WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2022 – The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is celebrating major victories for transgender people today with the announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of major changes by the US State Department, US Transportation Security Administration and the US Social Security Administration. According to the White House, the State Department will […]
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US Department of Education Says Title IX Protects Transgender Kids from Discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2021 – The US Department of Education today announced that it will interpret Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. “This is a day that transgender kids and their families have been waiting for,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, deputy executive director […]
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Ignoring Decades of Law, 16 States Ask SCOTUS to Limit Transgender Legal Protections
Aug. 27, 2018 – In defiance of two decades of federal case law, officials from sixteen states have asked the Supreme Court to declare transgender people have zero employment protections under the law. In an amicus brief filed with the Court late last week, the Attorneys General of 13 states and the Governors of three […]
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NCTE Calls For Immediate Release of Transgender Asylum Seeker
June 11, 2018 – The National Center for Transgender Equality joins Amnesty International in calling for the immediate release of a transgender asylum seeker currently held in ICE custody. Alejandra (last name withheld for her protection) arrived in the United States in 2017 after fleeing persecution in her home country of El Salvador as an […]
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Mara Keisling: Ignoring his hateful record, Senate confirms Mike Pompeo
April 26, 2018 – Despite his disqualifying claims and stances on the rights of LGBT people, the U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Secretary Pompeo has pushed away LGBT advocacy groups while embracing extremist far-right groups like the Family Research Council. He called the historic Supreme Court case confirming […]
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Education Department Heaps More Harm on Sexual Assault Survivors, Transgender Students
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 22, 2017—Today, the Department of Education withdrew critical guidance on schools’ and universities’ obligations under federal law to survivors of sexual assault. Based on established law and longstanding Department policies, the 2011 and 2014 guidance documents detailed school responsibilities under the federal Title IX law, which protects students from discrimination on the […]