Posts from — January 2009
Massachusetts RMV releases policy change for changing gender markers
January 26, 2009
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) has revised its policy on changing gender markers on Massachusetts drivers’ licenses to more accurately reflect the experience of transition for transgender people.
Now, instead of having to submit medical proof of sex reassignment surgery as well as an amended birth certificate, transgender people will be able to change their gender designation by submitting a Gender Designation Change Form signed by a medical provider, “attesting to the gender that individual considers him or herself to be.”
Inaccurate identity documents have increasingly put transgender people at risk, and this policy change alleviates one difficulty many transgender people have faced. GLAD has been working on this issue in Massachusetts for several years with our partners at MassEquality, the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and many members of the transgender community. We applaud this positive change by the RMV.
January 27, 2009 No Comments
Sick Savage
Radio host Michael Savage continued his attacks on the transgender community during the January 7 broadcast of The Savage Nation, declaring that a sensitivity training program for San Francisco police detectives on transgender issues is “sort of like toilet training for adults” and describing the program as a “class … to teach normal men how to have sensitivity to a psychopathic sex-change operative who should be in a mental hospital.”
January 27, 2009 2 Comments
Black History Month Celebration ~ Brother Outsider
| February 15, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
MCC Hartford Celebrates Black History Month
Film and Conversation at MCC Hartford “Brother Outsider ~ The Bayard Rustin Story”
Sunday, February 15th at 5 PM, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, CT*
January 26, 2009 No Comments
Participate in a Transgender Health Care Study
The following is from our Ct TransAdvocacy Intern Haley. She may be contacted at transhealthstudy@gmail.com
My name is Haley McCarthy from the Public Health department at Southern Connecticut State University and I am writing to invite you to participate in my research study. This is a study about the health care experiences of transgender individuals. You may be eligible if you identify as transgender, are 20 to 50 years of age and live in Connecticut.
If you decide to participate in this study, you will be asked to participate in a 2-hour focus group and may also be asked to participate in a one hour follow up in-depth interview. Participants will be partially compensated for their travel and child care expenses. [Read more →]
January 25, 2009 No Comments
