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| Formation | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Focus | transgender law |
Area served | United States |
| Method | Campaigning, advocacy, lobbying, research |
Key people | Shelby Chestnut (executive director)[1] |
| Website | transgenderlawcenter |
The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest American transgender-led civil rights organization in the United States. They were originally California's first "fully staffed, state-wide transgender legal organization" and were initially a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.[2]
Since launching in 2002, TLC has held over 250 transgender law workshops providing legal information to more than 3,250 community members, attorneys, social service providers, and business owners, as well as collaborated on public policy initiatives designed to improve safety in schools and prisons and safe access to public restrooms for transgender people in San Francisco. TLC helped to revise San Francisco's "Regulations to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination" in December 2003, making them more inclusive of people who do not identify as strictly female or male, and to pass legislation in the City of Oakland banning gender identity discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodation, and city services.
- ^ Ferrannini, John (February 21, 2023). "New Transgender Law Center ED 'humbled' to lead organization". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ "Transgender Law: Overview". Nclrights.org. July 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.