Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.

Back to School! Join us as NY Governor David Paterson Signs DASA Into Law

Back to School!  Join us as NY Governor David Paterson Signs DASA Into Law

On Wednesday, September 8, students in New York City return to school. Please join us that morning as New York Governor David Paterson signs the Dignity for All Students Act into law. Where: The Center, 208 West 13th Street, Manhattan. When: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 11 a.m. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in New York face tremendous amounts of bullying and harassment. One recent survey conducted by GLSEN found that 79% had been verbally harassed in the past year because of their sexual orientation and 62% had been verbally harassed because of how they... more