Since 2006, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has had the power to designate any public space in D.C.
Ending Trans Exclusions: The Path To Inclusive Healthcare
Many of the existing inclusions for LGB—and particularly—T people have been hard won over the last 20 years. On Monday, June 16, four major organizations met to take stock of the history and trajectory for LGBT inclusions in healthcare.
New Report: Transgender People Face High Levels of Violence
On May 29th, 2014, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released their National Report on Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transg
Seven UN Agencies: Surgery as a Condition of Legal Recognition is Forced Sterilization
In "Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization - An interagency statement," the World Health Organization (WHO) and several other UN agencies have recognized that sterilization without the "full, free and informed consent
LGBT Workers Continue to Face Unfair Discrimination
Today, as Exxon Mobil’s shareholders vote again to deny workplace protections to its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees, and the city of Houston, Texas votes on whether to extend such protections to LGBT workers, a newly rele