Press Release

Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and NCLR Release First-of-Its-Kind Comprehensive Legal Resource for Transgender Youth

by NCLR Staff | Jun 17, 2020 | handbook, trans youth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 27, 2020 CONTACTChristopher Vasquez, NCLR Communications Director415.365.1337 | cvasquez@nclrights.org Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and NCLR Release First-of-Its-Kind Comprehensive Legal Resource for Transgender Youth Today, the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic (HLAC) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights published a first-of-its-kind legal resource guide for...

Cases & Advocacy

Mariah L. v. Administration for Children’s Services

by Dan Mahoney | Jan 1, 2009 | transgender, trans youth, sex reassignment surgery, LGBT foster care, trans foster care, transgender foster care, transgender youth

Mariah L. sought coverage for transition-related healthcare as a 20-year-old transgender woman in foster care in New York City. Mariah’s doctors have all agreed that sex reassignment surgery is medically necessary for her. In New York, the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has a duty to provide and pay for all necessary medical care and treatment for children placed in foster care, but ACS has refused to provide Mariah with the medical care that she needs. Mariah...