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• 13 in 2013: Victory in Delaware
  Today transgender people in Delaware celebrate the passage of a statewide Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Bill. Governor Markell pledged to sign the bill within an hour of passage, making Delaware the seventeenth state to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity alongside California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode […]
  
  
• NCTE Panels and Presentations at the 12th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference
  National Center for Transgender Equality will be presenting panels and workshops at the Philly Trans-Health Conference coming up on June 13th – June 15th. Find out about what we will be presenting and where you can connect with us below. National Center for Transgender Equality will be presenting panels and workshops at the Philly Trans-Health […]
  
  
• ‘A Broken Bargain’ Report on Workplace Discrimination Released by Leading LGBT Organizations
  The National Center for Transgender Equality joins a group of national LGBT equality and labor organizations to release a groundbreaking report, Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits and More Taxes for LGBT Workers. The new report is the most up to date publication on the LGBT workforce revealing: Approximately 5.4 million LGBT workers live in 93% […]
  
  
• Puerto Rico Governor Signs LGBT-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Bill Into Law
  NCTE celebrates the passage by the legislature of Puerto Rico of a law prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and marital status in employment. Puerto Rico joins 16 states and the District of Columbia with LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination laws. The passage of this legislation is particularly important in light of the epidemic of homophobic […]
  
  
• What LGBT People Need to Know About the Immigration Reform Bill
  The “gang of eight” senators introduced their immigration reform bill yesterday. We applaud their efforts and we are optimistic that 2013 is the year we will address the needs of the more than 11 million undocumented, of whom more than 260,000 are LGBT and more than 20,000 are transgender. Recently, NCTE joined more than 30 […]
  
  
• Report from the Conference on the Rights of LGBT People in Europe
  I was privileged to represent NCTE and join lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex activists from across Europe, as well as a few fellow North Americans, last month in Paris at the “Conference on the Rights of LGBT People in Europe”, hosted by the governments of France and Poland. The conference, attended by government ministers […]
  
  
• NCTE Joins Over 30 Trans Groups in Calling for Immigration Reform
  Broad coalition release Statement of Principles on Immigration Reform As thousands gather in Washington, DC  in support of immigration reform, the National Center for Transgender Equality and over 30 transgender service and advocacy groups released a Statement of Principles on Immigration Reform. The statement outlines fundamental policies critical for reform that affect the estimated 20,000 […]
  
  
• NCTE Staff Top Inaugural “Trans 100″ List
  Released today, the Trans 100 list celebrates transgender activists, artists,  and legal advocates  in the U.S. NCTE is honored that the inaugural Trans 100 list recognizes the contributions of current staff and board members Mara Keisling, Harper Jean Tobin, Marisa Richmond, and Avory Faucette, as well as former staff and board members Diego Sanchez, Masen […]