| Rosa v. Park West Bank (1st Cir., 2000) Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that federal sex discrimination laws applies to an individual who was discriminated against for cross-dressing, and suggested that Ulane is no longer good law. | |
| Littleton v. Prange (1999) Negative: Texas appellate court negates 7-year marriage of Christie Lee Littleton because she was born male-bodied. Site also contains documents related to the litigation. | |
| Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (9th Cir., 2000) Positive: A U.S. federal court of appeals finds that a transgendered Mexican woman 'had a well-founded fear of future persecution and was entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation.' | |
| Columbia High Court Restricts Intersex Genital Mutilation (1999) Positive: two decisions restricting the ability of parents and doctors to operate on children born with atypical genitals. Press release in English, brief and opinion are in Spanish. | |
| Brockton MA Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student (2000) Positive: A Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that a middle school may not prohibit a transgender student from expressing her gender identity even if that expression does not conform with the sex ascribed to her at birth. | |
| Couple fights for son, 6, they say is girl at heart 'A Westerville couple is fighting to regain custody of their 6-year-old boy, whom they said was taken by social workers because they let the child dress and act like he's a girl,' a news story from the Columbus Dispatch. (August 26, 2000) | |
| Schwenk v. Hartford (9th Cir., 2000) Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that discrimination 'because one fails to act in the way expected of a man or woman' may violate federal sex discrimination laws. | |
| Transgender Law Center Civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. Features mission, board, staff, services, clients and client stories. Based in San Francisco, CA. | |
| Transgender Law and Policy Up-to-date listing of all U.S. laws that are transgender-inclusive; quality articles and resources on legal issues affecting transgendered and gender variant people. Intended for activists, policymakers, and academics. | |
| Transgender Issues and Sexual Orientation A 1997 issue of the National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law, including three articles, and a brief to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of X,Y, and Z v. UK. | |
| Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activists and Policymakers Guide to passing transgender-inclusive non-discrimination legislation with introduction to transgender issues, language for legislation, talking points, comprehensive resource listing. 96-page book in PDF format, June 2000. | |
| Discrimination Against Transgendered People Summary of existing case law in the U.S., including employment discrimination, parental issues, marriage, immigration, and prison issues; authored by Shannon Minter, senior staff attorney, National Center for Lesbian Rights. | |
| Press for Change A political lobbying and educational organisation that campaigns for equal civil rights and liberties for all transgendered people in the United Kingdom, through legislation and social change. Extensive resources and a document library. | |