial justice protests in 2020, a federal lawsuit accuses.

Prominent transgender and non-binary people as well as businesses, professional associations, and medical professionals are speaking out against Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming health care.

Three transgender people, Gabriela Amaya Cruz, Christian Pallidine, and Ángel Jae Torres-Bucci, filed suit in federal court against Miami-Dade County for abuse they suffered while in county custody after being arrested at protests for Black lives in 2020.

It has been roughly 18 months since three transgender protesters were arrested at separate demonstrations during the summer of 2020 on misdemeanor charges of obstructing traffic and violating curfew.

Today, three transgender people, Gabriela Amaya Cruz, Christian Pallidine, and Ángel Jae Torres Bucci, filed suit in federal court against Miami-Dade County for abuse they suffered while in county custody after being arrested at protests for Black lives in 2020.

Trans Arkansans are in a fight for their lives and their list of supporters keeps growing.