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» 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.
» 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.
» 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."
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
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Last Updated: 2007-02-19 13:45:18
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