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.
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 Yorkers are now guaranteed the right to visit the restroom that matches their gender identity in all city buildings.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two separate suits, alleging sex discrimination based on sexual orientation, against Scott Medical Center and IFCO Systems.
