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Trans Youth Family Allies Needs Your Pennies From Heaven
Submitted by Ryan on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 5:26pmKim Pearson from TransYouth Family Allies is asking for your help in providing a safe learning environment for a 10-year old transgender girl. We applaud TYFA for standing up for this young girl's right to a safe learning environment. Won't you please read the note below and help out?
Pennies from Heaven
by Kim Pearson
Those of you who follow my Facebook may be aware that I made an emergency trip to Kansas this week. A school there was refusing to recognize a 10 year old transgender girl's gender identity. They were requiring her to attend school as male and wouldn't budge.
I met with a school across town and they were happy to have her and wanted to learn how to make her school experience safe and productive. We registered her and expected that she would start school later in the week. I flew home to AZ.
Now the district administration has become involved and informed the parents (two moms) that their child will not be accomodated at ANY SCHOOL in their district. The child must present male or gender neutral, must use a male name and male restroom. The reason given is that to do otherwise would "interfere with the learning environment".
Free GLBT Legal Clinic Opening in Seattle
Submitted by Breanna on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 7:53pmGLBT Legal Clinic Grand Opening: Thursday, July 16, 2009
The clinic will be held on the third Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
To make an appointment please call: 206-235-7235
Staff is available every Tuesday from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit http://www.q-law.org/legalclinic.
The clinic is free of charge to the public. At the clinic, volunteer attorneys will meet with individuals for 30-minute consultations to provide legal advice and information. Individuals can make appointments to discuss various legal topics including family law, debt and bankruptcy, divorce and dissolution, employment discrimination, and transgender legal issues. Services are available to all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The clinic is open to everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The GLBT Legal Clinic is supported by the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinic Program, which organizes free clinics on various legal issues throughout King County. The clinic also benefits from support from Equal Rights Washington, the state’s equal rights advocates, and QLaw, a professional association of GLBT legal professionals and supporters in Washington.
