Trans Rights

David Brown On Fighting To End Transgender, Nonbinary Bias

Interview (NATIONAL)

David Brown On Fighting To End Transgender, Nonbinary Bias

November 3, 2019 | Emma Cueto | Law360
Longtime civil rights attorney David Brown took over this year as legal director for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, a nonprofit that works to end discrimination against trans and nonbinary people, amid growing awareness about transgender issues but also an “uptick in general demonization.”
Tags: Trans Rights

Hoosier ally? Pence’s home state quietly begins issuing nonbinary IDs

News Story (Indiana)

Hoosier ally? Pence’s home state quietly begins issuing nonbinary IDs

March 12, 2019 | Kate Sosin Oeser , Nico Lang | NBC News
The change is the result of nearly two years of advocacy. Katherine Wood, an attorney with Indiana Legal Services, started exhausting administrative remedies to change the ID policy back in January 2017. After the organization threatened to sue, the BMV agreed to begin issuing the IDs this year.
Tags: LGBTQ | State IDs | Trans Rights