Sentences with phrase «transgender rights attorney»
«Trans people have a lot at stake when they go to the doctor,» says Dru Levasseur, a transgender rights attorney at Lambda Legal, where a transphobic physician or staff person can make an already vulnerable experience unbearable.
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After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today vehemently objected to the recent decision by the federal Department of Education to no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding access to bathroom facilities.
«Over and over again, the Trump administration has made clear its disdain for the basic rights of transgender Americans,» Attorney General Schneiderman said.
Leaders like Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia say laws in New York will continue to protect the rights of transgender students whether federal guidance exists or not.