Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Motto Working for Transgender Equal Rights
Formation 2003
Headquarters New York City, United States
Executive Direrctor
 Jillian Weiss
Website tldef.org

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) is an American civil rights organization that focuses on transgender (LGBT) equality through impact litigation and public policy work.[1]

The executive director of TLDEF is Jillian Weiss, who in 2016 replaced founder Michael Silverman.[2][3]

TLDEF's name change project pairs private attorneys with transgender clients and has helped about 1,500 transgender people change their names.[4]

Notable cases brought by the organization include In re Mathis, the successful petition of first-grader Coy Mathis to the Colorado Civil Rights Division for the right to use the restroom appropriate to her gender,[5] Robison v. Walmart, in which the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found evidence of job discrimination by Walmart subsidiary Sam's Club, [6] and Schawe-Lane v. Amazon, in which the EEOC found evidence of harassment and discrimination against a husband and wife couple at the Amazon distribution center in Hebron, Kentucky, currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Steve (5 April 2016). "Michael Silverman to step down as TLDEF’s executive director". LGBT Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Ferrendi, Brittany (July 14, 2016). "Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Names New Executive Director". South Florida Gay News.
  3. ↑ Ennis, Dawn (July 12, 2016). "From the courtroom to the boardroom: trans attorney leads rights group". LGBTQ Nation.
  4. ↑ Sontag, Deborah (12 Dec 2015). "‘A Whole New Being’: How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment". NY Times. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ↑ CNN, By Ed Payne. "Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom". CNN. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Walmart subsidiary discriminated against transgender worker, EEOC finds". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. ↑ News, ABC. "Kentucky man, transgender wife sue Amazon for workplace bias". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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