TLDEF In the News Archive

Education

• San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: Governor David Paterson Signs New York’s First Bill Ensuring Transgender Protections (9-9-10)
• On Top Magazine: NY Governor David Paterson Signs Gay, Trans-Inclusive Anti-Bullying Bill (9-8-10)
• The Advocate: N.Y. Governor to Sign Antibullying Bill (9-3-10)
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle: New York State Senate Passes Dignity for All Students Act (7-8-10)
• On Top Magazine: New York Senate Approves Gay, Trans-Inclusive Anti-Bullying Bill (6-23-10)
• Edge: New York State Passes Anti-Bullying Law (6-23-10)
• Columbia Daily Spectator: Binary Operations (2-4-10)
• Windy City Times: LGBT Attorneys Talk of Experiences (8-5-09)
• Casper Star-Tribune: School, Group Debate Restroom (5-15-07)

Other topics

• Russia Today (video): Transforming America (8-13-10)
• QNotes: Coastal: Trans Member Denied, But Still Fighting (7-24-10)
• The Advocate: Trans Woman Booted from Country Club (7-15-10)
• WWAY News Channel 3: Beach Club Revokes Transgendered Woman's Membership (7-15-10)
• WWAY News Channel 3 Video: Beach Club Revokes Transgendered Woman's Membership (7-15-10)
• Wilmington StarNews: Transgender Issue Leads Club to Cancel Membership (7-14-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Alleges N.C. Beach Club Forced Her to Resign Membership (7-7-10)
• Edge: New York Lawmakers Could Finally Vote On Transgender Non-Discrimination Bill (6-4-10)
• Edge: Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Celebrates Fifth Anniversary (5-26-10)
• The Bilerico Project: Smart, Sexy and Making A Difference: Transgender Legal Defense Fund Celebrates 5th Anniversary (5-26-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Murdered on Milwaukee Street (5-20-10)
• Next Magazine: SCENE + HEARD: Stonewall Community Foundation Provides A Pool Of Philanthropic Cuties (4-30-10)
• The New York Times: Vigil for a Murder Victim (4-22-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Found Strangled to Death in Queens Apartment (4-1-10)
• Examiner.com: HUD to Hold Town Hall Meeting for Input on Groundbreaking LGBT Housing Discrimination Study (2-25-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Sues N.J. Police Department for Harassment (2-23-10)
• Edge: Activists, Politicians, Urge Puerto Rican Authorities to Prosecute López Murder as Hate Crime (11-18-09)
• Windy City Times: LGBT Attorneys Talk of Experiences (8-5-09)
• WABC TV - New York: Gay Pride March Marks Uprising Anniversary (6-28-09)
• Gay City News: A Civil Rights Movement Assessed (6-25-09)
• The Indypendent: NYPD Getting Frisky (5-15-09)
• The New York Observer: New York, Tonight: March 10, 2009 (3-10-09)
• UK Gay News: Transgender Advocacy Group Calls Upon Lawmakers to Pass Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (11-25-08)
• Feminist Daily News Wire: Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Honors Those Lost to Violence (11-20-08)
• American Chronicle: Lateisha Green's Death Highlights Need for Comprehensive Hate Crimes Legislation (11-19-08)
• American Chronicle: Lateisha Green's Death Highlights Need for Comprehensive Hate Crimes Legislation (11-19-08)
• Edge: Transgender Advocacy Group Calls Upon Authorities to Fully Investigate Transgender Woman’s Death (11-19-08)
• The Rainbow Times: Transgender Advocacy Group Applauds Barbara Walters' Feature On Thomas Beatie (11-19-08)
• Edge: Transpersons Fight to Vote Under New Identities (11-5-08)
• The New York Times: Fighting for the Rights of Transgender Voters (11-4-08)
• Edge: Police Beating of Transgender Woman Ignites Controversy (6-27-08)
• The Village Voice: Buck Angel, A Man With a Pussy: LGB Without the T (6-17-08)
• Edge: Transgender Legal Group Celebrates Third Anniversary (6-11-08)
• Bay Windows: Gender-Based Discrimination is a Gay Issue (11-29-07)
• The New York Times: Letters: Falling Short on Equal Rights (11-16-07)
• San Francisco Bay Times: Dignity for All (5-10-07)

Access to health care

• Edge: Indiana Hospital Refuses to Treat Transgender Woman (8-12-10)
• Harvard Crimson: Treating Transgender Needs: Part II in a II Part Series (3-11-10)
• The Harvard Crimson: New Policy Covers Transgender Health: Part I in a II Part Series (3-10-10)
• Dallas Voice: Trans Advocates Protest Bush’s 11th-hour HHS Rule Change (12-23-08)
• Edge: Death of HIV+ Trans Woman in Immigration Custody Sparks Protests (8-25-07)
• The Advocate: Answers Sought in Trans Detainee's Death (8-23-07)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Transgender Health Care Discrimination (6-4-07)

Family

• Edge: When Is It Too Early to Decide to Change Genders? (7-19-10)

Housing

• Sirius XM OutQ News: Activists Praise HUD’s New FHA Guidelines (7-5-10)

Identity Documents

• Philadelphia Gay News: Passport Gender Policy Eased (6-17-10)
• EmaxHealth: Transgender Individuals Do Not Require Surgery to Get a Passport (6-10-10)
• Dallas Voice: Activists Applaud New Policy on Passports, Gender (6-10-10)
• On Top Magazine: Transgender Group Cheers New Passport Requirements (6-10-10)
• Columbia Daily Spectator: Binary Operations (2-4-10)
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Local Courts Making Transgender Name-Changes Easier (1-28-10)
• ABA Journal: Two Decisions and Law Firm Volunteers Help with Transgender Name Changes (1-25-10)
• The Advocate: Manhattan: A Haven for Trans Name Changes (1-25-10)
• The New York Times: For Transgender People, Name Is a Message (1-24-10)
• Examiner: Judges Barred from Demanding Doctor's Notes in Transgender Name Change Cases (10-25-09)
• Edge: NY Court: Trans People Don’t Need Dr.’s Note for Name Change (10-23-09)
• The Guardian: Judges Barred from Demanding Doctor's Notes in Transgender Name Change Cases (10-23-09)
• Pink News: Ruling Bars Courts from Asking for Doctor's Notes in Trans Name Changes (10-23-09)
• Gothamist: Ruling Eases Name Changes For Transgender (10-22-09)
• Leonard Link: N.Y. Appellate Term Panel Rejects Medical Substantiation Requirement for Trans Name Change (10-22-09)
• Staten Island Advance: NYC Transgender Man Wins Right to Name Change (10-21-09)
• The New York Times: Ruling Eases Transgender Name Change Petitions (10-21-09)
• Examiner: Transgender Name-Change Victory in New York (10-21-09)
• Edge: Transpersons Fight to Vote Under New Identities (11-5-08)
• The New York Times: Fighting for the Rights of Transgender Voters (11-4-08)
• New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Newsletter: Project Helps Transgender Individuals Build New Identities (5-26-08)
• Go Magazine: Answers to your real-life legal problems (10-4-07)
• Psychology Today: Rewriting Herstory (4-24-07)
• Bay Area Reporter: Mixed Decision on NY TG Proposal (12-7-06)
• CBS News on Logo: Transgender Legal Options (12-7-06)
• Holebi.info: Gezondheidsraad keurt voorstel transgender identificatie af (12-6-06)
• New York: Transgender Not a Wedding Loophole (11-20-06)
• Bay Area Reporter: NYC Proposes New Gender Birth Certificate Policy (11-16-06)
• Tetu: New York envisage de permettre aux transgenres de rectifier leur état civil (11-13-06)
• Fox News (video): New York City Set To Pass Law Allowing Some To Change Legal Gender (11-12-06)
• Gotham Gazette: Should Somebody Born Male Be Able To Alter His(Her) Birth Certificate To Female, And Vice-Versa? (11-12-06)
• WorldNet Daily: Change your sex without surgery (11-7-06)
• The New York Times: New York Plans To Make Gender Personal Choice (11-7-06)

Zikerria Bellamy

• Edge: New York Lawmakers Could Finally Vote On Transgender Non-Discrimination Bill (6-4-10)
• Edge: 2009 Proved Hopeful for Florida’s LGBT Activists (12-23-09)
• Watermark: McDonald’s Manager Fired as Trans Teen Shares Her Story (12-22-09)
• Lawyers and Settlements: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Claim under Florida Employment Law (12-21-09)
• Gay & Lesbian Times: Transgender Teen: McDonald’s Refused to Hire Me (12-17-09)
• Seattle Gay News: Florida McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgender Woman (12-11-09)
• NBC: Transgender Teen Rejected, Harassed After Applying for Job (12-10-09)
• The Daily Telegraph: Transgender Teenager Says McDonald's Discriminated Against Her (12-9-09)
• 365gay.com: McDonald’s Fires Anti-Trans Manager (12-9-09)
• Examiner: Denver Businesses Consider Re-evaluating Sex Discrimination Policies (12-9-09)
• Edge: McDonald’s Manager Fired After Expletive-Riddled Call (12-9-09)
• Pink News: US Trans Teen Sues McDonald's for Discrimination (12-8-09)
• BBC News: McDonald's Faces Complaint Over Transgender Row (12-8-09)
• WESH Orlando: Suit: McDonald's Refused To Interview Transgender Teen (12-8-09)
• WESH Orlando: Suit: McDonald's Refused To Interview Transgender Teen (Video) (12-8-09)
• Examiner: McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgendered Teen, Complaint Filed (12-8-09)
• WKMG Orlando: Transgender Teen Claims Discrimination (includes video) (12-7-09)
• Miami Herald: ‘We do not hire faggots’: McDonald’s in Orlando accused of not hiring transgender 17-year-old (12-7-09)
• Edge: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Complaint Against Orlando McDonald’s (12-7-09)
• The Advocate: Trans Woman Says McDonald's Discriminated (12-7-09)
• WKMG Orlando: Manager Fired After Transgender Discrimination Claim (includes video) (12-7-09)
• Examiner.com: Florida McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgender Woman, Legal Action Filed (12-7-09)

Sex-segregated facilities

• Staten Island Advance: College of Staten Island Making Some Restrooms Gender Neutral (4-18-10)
• Columbia Daily Spectator: Binary Operations (2-4-10)
• Salon Broadsheet: The Trans Bathroom Debate (7-16-09)
• KBOO FM: Gender Blender: Bathroom Access and Safety (featuring Dru Levasseur) (4-21-09)
• The Village Voice: Buck Angel, A Man With a Pussy: LGB Without the T (6-17-08)
• Op Ed News: A Golden Year: NY Nears Marriage Equality (5-29-08)
• The New York Times: Woman Wins a Settlement Over Her Bathroom Ouster (5-14-08)
• New York Post: Bathroom Lady Gets Her Due (5-14-08)
• The Daily Telegraph: Woman Mistaken for Man Wins Suit (5-14-08)
• The Advocate: Lesbian Settles Harassment Case With NYC Restaurant (5-14-08)
• New York Daily News: Woman Mistaken for Man Settles Ladies Room Suit with Caliente Cab Co. (5-13-08)
• New York Magazine: Caliente Cab Co. Pays $35K for Bad Restroom Etiquette (5-13-08)
• CBS: Greenwich Restaurant Settles In Gender Mixup Case (5-13-08)
• Edge Boston: Lesbian Mistaken for a Man, Ejected from Restroom, Receives Settlement (5-13-08)
• ABC: Settlement in Restaurant-Bathroom Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• Gothamist: 35K Settlement in Caliente Cab Restroom Gender Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• The New York Times: Case of Woman’s Restaurant Bathroom Ejection Is Settled (5-13-08)
• Reuters: Woman Mistaken for a Man Settles NY Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• The Village Voice: Lesbian Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Caliente Cab Co. (5-13-08)
• Tom Homann Law Association: Girls' Room Interrupted (12-5-07)
• The American Spectator: Flushed Out (11-30-07)
• The New York Times: Letters: Falling Short on Equal Rights (11-16-07)
• Gotham Gazette: New York Plays Key Role in Fight for Transgender Rights (11-8-07)
• Time Out New York: Straight Flush: Just How Far Can the Unisex Bathroom Go? (11-1-07)
• Edge: Gay Activists Protest Popular New York Restaurant (10-17-07)
• The Villager: Lesbian Turns Up Heat on Caliente (10-17-07)
• BET.com: Bathroom Fiasco (10-16-07)
• YouTube: pop!talk: Androgeny: You Could Be A Farmer In Those Clothes! (10-12-07)
• The Today Show: Bounced From the Bathroom for Being Different (10-11-07)
• New York Daily News: Woman Removed from Restaurant Ladies' Room Files Lawsuit (10-10-07)
• Salon.com: Not Lady Enough (10-10-07)
• The New York Post: Bathroom 'Blunder' (10-10-07)
• The New York Times: Sexual Stereotypes, Civil Rights and a Suit About Both (10-10-07)
• The Raw Story (AP Video): Lesbian Files Lawsuit After Being Booted from Ladies Room for Manly Appearance (10-10-07)
• WCBS (article and video): Gay Woman Sues NYC Restaurant After Restroom Mixup (10-9-07)
• The New York Times: Ejection of a Woman From a Women’s Room Prompts Lawsuit (10-9-07)
• Edge: Death of HIV+ Trans Woman in Immigration Custody Sparks Protests (8-25-07)
• The Advocate: Answers Sought in Trans Detainee's Death (8-23-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 1 (7-19-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 2 (7-19-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 3 (7-19-07)
• Edge: Restrooms Become Gender-Identity Battleground (7-17-07)
• Workers World: Lesbian Ejected from Restaurant (7-12-07)
• Windy City Times: National Roundup (7-11-07)
• The Villager: Eatery is Shamed by Ejecting a Lesbian after Pride (7-4-07)
• Photo Slideshow: Khadijah Farmer Press Conference (7-3-07)
• Pink News: Woman too 'Masculine' for the Women's Bathroom (7-3-07)
• The Advocate: Lesbian ejected from restroom for being too butch (7-3-07)
• Salon.com: Bank Robbers, Firefighters and More (7-3-07)
• WCBS Newsradio 880: Discrimination in the West Village (7-2-07)
• New York Daily News: Lesbian Riled by Boot from Ladies Room (6-30-07)
• Casper Star-Tribune: School, Group Debate Restroom (5-15-07)
• New York: Clothing Bargains for Transgender People, Too! (2-14-07)
• New York Press: Loeh' Blow (12-27-06)
• Just-Style: Transgendered Woman Accuses Loehmann's of Discrimination (12-20-06)
• The Advocate: Transgender Woman Alleges Discrimination by Department Store (12-20-06)
• NY1 (Story and Video): Loehmann's Chain Faces Lawsuit By Transgendered Woman (12-19-06)
• UPN 9 News (Video): Loehmann's Transgender Bias (12-18-06)
• CBS (Story and Video): Transgender Shopper Denied Access To Fitting Room (12-18-06)
• New York Press: Either, or ... (11-1-06)
• Times of India: Transgenders Get Access to Any NY Loo (10-25-06)
• NY1 (article and video): Transgender New Yorkers Can Choose Bathrooms At MTA Stations (10-24-06)
• The Advocate: Important Transgender Rights Victory in New York City (10-24-06)
• CBS News on Logo: Transgender Woman Arrested and Harassed by NY Police (3-15-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Pt. 1 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Pt. 2 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 1 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 2 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 3 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 4 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 5 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 6 (3-3-06)
• Gay USA: Interview with Helena Stone and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman (3-2-06)
• Independent Media Center: MTA's Discrimination Against Transgendered Woman Accedes to Protest (3-1-06)
• Pink News: Police Force Transgendered Woman to Urinate in a Cup (3-1-06)
• The New York Times: Transgender Worker Fights Arrests (3-1-06)
• NY1 (article and video): Transgender Advocates Gather In Midtown To Protest Discrimination (2-28-06)
• The Advocate: Rally Planned for Transgender Woman Arrested at Grand Central ... (2-24-06)
• The New York Times: Transgender Group Reaches Agreement on Restrooms (4-2-05)

Carmella Etienne

• Queens Chronicle: Murder Has LGBT Community On Edge (4-8-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Found Strangled to Death in Queens Apartment (4-1-10)
• Edge: Another Gay Man Bashed in Brooklyn (3-10-10)
• Times Ledger: Woodside Men Indicted in Transgender Attack: DA (11-27-09)
• Edge: Hundreds March in Queens Against Hate Crimes (10-18-09)
• Queens Chronicle: Transgender Meeting Highlights Their Abuse (10-15-09)
• Queens Chronicle: Fight hatred, Intolerance and Violence (10-15-09)
• Edge: Trans Inclusion Urged for NY Hate Crimes Law (10-13-09)
• Gothamist: Advocates Want Hate Crime Law to Include Transgender[ People] (10-12-09)
• Socialist Worker: Defending Vendors in Jackson Heights (9-3-09)
• New York Daily News: After Recent Attacks Gay Advocates' Rally in Queens to Support Victims (7-24-09)
• Gay City News: Rally Called to Protest Queens Trans Attacks (7-23-09)
• Queens Tribune: New Attack Brings Hate Crime Charges (7-16-09)
• WCBS-TV: Transgendered Woman Beaten With Rocks, Bottles (7-10-09)

Leslie Mora

• Queens Chronicle: Murder Has LGBT Community On Edge (4-8-10)
• Edge: Transgender Woman Found Strangled to Death in Queens Apartment (4-1-10)
• Edge: Another Gay Man Bashed in Brooklyn (3-10-10)
• Times Ledger: Woodside Men Indicted in Transgender Attack: DA (11-27-09)
• Gay City News: FBI: Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Up in ’08 (11-25-09)
• Queens Chronicle: Fight hatred, Intolerance and Violence (10-15-09)
• Socialist Worker: Defending Vendors in Jackson Heights (9-3-09)
• New York Daily News: After Recent Attacks Gay Advocates' Rally in Queens to Support Victims (7-24-09)
• Gay City News: Rally Called to Protest Queens Trans Attacks (7-23-09)
• Queens Tribune: New Attack Brings Hate Crime Charges (7-16-09)
• Daily News: 2 Arrested in Queens Bias Attack on Transgender Female (7-10-09)
• WCBS-TV: Transgendered Woman Beaten With Rocks, Bottles (7-10-09)
• Times Ledger: Beating was Hate Crime: LGBT Groups (7-8-09)
• Queens Tribune: Not A Hate Crime?: Attack Victim, Transgender Advocates Seek Higher Charges For Assailants (7-8-09)
• El Diario: Transgénero atacada por dos hispanos (7-3-09)
• New America Media: Transgender Woman Attacked in Queens (7-3-09)
• Gay City News: Hate Crimes Charge Sought in Queens (7-2-09)
• Queerty: Why Is One of These Attacks a Hate Crime, While the Other One Isn't? (6-30-09)

Lateisha Green

• Edge: Transgender Woman Found Strangled to Death in Queens Apartment (4-1-10)
• The Post-Standard: Volunteers Push Forward on LGBT Center in Syracuse (3-25-10)
• The Advocate: The Importance of Being Counted (3-9-10)
• Wisconsin Gazette: Transgender Remembrance Day Observed (12-2-09)
• The Grio: New Hate Crimes Act Links African-American and LGBT Struggles (10-28-09)
• Edge: Hundreds March in Queens Against Hate Crimes (10-18-09)
• Edge: Trans Inclusion Urged for NY Hate Crimes Law (10-13-09)
• The New York Times: Transgender Provision Is Sought in State Hate Crimes Law (10-12-09)
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle: B’klyn Law School Forum Addresses Transgender Hate Crimes (10-8-09)
• WCAX: Anti-Transgender Violence Topic of NYC Forum (10-7-09)
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Upcoming Events in the Legal Community: October 7, 2009 (10-7-09)
• Edge: How the Gay Community Is Complicit in Trans Violence (10-4-09)
• The Oneida Daily Dispatch: Reaching Out to the World: Syracuse Stage, Others Perform Laramie Project Epilogue (9-30-09)
• Edge: Violence Against the Transgendered Only Getting Worse (9-29-09)
• The Examiner: Tyli'a "NaNa Boo" Mack: Vigil Held for Murdered D.C. Trans Woman (8-29-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Fighting Hate Crime (8-23-09)
• Hudson Valley Press: Lateisha Green Sentencing (8-22-09)
• eNews Park Forest: Human Rights Campaign Statement on Sentencing in Lateisha Green Murder Trial (8-21-09)
• Queerty: 'People act like we took something from them. They took something from us!' (8-20-09)
• Los Angeles Times: New York Man Gets 25 Years for Transgender Killing (8-19-09)
• The Examiner: Updates: Trinidad Attack Suspect not Local, Sentencing in Lateisha Green Murder (8-19-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Dwight DeLee to be Sentenced in Transgender Slaying Today (8-18-09)
• PinkNews: Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Jail for Killing Trans Woman (8-18-09)
• Syracuse WSYR-TV: DeLee Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Hate Crime (8-18-09)
• CNYcentral: DeLee Sentenced for Hate Crime (8-18-09)
• On Top Magazine: New York Transgender Killer Given Maximum Sentence (8-18-09)
• The Advocate: Leteisha Green Murderer Sentenced (8-18-09)
• Newsday: NY Man Gets 25 Years for Transgender Hate Killing (8-18-09)
• United Press International: Man Gets 25 Years for Hate Crime Killing (8-18-09)
• EDGE Boston: NY Man Gets 25 Years for Transgender Slaying (8-18-09)
• Essence: Gone Too Soon: The Lateisha Green Story (8-13-09)
• Gay City News: Conviction in Syracuse Trans Woman’s Murder (7-23-09)
• PinkNews: Man Convicted of Trans Woman's Manslaughter (7-20-09)
• Denver Post: Man Guilty of Hate Crime in Slaying of Transgender Woman (7-18-09)
• Los Angeles Times: Conviction in Shooting Death of Transgender Woman (7-18-09)
• The Examiner: Hate Crimes Verdict in Lateisha Green's Murder (7-18-09)
• CNYcentral: DeLee Found Guilty of Hate Crime (video) (7-17-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Onondaga County's First Hate Crime Murder Trial (7-17-09)
• CNYcentral: DeLee Found Guilty of Hate Crime (7-17-09)
• The Advocate: DeLee Found Guilty in Trans Killing (7-17-09)
• Syracuse WSYR-TV: DeLee Found Guilty of Hate Crime (7-17-09)
• The Advocate: Roundup: Bar Raid Blame, Hate Crime Conviction (7-17-09)
• On Top Magazine: NY Jury: Transgender Murder was Hate Crime (7-17-09)
• CNYcentral: Jurors Found DeLee is Guilty of 1st Degree Manslaughter as a Hate Crime (7-17-09)
• Syracuse WSYR-TV: Dwight DeLee Case in Jury's Hands (7-16-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Jury Starts Deliberating in Hate-Crime Murder Trial (7-16-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Jury Breaks Without Verdict in Hate-Crime Homicide Case (7-16-09)
• Syracuse WSYR-TV: Jury Deliberations Wrap Up for the Day in DeLee Murder Trial (7-16-09)
• Salon Broadsheet: The Trans Bathroom Debate (7-16-09)
• CNYcentral: Jury Deliberating Hate Crime Murder Trial (7-16-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Witnesses Give Conflicting Accounts in Hate-Crime Murder Trial (7-15-09)
• Fox 44: Witnesses: NY Murder Suspect Used Anti-Gay Slur (7-15-09)
• GBM News: Trial Begins in Syracuse, NY of Killer of Black Transgender (7-15-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Judge: Threats Against Prosecution Witnesses in DeLee Hate-Crime Trial Must End Immediately (7-15-09)
• Syracuse WSYR-TV: Testimony in Hate Crime Murder Trial (7-15-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Prosecution, Defense Rest in DeLee Hate-Crime Trial (7-15-09)
• The Advocate: Hate Crime Case Heads to Jury (7-15-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Witness Recounts Shooting of Transsexual in Hate-Crime Murder Trial (7-14-09)
• PinkNews: Family of Murdered New York Trans Woman Call for Protection Under Hate Crimes Bill (7-14-09)
• CNYcentral: Fight Breaks Out at Hate Crime Murder Trial (7-14-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Witnesses in Syracuse Hate-Crime Trial Balk at Incriminating DeLee (7-14-09)
• On Top Magazine: Transgender Murder Trial Opens in New York (7-14-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Syracuse Family Calls on New York to Pass Transgender Protection Bill (7-14-09)
• WTEN: Testimony Continues in NY Hate Crime Murder Trial (7-14-09)
• News 10 Now: Trial Begins for Dwight DeLee (7-13-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: In Prelude to Hate-Crime Trial, Family Calls for Tougher Laws to Protect the Transgendered (7-13-09)
• WCAX: Jury Selection Begins in NY Hate Crime Trial (7-13-09)
• The Examiner: Trans Issues in the News This Week (7-13-09)
• The Gaea Times: NY to Pursue Killing of Transgender Woman as Hate Crime; Few NY Cases Ever Win Convictions (7-13-09)
• NBC Syracuse: Hate Crime Murder Trial Begins Monday (7-12-09)
• Newsday: NY to Use Hate Crime Law in Transgender Case (7-12-09)
• WXXI: Hate Crime Trial Begins in Syracuse (7-12-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Onondaga County's First Hate Crime Murder Trial Starts Monday (7-12-09)
• Fox News: New York to Use Hate Crime Law in Transgender Murder Trial (7-12-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Service at Noon to Remember Lateisha Green (7-11-09)
• Syracuse Post-Standard: Friends, Family Honor Murder Victim Lateisha Green (7-11-09)
• Examiner.com: Lateisha Green — Anti-Trans Violence Never Stops (7-10-09)
• Eagle Newspapers: Lateisha's Flowers: County's First Hate Crime Murder Sparks Continuing Response (6-16-09)

Helena Stone v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

• Edge: Transgender Woman Sues N.J. Police Department for Harassment (2-23-10)
• New York Press: Either, or ... (11-1-06)
• Times of India: Transgenders Get Access to Any NY Loo (10-25-06)
• NY1 (article and video): Transgender New Yorkers Can Choose Bathrooms At MTA Stations (10-24-06)
• The Advocate: Important Transgender Rights Victory in New York City (10-24-06)
• CBS News on Logo: Transgender Woman Arrested and Harassed by NY Police (3-15-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Pt. 1 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Pt. 2 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 1 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 2 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 3 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 4 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 5 (3-3-06)
• Sirius OutQ Radio: Helena Stone/Michael Silverman Interview Caller Response Segment Pt. 6 (3-3-06)
• Gay USA: Interview with Helena Stone and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman (3-2-06)
• Independent Media Center: MTA's Discrimination Against Transgendered Woman Accedes to Protest (3-1-06)
• Pink News: Police Force Transgendered Woman to Urinate in a Cup (3-1-06)
• The New York Times: Transgender Worker Fights Arrests (3-1-06)
• NY1 (article and video): Transgender Advocates Gather In Midtown To Protest Discrimination (2-28-06)
• The Advocate: Rally Planned for Transgender Woman Arrested at Grand Central ... (2-24-06)

Employment

• Edge: 2009 Proved Hopeful for Florida’s LGBT Activists (12-23-09)
• Watermark: McDonald’s Manager Fired as Trans Teen Shares Her Story (12-22-09)
• Lawyers and Settlements: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Claim under Florida Employment Law (12-21-09)
• Gay & Lesbian Times: Transgender Teen: McDonald’s Refused to Hire Me (12-17-09)
• WICZ FOX 40: Paterson Signs Gender Identity and Expression Executive Order (12-16-09)
• Edge: NY Bans Discrimination Against Transgender State Employees (12-16-09)
• Edge: NY Governor Expected to Extend Transgender Protections (12-15-09)
• Seattle Gay News: Florida McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgender Woman (12-11-09)
• NBC: Transgender Teen Rejected, Harassed After Applying for Job (12-10-09)
• The Daily Telegraph: Transgender Teenager Says McDonald's Discriminated Against Her (12-9-09)
• 365gay.com: McDonald’s Fires Anti-Trans Manager (12-9-09)
• Examiner: Denver Businesses Consider Re-evaluating Sex Discrimination Policies (12-9-09)
• Edge: McDonald’s Manager Fired After Expletive-Riddled Call (12-9-09)
• Pink News: US Trans Teen Sues McDonald's for Discrimination (12-8-09)
• BBC News: McDonald's Faces Complaint Over Transgender Row (12-8-09)
• WESH Orlando: Suit: McDonald's Refused To Interview Transgender Teen (12-8-09)
• WESH Orlando: Suit: McDonald's Refused To Interview Transgender Teen (Video) (12-8-09)
• Examiner: McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgendered Teen, Complaint Filed (12-8-09)
• WKMG Orlando: Transgender Teen Claims Discrimination (includes video) (12-7-09)
• Miami Herald: ‘We do not hire faggots’: McDonald’s in Orlando accused of not hiring transgender 17-year-old (12-7-09)
• Edge: Transgender Teen Files Discrimination Complaint Against Orlando McDonald’s (12-7-09)
• The Advocate: Trans Woman Says McDonald's Discriminated (12-7-09)
• WKMG Orlando: Manager Fired After Transgender Discrimination Claim (includes video) (12-7-09)
• Examiner.com: Florida McDonald's Refuses to Hire Transgender Woman, Legal Action Filed (12-7-09)
• On Top Magazine: Focus Opposed to Federal Gay Protections Bill (9-11-09)
• Windy City Times: LGBT Attorneys Talk of Experiences (8-5-09)
• On Top Magazine: Senate Gay Protections Bill Includes Transgender Provisions (8-5-09)
• On Top: Frank Introduces Federal Gay Protections Bill (6-24-09)
• Washington Square News: City Comptroller Fights for LGBT Rights (1-30-08)
• Crain's Workforce Management: Protections for Transgender Workers on Rise (3-18-07)

Khadijah Farmer v. Caliente Cab Company

• Pink Triangle Press: Policing Caster Semenya's Gender (8-25-09)
• KBOO FM: Gender Blender: Bathroom Access and Safety (featuring Dru Levasseur) (4-21-09)
• The Village Voice: Buck Angel, A Man With a Pussy: LGB Without the T (6-17-08)
• Op Ed News: A Golden Year: NY Nears Marriage Equality (5-29-08)
• The Advocate: Lesbian Settles Harassment Case With NYC Restaurant (5-14-08)
• The New York Times: Woman Wins a Settlement Over Her Bathroom Ouster (5-14-08)
• New York Post: Bathroom Lady Gets Her Due (5-14-08)
• The Daily Telegraph: Woman Mistaken for Man Wins Suit (5-14-08)
• The Village Voice: Lesbian Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Caliente Cab Co. (5-13-08)
• New York Daily News: Woman Mistaken for Man Settles Ladies Room Suit with Caliente Cab Co. (5-13-08)
• New York Magazine: Caliente Cab Co. Pays $35K for Bad Restroom Etiquette (5-13-08)
• CBS: Greenwich Restaurant Settles In Gender Mixup Case (5-13-08)
• Edge Boston: Lesbian Mistaken for a Man, Ejected from Restroom, Receives Settlement (5-13-08)
• ABC: Settlement in Restaurant-Bathroom Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• Gothamist: 35K Settlement in Caliente Cab Restroom Gender Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• The New York Times: Case of Woman’s Restaurant Bathroom Ejection Is Settled (5-13-08)
• Reuters: Woman Mistaken for a Man Settles NY Lawsuit (5-13-08)
• Tom Homann Law Association: Girls' Room Interrupted (12-5-07)
• The American Spectator: Flushed Out (11-30-07)
• Bay Windows: Gender-Based Discrimination is a Gay Issue (11-29-07)
• The New York Times: Letters: Falling Short on Equal Rights (11-16-07)
• Gotham Gazette: New York Plays Key Role in Fight for Transgender Rights (11-8-07)
• Edge: Big New Push for Statewide Trans Rights Bill (11-5-07)
• Time Out New York: Straight Flush: Just How Far Can the Unisex Bathroom Go? (11-1-07)
• Edge: Gay Activists Protest Popular New York Restaurant (10-17-07)
• The Villager: Lesbian Turns Up Heat on Caliente (10-17-07)
• BET.com: Bathroom Fiasco (10-16-07)
• YouTube: pop!talk: Androgeny: You Could Be A Farmer In Those Clothes! (10-12-07)
• The Today Show: Bounced From the Bathroom for Being Different (10-11-07)
• New York Daily News: Woman Removed from Restaurant Ladies' Room Files Lawsuit (10-10-07)
• Salon.com: Not Lady Enough (10-10-07)
• The New York Post: Bathroom 'Blunder' (10-10-07)
• The New York Times: Sexual Stereotypes, Civil Rights and a Suit About Both (10-10-07)
• The Raw Story (AP Video): Lesbian Files Lawsuit After Being Booted from Ladies Room for Manly Appearance (10-10-07)
• The New York Times: Ejection of a Woman From a Women’s Room Prompts Lawsuit (10-9-07)
• WCBS (article and video): Gay Woman Sues NYC Restaurant After Restroom Mixup (10-9-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 1 (7-19-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 2 (7-19-07)
• Gay USA: Interview with Khadijah Farmer and TLDEF Executive Director Michael Silverman -- Part 3 (7-19-07)
• Edge: Restrooms Become Gender-Identity Battleground (7-17-07)
• Workers World: Lesbian Ejected from Restaurant (7-12-07)
• Windy City Times: National Roundup (7-11-07)
• The Villager: Eatery is Shamed by Ejecting a Lesbian after Pride (7-4-07)
• Pink News: Woman too 'Masculine' for the Women's Bathroom (7-3-07)
• The Advocate: Lesbian ejected from restroom for being too butch (7-3-07)
• Salon.com: Bank Robbers, Firefighters and More (7-3-07)
• Photo Slideshow: Khadijah Farmer Press Conference (7-3-07)
• WCBS Newsradio 880: Discrimination in the West Village (7-2-07)
• New York Daily News: Lesbian Riled by Boot from Ladies Room (6-30-07)

Immigration

• Edge: Death of HIV+ Trans Woman in Immigration Custody Sparks Protests (8-25-07)
• The Advocate: Answers Sought in Trans Detainee's Death (8-23-07)

Jane Galla v. Loehmann's

• New York: Clothing Bargains for Transgender People, Too! (2-14-07)
• New York Press: Loeh' Blow (12-27-06)
• Just-Style: Transgendered Woman Accuses Loehmann's of Discrimination (12-20-06)
• The Advocate: Transgender Woman Alleges Discrimination by Department Store (12-20-06)
• NY1 (Story and Video): Loehmann's Chain Faces Lawsuit By Transgendered Woman (12-19-06)
• UPN 9 News (Video): Loehmann's Transgender Bias (12-18-06)
• CBS (Story and Video): Transgender Shopper Denied Access To Fitting Room (12-18-06)