Gay and lesbian defenders

Commissioner of Internal Revenue: The Superior Court ruled that a middle school may not prohibit a transgender student from expressing her female gender identity. Supreme Court in both those cases. Supreme Court on April 28, , on behalf of same-sex couples seeking the right to marry. Tax Court ruled that treatment for gender dysphoria qualifies as medical care under the Internal Revenue Code and is therefore tax deductible. Vermont on behalf of three Vermont couples seeking the right to marry.

We endeavor to ensure that who we are, how we carry out our work, and the issues we address all reflect the rich diversity of the communities that we serve and represent. This is not really fair of course; the vast majority of the movement uses it as an umbrella term, and a separate minority of the movement is trying to police the term. And second, because we are told over and over, by the gay and lesbian community that we are gay. Evidence of Impact Select the boxes to display the results according to expert type. Department of Public Health , it successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples was a violation of the state constitution. Hodges , and concluded in the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a right to marriage. This case marked the first time that a state court ruled denying a transgender student access to the bathroom consistent with their gender identity is unlawful.

Experts agree that GLAD is staffed by a dedicated and extremely knowledgeable staff of attorneys, researchers, and communicators. Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Our own history and culture. School officials and the school board refused to acknowledge what was happening as bullying. Basically, the radfem community has begun policing certain terms, and people go along with it because it sounds positive, and mostly, because they do not know how thoroughly this stuff erases bisexuals from history.