(San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2009)—Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno has agreed to make policy changes and conduct staff trainings to ensure that the rights of its LGBTQ patients and family members are properly respected. The changes are in response to a demand letter by American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Lesbian Rights on behalf of a lesbian who was barred from visiting her partner and giving advice about her treatment at the hospital. “We are very...
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ACLU and NCLR Urge Hospital To Adopt Policies Respecting Same-Sex Relationships (San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2009)—After a lesbian was barred from visiting her partner and giving advice about her treatment at a Fresno hospital, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Lesbian Rights sent a letter to the hospital today urging that it adopt policy changes respecting same-sex relationships. “We just couldn’t believe this was happening to us. This was the nightmare that we...
Groundbreaking Decision First Of Its Kind (Boise, ID, July 30, 2007) — In a groundbreaking decision, a federal district court judge ruled Friday that the Idaho Department of Corrections must provide female hormone therapy to a transgender inmate while her case proceeds to trial in federal court in Boise, Idaho. Jenniffer Spencer sued the Idaho Department of Corrections for failing to diagnose or treat her gender identity disorder, the current medical diagnosis applied to transsexual people....