Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE), formerly TLDEF, brought the case on Lange’s behalf in 2019, after her employer refused to cover her healthcare needs. Despite clear medical needs and expert ...

All VHA staff are to provide care to transgender patients “in a manner that is consistent with their self-identified gender identity.” This includes: VHA staff and providers are required to refer to ...

Our team of legal and policy experts has pulled together a critical resource for our trans community: The Trans Legal Survival Guide. Given the upcoming administration’s anti-trans track record, our ...

It is possible to change your name in every jurisdiction in the United States. The process of obtaining a name change (not through marriage or divorce) requires the involvement of the court. This ...

Drag is a type of entertainment where people dress up and perform, often in highly stylized ways. The term originated as British theater slang in the 19th century and was used to describe women’s ...

[Washington, D.C.] - Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) and the law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Chiles v. Salazar on behalf of transgender, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an alarming “public inquiry” to attack the field of transition-related healthcare (gender-affirming care)—a safe, effective, and medically necessary ...

American policing is in grave need of reform. Reports of racial and religious profiling, killings of unarmed civilians, and sexual abuse and other forms of misconduct by police across the nation are ...