Transgender Law Center Explained

Transgender Law Center
Founded Date:2002, San Francisco, California, United States
Area Served:United States
Focus:transgender law
Method:Campaigning, advocacy, lobbying, research
Key People:Shelby Chestnut (executive director)[1]

The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest American transgender-led civil rights organization in the United States. They were originally California's first "fully staffed, state-wide transgender legal organization" and were initially a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.[2] The stated mission of TLC is to connect transgender people and their families to technically sound and culturally competent legal services, increase acceptance and enforcement of laws and policies that support California's transgender communities, and work to change laws and systems that fail to incorporate the needs and experiences of transgender people. TLC utilizes direct legal services, public policy advocacy, and educational opportunities to advance the rights and safety of diverse transgender communities.[3]

Since launching in 2002,[4] TLC has held over 250 transgender law workshops providing legal information to more than 3,250 community members, attorneys, social service providers, and business owners, as well as collaborated on public policy initiatives designed to improve safety in schools and prisons and safe access to public restrooms for transgender people in San Francisco. TLC successfully helped to revise San Francisco's "Regulations to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination" in December 2003,[5] making them more inclusive of people who do not identify as strictly female or male, and to pass legislation in the City of Oakland banning gender identity discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodation, and city services.[6]

Legal work

In 2015, the Transgender Law Center joined a lawsuit filed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that resulted in a settlement that established a precedent of the state providing gender-affirming medical care.[7]

In 2016, the Transgender Law Center and co-counsel filed a suit on behalf of a transgender high schooler who was prohibited from using the boys' bathroom.[8] In 2017 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in favor of the student, finding that the school's policy violated Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.[9]

Transgender economic health

The survey Good Jobs NOW!, conducted jointly by the Transgender Law Center and the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2006, provided data on the economic reality experienced by transgender people and their families.[10] [11] The team surveyed 194 self-identified transgender people living, working, or looking for work in San Francisco. Survey findings included:

A statewide survey, "The State of Transgender California Report", was conducted in 2008. Findings included that respondents were more than twice as likely to live under the poverty line as the general population.[12]

Nashville controversy

On May 21, 2018, members of the TLC as well as the Transgender Education Network of Texas were denied service at the Elliston Place IHOP in Nashville, Tennessee.[13] [14] The IHOP issued an apology.[13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ferrannini . John . New Transgender Law Center ED 'humbled' to lead organization . March 16, 2023 . . February 21, 2023.
  2. Web site: 18 July 2013. Transgender Law: Overview. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215184000/http://www.nclrights.org/our-work/transgender-law/transgender-law/. 15 December 2018. 22 May 2018. Nclrights.org.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107062048/http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Clerk/City_Council/2013/10Oct/Documents/2013-10-01_Item_08_Proclamation_in_Honor_of_Transgender_Law.aspx . 2014-11-07 .
  4. Web site: Engardio. Joel P.. Legal Precedent: A transgender Stanford grad and his colleague are set to open the first-ever law center for transgender issues. SF Weekly. May 27, 2016. June 12, 2002.
  5. Web site: Compliance Guidelines to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination. Human Rights Commission. City and County of San Francisco. May 27, 2016. December 10, 2003.
  6. News: Laird. Cynthia. Oakland OKs gender identity ordinance. May 27, 2016. Bay Area Reporter. December 18, 2003.
  7. Stahl . Aviva . Transgender Prisoners: What an Inmate's Surgery Means for Trans Rights . Rolling Stone . 9 November 2017 . Penske Business Media, LLC. . 11 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District . Transgender Law Center . 11 June 2021.
  9. News: Brown . Emma . Appeals court sides with transgender student in Wis. school bathroom case . 11 June 2021 . The Washington Post . 30 May 2017.
  10. Web site: Good Jobs NOW!. Transgender Law Center. May 28, 2016. April 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402223754/http://transgenderlawcenter.org/issues/employment/good-jobs-now. dead.
  11. Web site: Szymanski. Zak. TG job, health efforts get funding. Bay Area Reporter. May 27, 2016. July 7, 2006.
  12. Web site: Hemmelgarn. Seth. Report: Even with protections, transgenders in California. Bay Area Reporter. May 27, 2016. October 29, 2009.
  13. News: McGauthy. Lauren. Transgender activists say they were gawked at, denied service at Nashville IHOP. May 22, 2018. Dallas News. May 22, 2018.
  14. News: Allison. Natalie. Transgender activists with service dog say they were denied service at Nashville IHOP. May 22, 2018. The Tennessean. May 22, 2018.

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