Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Birth Certificate And Student Dormitory Legal Battles For Transgender

The Huffington Post reports that George Fox University, in Newberg, Oregon has stopped a transgender sophomore student from living in an all male dorm because of their “theological commitments” as a Christian school.

However, the student has now decided to file a federal complaint against the university. The school however have rejected his claim for discrimination and have released a statement saying "The university has made many efforts to provide support and accommodation for the student and remains committed to his academic, physical, emotional and spiritual welfare."

Chaninat & Leeds Attorneys are a Bangkok based US immigration law firm specializing in US Immigration Law in Thailand 

This story comes as The Star reports that a family in Canada has filed a human rights complaint arguing their son should be allowed to change or remove the “sex” from his birth certificate. She has lived life as a girl from a young age, and is indeed now only six. Her mother said says Renn needed her birth certificate last year to register for kindergarten in Saskatoon and was embarrassed when she saw that she was listed as a boy.

In the 1970s, most provinces changed their laws so people could change their birth certificates after sex reassignment surgery. The revision left out transgender children, because people must be at least 18 to be eligible for the surgery.


Read the two stories here and here. 

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Rights For Transgender Californian School Children



California has become the first US state to enshrine rights for transgender schoolchildren.

The new law requires public schools to allow pupils from kindergarten to the 12th grade to access male or female toilets according to their preference. The legislation also allows transgender schoolchildren to choose whether to play boys' or girls' sports.

Thailand US Immigration Lawyers 

Chaninat and Leeds specialize in US immigration law 

Supporters heralded it a great day for equal rights.

Despite Thailand being renowned for its tolerance and acceptance of the gay and transgender community, Thailand attorneys say very little legal protection is afforded to such individuals.

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