Trans Legal Group Releases Coronavirus Guide
The Transgender Legal Defence and Education Fund (TLDEF) has released a free online guide for trans and non-binary individuals in order for them to known their rights during the coronavirus pandemic.
TLDEF describes itself as “a nonprofit whose mission is to end discrimination and achieve equality for transgender people, particularly those in our most vulnerable communities.”
This guide, which contains information as of March 22, explores “both trans-specific concerns and equity concerns that disproportionately impact trans and non-binary individuals, such as issues involving employment, housing and health care.” It also features a national appendix of health and advocacy resources for members of the community living gin the U.S., as the ‘Washington Blade’ writes.
According to the guide, the “extraordinary public health crisis” may lead trans and non-binary individuals to experience delays in receiving operations that hospitals have classified as “non-emergency surgeries” and business that courts and government agencies has deemed “non-essential,” which may or may not entail changing one’s legal name and gender marker, which has been proven of extreme importance for the mental health of trans people.
The guide, available both in English and in Spanish, advises trans and non-binary people to know their rights and take legal action when needed.
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