In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 239 into law, transforming the legal landscape with respect to HIV criminalization in California. Under the new law, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (DSan Francisco) and Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), criminal penalties based on a person’s HIV status cannot be imposed unless the person acts with the intent to harm another person.
New report is the first comprehensive analysis of the explicit law and policy protections for TGNC youth in child welfare, juvenile justice and homeless youth systems
Within this Transgender Rights Toolkit, readers will find answers to many questions that transgender people and their advocates may ask as they navigate through life. This toolkit is meant to be a resource and advocacy tool designed to educate and empower a community often left outside the walls of power.
This Impact has a new look, a sex and relationships section, a personal perspectives column and, for the first time, an interview with a public figure.
A coalition of LGBTQ advocacy groups: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, the LGBT Institute at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the National LGBT Bar Association, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, Out Leadership, the Transgender Legal Defense & Educa
