All posts tagged "national center for transgender equality"
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Christie vetoes N.J. transgender birth certificate bill
Veto override looks unlikely as Christie demands bill have more safeguards against "fraud, deception and abuse"
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Transgender groups and allies blast Huckabee for “creepy” comments
The National Center for Transgender Equality and other pro-transgender groups hit back at former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee after comments the Republican presidential aspirant had...
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Murray, Israel introduce Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation on Wednesday to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity...
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Hawaii Legislature sends transgender birth certificate bill to governor’s desk
Hawaii has simplified the process by which transgender and intersex individuals may obtain a new, clean version of their birth certificate. The Hawaii Legislature last...
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Vincent Paolo Villano: The Next Generation Awards 2015
The Next Generation Awards 2015
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White House backs conversion therapy bans
The Obama administration on Wednesday came out in support of ending the practice of so-called “conversion” or “reparative” therapy on minors in an effort to...
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Transgender TIES Summit Comes to Richmond
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, will host VIRGINIA TIES (Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit) on Oct. 4, a summit bringing together more...
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Maryland Eliminates Trans Healthcare Exclusions
FreeState Legal, the legal advocacy organization working on behalf of low-income LGBTQ Marylanders, announced Tuesday that the state of Maryland, in response to the threat...
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Ban on transition-related care lifted for federal health care plans
Ban on transition-related care lifted for federal health care plans
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Transgender military equality: The plan of attack
Inside the fight for transgender equality in the American military
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Squabble over Signature Gatherers
Two Maryland transgender-rights groups have begun expressing disagreement about how best to respond to anti-equality activists who are collecting petition signatures to place recently passed statewide gender-identity/expression...
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Community Responds to Task Force Recommendations
Seven local groups that deal with LGBT rights issued a combined response Thursday to findings of the Anti-Defamation League's Hate Crimes Assessment Task Force (HCATF)...
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CAP Releases LGBT Detainee Report
Four days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, an audience at the downtown D.C. headquarters of the Center for American Progress (CAP) listened to a story that...
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D.C. Birth Certificate Bill Passes Second Vote
The D.C. Council today unanimously approved on a voice vote the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act of 2013, which allows transgender and...
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Study shows increasing support for gay marriage among media outlets, including Fox News
Major news outlets – even Fox News – are showing increased support for gay marriage, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. The results show...
