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  • Maryland Del. Dwyer Appealing Sentence

    By on May 14, 2013

    A lawyer for Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel Co.), one of the General Assembly's most vocal opponents of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, has...

  • DCTC vs. Virginia

    By on December 29, 2011

    The DC Trans Coalition (DCTC), a local advocacy group advancing the civil rights of transgender people, has filed a friend of the court brief urging...

  • The Waiting Game

    By on January 28, 2009

    If you're confused about what has changed in D.C. jails since Virginia Soto, a woman who was wrongfully placed in a male facility for two...

  • Graham Joins Trans Activists

    By on August 6, 2008

    In an e-mail message dated Monday, Aug. 4, to local transgender activist Jeri Hughes, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), expressed his support for the DC...

  • Riled Over Rules

    By on July 30, 2008

    In the months-long debate between the District and the transgender community regarding the treatment of gender-variant detainees in District jails, the ongoing dialogue seems to...

  • Transforming Corrections

    By on July 9, 2008

    D.C. Trans Coalition continues effort to amend DOC guidelines on transgender inmates Complaints regarding the handling of transgender inmates in D.C. jails, including stories from...

  • Prison Guideline Grudge

    By on June 18, 2008

    Jeri Hughes, a member of D.C. Trans Coalition, on June 12 fired the latest shot in an ongoing melee between the D.C. Department of Corrections...