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5 States, Nonprofits Sue in New Battle Over ObamaCare Transgender Health Rule
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) broadly prohibits sex discrimination in health care. This being the first time something like a provision like this has passed without great…
Transgender in the Workplace
Congress will be voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) soon, and if an editorial in this weekend's New York Times is any indication, and inclusive version of the ENDA…
Where Are We on ENDA?
Guest blogger Dr. Jillian Weiss has a and a in Law, Policy & Society. Currently Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey, she has conducted…
Will Online Campaign for an Inclusive ENDA Go Viral?
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss has a and a in Law, Policy & Society. She is currently Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey, she has…
Money, weapons, and power: a response
Ashley's recent post about the challenges of being transgendered in Weapons Of Mass Destruction Part I deserves a proper response. I intend to respond to Part II separately in an…
Transgender Job Bank Offers Transgender Employment Resources
According to national statistics, unemployment rates for transgender individuals is three times as high as the unemployment rate for the rest of America. Ashley's post this week is a stark…
Weapon of Mass Destruction II: This isn’t about money
"'¦But when a long Train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their…
Coverage Denied: health insurance, gender and financial discrimination
About a year and a half ago I unexpectedly lost my health insurance coverage. As you may have read in my posts about transitioning on the job, the client I…
How are you going to pay for surgery?
How many transgendered persons are there in this country? I don't remember ever seeing any real research on that. I keep reading and being told that there aren't…
Barney Frank Unlikely to Support Trans-Inclusive ENDA
Representative Barney Frank had a busy week last week '“ what with listening to the auto executives begging for a hand out. That didn't stop him from delivering an address…