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The US Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it is closing the gap in survivor benefits for certain survivors of LGBTQ veterans, specifically those who were unable to wed until the 2015 Obergefell Supreme Court Decision.

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), mark the impending close of the public comment period on the Biden-Harris Administration’s proposed Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation for Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and partners will launch the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS), the largest survey of transgender people in the United States, at ustranssurvey.org on Oct. 19 at 9 a.m. ET.

TLDEF will honor Willkie Farr & Gallagher and volunteer attorney Stefan Dann for their long-standing pro bono service in support of advancing legal equity for transgender people.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s preliminary injunction in Brandt v. Rutledge, a case challenging Arkansas Act 626, which would deny transgender people under 18 medically necessary, gender affirming health care.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced that the White House will hold a summit in September focused on hate and extremism.

Eight-five national, state, and local organizations, led by National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Transgender Law Center (TLC), and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), announced the next phase of the Protect Trans Health campaign.

The Biden-Harris administration has finally released a new proposed rule that takes major steps forward to protect trans people from health care discrimination!

Eight-five national, state and local organizations, led by National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Transgender Law Center (TLC) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), announced the next phase of the Protect Trans Health campaign.

Read more about Louis, an eighteen-year-old queer and transmasculine recent high school graduate.

Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration released new regulations that will restore and expand nondiscrimination protections that are part of the Affordable Care Act.

The United Steelworkers union (USW), the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), and Indiana Legal Services (ILS) announced a major health care achievement for workers at U.S. Steel who are either transgender or who have transgender dependents in their families.