Lawyers

• University of Pittsburgh, transgender student settle lawsuit over locker room usage

  The University of Pittsburgh just settled one of its cases regarding a transgender student who was barred from using the men's locker room.

• North Carolina transgender bathroom law draws lawsuit

  Transgender people challenged North Carolina’s new law that bans local governments from passing local anti-discrimination ordinances and dictates that transgender residents use the public restrooms of their biological sex.

• San Francisco mayor bans employee travels to North Carolina over ‘anti-LGBT’ law

  San Francisco Mayor, Ed Lee, has issued a ban on all city-funded travels to the North Carolina after their decision to limit rights for transgender individuals.

• Justice Department advises U.S. Prisons to consider identities of transgender inmates to protect them from violence

  The hostility and violence that transgender inmates face have prompted the Justice Department to strongly advise US prisons to keep them in cells aligned according to their new identity in order to protect them.

• Disputed Obamacare rule would broaden transgender rights

  The latest proposal for the Obamacare involves broadening rights for the transgender consumers. Covering gender transitions and realignment could be constituted under Barack Obama's health care law but big companies and employers are pushing back against it.

• New York Mayor guarantees free access to bathrooms matching one’s gender identity

  New Yorkers are now guaranteed the right to visit the restroom that matches their gender identity in all city buildings.

• Two employers charged with sex discrimination over sexual orientation; EEOC action creates LGBT explicit right

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two separate suits, alleging sex discrimination based on sexual orientation, against Scott Medical Center and IFCO Systems.

• South Dakota governor prevents transgender restroom bill to become a law

  Gov. Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota has vetoed a bill that would require transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities that correspond to their gender at birth.

• South Dakota Passed 'Bathroom Bill' To Separate Transgender Students

  South Dakota passes on bathroom bill to separate transgender students. Organizations say that this is an act of discrimination.

• Proposed transgender bill critics threaten boycott of South Dakota tourism

  Critics of South Dakota's proposed transgender bill, advocating that transgender students should use bathrooms aligned with the sex of their birth, say they will boycott the state's tourism unless governor Dennis Daugaard vetoes the bill.

• Court to Hear Arguments in Virginia Transgender Restroom Case

  A federal appeals court will start hearing the arguments of the case of Gloucester High School student Gavin Grimm, who is a transgender and a female at birth. He was not allowed by the school to use the boys’ restroom.

• Appeal Seeks New Judge in Gloucester Transgender Lawsuit

  Gavin Grimm, the 16-year-old transgender high school student in the center of the Gloucester High School restroom use policy, has spoken out since his the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the school.

• UK Tries to Give Transgender Equal Rights

  Parliament committee will try to offer equal rights to the trans people. Women and Equalities Committee wrote a report as to what need to change.

• Adults May Now Change Gender Legally by Filling a Form

  Adult transgender individuals may now fill up a form to change their gender legally Good news awaits adults who want the freedom to choose their own gender legally.