CHICAGO — A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) employee will now have his transition surgery covered by the transit agency’s health insurance after first being denied coverage. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois said on their website Wednesday that the CTA has a new policy that does cover surgery and transition. Russia Brown, who…
CHICAGO — Students at Loyola University in Chicago are pushing for the school to make easier to use their preferred names. The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper at the university, said that Loyola will change a student’s name in their records only after a legal name change. A student group called Gender Understanding Exploration Support Society…
WASHINGTON — The Hill reported that a federal judge last week denied a request to limit or hold a ruling that stops the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on transgender people in the military. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in a decision that the court is not convinced the government will suffer…
ALBUQUERQUE — The family of a transgender Honduran migrant who died in ICE custody are saying the woman did not receive medical care and was abused. From the SF Gate: Tennessee-based civil rights attorney Andrew Free released details of an independent autopsy this week that noted deep bruising along Roxsana Hernandez’s ribs that wasn’t evident…
CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution opposing the Trump administration’s proposed anti-transgender policy. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the council passed the resolution after the appeal of a transgender girl’s mother. “I’m 100 percent certain that my gender, your gender, and my child’s gender is for the person to decide.…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the administration’s ban on transgender people in the military. Challenges to the ban are still working through the lower courts. The Washington Post reported that Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco has asked the court to consolidate the challenges and make a ruling during…
CHICAGO — Outgoing Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday joined with 20 other state attorneys general in pushing back against a possible new Trump administration policy that would remove protections for transgender people, a Chicago TV station reported. From CBS2 Chicago: “Civil rights laws are crucial to ensuring access to healthcare and education and…
O’FALLON — In a mixed result, the school board for District 90 in O’Fallon voted to let transgender students use their preferred names, but will still require them to use a gender neutral bathroom in a nurse’s office or the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth. KSDK-TV in St. Louis reported that the board…
NEW YORK – Today, Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to compel the federal agencies to produce all documents and communications connected to the Trump administration’s decision six months ago to alter its Transgender Offender Manual, including communications…
DECATUR — Decatur residents came together this past Sunday for a Transgender Day or Remembrance (TDOR) service. The Decatur Herald & Review said that the event was held at the First Congregational Church. The service was one of many being held across Illinois this week. TDOR is on Nov. 20, but Mark Schleeter, president of…
