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  • 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...

  • Prepared for the Worst

    By on July 16, 2008

    Equal-rights advocates in Maryland are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst, regarding Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg's upcoming ruling...

  • 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...

  • Meet Jazz Jennings, a 6-year-old transgender child

    By on June 30, 2008

    ”We’ll say things like, ‘You’re special. God made you special.’ Because there aren’t very many little girls out there that have a penis…. All of...

  • 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...

  • Discrimination Wins One

    By on June 18, 2008

    Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg ruled Wednesday, June 11, that Equality Maryland and Lambda Legal missed the Maryland Board of Election's deadline...

  • SaVanna Wanzer

    By on June 11, 2008

    Born and raised in the District, SaVanna Wanzer began advocating for transgender equality due to the rejection she faced from her own family. ''When I...

  • Battlefield Montgomery

    By on June 11, 2008

    Equality Maryland announced June 10 that it has raised $50,000 to support Basic Rights Montgomery, a coalition formed to preserve the county's transgender anti-discrimination law....

  • Budding Prides

    By on June 4, 2008

    Unity might be key in celebrating Capital Pride. There is, however, also something special about celebrating what might set a group apart, says SaVanna Wanzer,...

  • Pageant with a Cause

    By on May 14, 2008

    The second annual Mr. and Miss Transgender Health Empowerment (THE) Pageant, Sunday, May 18, will include contestants from all over the United States, says Brian...

  • Montgomery County's Trans Ally

    By on April 30, 2008

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...

  • Accomplishments and Challenges

    By on April 16, 2008

    Looking back on Maryland's 2008 legislative session, which concluded on Monday, April 7, Equality Maryland saw reason to celebrate -- as well as reason to...

  • Uncommon decency

    By on April 2, 2008

    In August 2007, D.C. announced the firing of three corrections officers for wrongfully placing a transgender inmate, who had female genitalia, in a male jail...

  • Fighting to Keep Equality

    By on March 19, 2008

    A group of Montgomery County residents, backed by Equality Maryland, filed a lawsuit March 14 against the County Board of Elections for certifying petitions from...

  • Pee Shy

    By on February 27, 2008

    ''Cross-dressing men in your daughter's locker room'' and men lurking in women's restrooms are just some of the things Citizens for a Responsible Government, a...