Transgender woman receives hate-filled letter from DMV employee | abc7news.com

This story demonstrates the difficulties that transgender people can have in attempting to access government services for something as simple as a name change on a driver license, even in a relatively LGBT friendly area like San Francisco.

Transgender woman receives hate-filled letter from DMV employee | abc7news.com: "A hate-filled letter sent to a San Francisco transgender woman has prompted an investigation at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The anti-gay letter claims to have been written by a DMV clerk who assisted the woman at the San Francisco branch last week.

The usually painful experience at the DMV became a traumatic one last week for Amber Yust. A transgender woman, Yust went to the San Francisco branch to legally change her name on her driver's license.

A few days later a letter was mailed to her house. The writer claims to be the DMV clerk who helped her and then went on to say being transgender is 'evil.' He urged her not to go through with the transition from man to woman. He said Yust is going to hell."

Transgender Law Center Celebrates 8 Years

The California-based Transgender Law Center now seems to be a fixture of the trans community's organizational support network. But it's only 8 years old, and it recently celebrated its birthday.

San Francisco Bay Times

Cedar City Declines Anti-discrimination Ordinances : QSaltLake – Utah's Gay and Lesbian News and Entertainment Magazine

Although other cities in Utah have passed non-discrimination laws that include gender identity, Cedar City, Utah recently declined to do so.

Cedar City Declines Anti-discrimination Ordinances : QSaltLake – Utah's Gay and Lesbian News and Entertainment Magazine

They changed, society didn't - The Times of India

They changed, society didn't - The Times of India

A discussion of the discrimination faced by transgender people in the workplace in India.

Law Firm Accused of Being 'Mad Men' Throwback - Requiring Heels, Then Discriminating After Injury - News - ABA Journal

Law Firm Accused of Being 'Mad Men' Throwback - Requiring Heels, Then Discriminating After Injury - News - ABA Journal

This reminds me of the Darlene Jespersen case, where the 9th Circuit said that an employer can require women to wear makeup. What's next -- short skirts and fishnet stockings?

Survey: More than half of transgender bullying victims have attempted suicide :: EDGE Boston

Survey: More than half of transgender bullying victims have attempted suicide :: EDGE Boston:

"A new survey indicates more than half of transgender and gender non-conforming people who were bullied, harassed or assaulted in school have attempted suicide.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality conducted the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. And the results are particularly alarming, in light of the spate of recent LGBT teenage suicides.

'From our experience working with transgender people, we had prepared ourselves for high rates of suicide attempts, but we didn’t expect anything like this,' said NCTE executive director Mara Keisling. 'Our study participants reported attempting suicide at a rate more than 25 times the national average.'

Forty-one percent of respondents reported they had attempted suicide, compared with an estimated 1.6 percent of Americans."

Harrah's Entertainment Receives Perfect Rating for the Fourth Consecutive Year from the Human... -- LAS VEGAS, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Harrah's Entertainment Receives Perfect Rating for the Fourth Consecutive Year from the Human... -- LAS VEGAS, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ --

The Corporate Equality Index has provided a roadmap for employers to address their policies, benefits and other practices broadly for the past nine years.

This year an unprecedented 337 major U.S. businesses earned the top rating of 100 percent, up from 305 companies last year.

These workers are protected from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because of their employers' policies on diversity and inclusion, training and benefits.

LIC turns a new leaf in the life of transgenders | LIC | | Indian Express

News from India:

LIC turns a new leaf in the life of transgenders | LIC | | Indian Express: "CHENNAI: The next time you see a transgender canvassing life insurance, credit it to a brainwave from LIC. On Friday, 60 transgenders from Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chennai participated in a camp, organised by LIC along with the Social Welfare Department, where they would learn the nuances of being an agent for the corporation.

R Vasuki, Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare, said, “This kind of employment opportunity will economically empower the transgenders and will keep them away from begging and commercial sex.”"

Castro Goodwill To Employ Transgender Staff - News Story - KTVU San Francisco

Castro Goodwill To Employ Transgender Staff - News Story - KTVU San Francisco: "SAN FRANCISCO -- A new Goodwill store in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood that opened Saturday afternoon will be providing much need jobs for those in the transgender community.

Many of the store's employees are transgendered people.

Activists say only half of transgender people in California have full time jobs, even though they are twice as likely as other workers to have earned a bachelor's degree.

The pop-up store is located on Market St. at the former Tower Records."