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  1. Federal District Court Rules on Transsexual Treatment Rights in Prison

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Mar. 9, 1998
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medical care, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: A record detailing the case of Dee Farmer, a trans woman incarcerated in a federal prison who sued for access to proper medical treatment for gender dysphoria.
  2. Pennsylvania Court Grants Name-Change to Preoperative Transsexual

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Feb. 3, 1998
    Topics: Legal name change, Transfeminine people, Transsexuality
    Subject: Lisa Harris
    Description: A record detailing the case of Lisa Harris, a transsexual individual who was able to change her legal name despite not yet having medically transitioned.
  3. 7th Circuit Rules Prison Not Required to Provide Treatment for Gender Dysphoria

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Bottom surgery, Estrogen, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Tasha Maggert
    Description: Content warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  4. Sexual Harassment Against Transsexual Covered by Title IX

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Nov. 1997
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Hormones, MtFs, Sexual harassment, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Jennifer Miles
    Description: This item discusses the case Miles v. New York University, in which a trans student was sexually harassed by a professor.
  5. Pennsylvania Court Holds Transsexuals Not Protected Against Discrimination

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Jun. 1997
    Topics: Harassment, Law, Marriage, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Kristine Holt
    Description: Excerpts from the June 1997 Lesbian/Gay Law Notes.
  6. Missouri Appeals Court Reverses Custody Grant to Transsexual Father

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Crossdressers, Joint custody of children, LGBTQ+ parenthood, MtFs, Parental rights, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Trials (Custody of children)
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes from April 1997 about a Missouri child custody case involving a trans parent.
  7. 6th Circuit Denies Appeal by Transsexual Inmate

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy (Gender), Imprisonment, MtFs, Prisons, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Michelle Murray
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes about the Murray v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons case from 1997 in which Michelle Murray, a trans woman, faced trans-discriminatory treatment while imprisoned.
  8. Transsexual "Winner" in Custody Dispute

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Sep. 1996
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transsexual people
    Description: Details a case involving an MTF parent who was denied visitation rights and had custody agreements changed following their sex-change surgery.
  9. 8th Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Treatment Denial for Transvestite Prisoner

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Summer 1996
    Topics: Drag, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicalization, Prisons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Merlin Long
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes detailing the 1996 Long v. Nix case.
  10. Missouri Court of Appeals Refuses To Deny Visitation To Cross-Dressing Father

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Homosexuality, Queer parents
    Description: Details the case P.L. W. v. T. R. W.,1994 WL 723743, in which a parent was denied visitation rights due to the fact that they were a crossdresser.
  11. No Right to Cross-Dress in State Penitentiary

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Veronica Rodriguez
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes 1995 containing the article "No Right to Cross-Dress in State Penitentiary."
  12. N.Y. Court Rules Discrimination Against Transsexual is Sex Discrimination

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1995
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity disorder, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Transsexuality
    Subject: Daniel Maffei
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes 1995 containing the article "N.Y. Court Rules Discrimination Against Transsexual is Sex Discrimination."
  13. No Liability in Transsexual Inmate's Assault Unless Officials Were Subjectively Reckless

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Sexual violence, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and rape.
  14. Transsexual Railroad Worker Loses Discrimination Case

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Transgender disabled people, Transsexuality
    Subject: Andria Dobre
    Description: A record of the case Dobre v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., which involves Andria Dobre, who was hired by AMTRAK prior to transitioning, and discriminated against upon transitioning.
  15. Federal Court In New York Rules on Request For Preoperative Transsexual To Receive Treatment

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Medical care, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Cuoco
    Description: A record of the case Cuoco vs. Quinlan, involving an incarcerated MtF individual who was denied access to medical care for their gender dysphoria.