Description

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Transgender Persons and the Law, 2nd Edition further solidifies the ABA's position as the forerunner and champion of combatting transgender discrimination and safeguarding the legal rights of all transgender individuals. This new edition is an excellent resource for lawyers as well as lay-activists engaged in transgender human and civil rights albeit in the courts or in legislative lobbying.The following areas of the law are thoroughly explained in the book: - What is transgendered?- Identification documents- Public facilities- Housing concerns- Military and veterans issues- Family law- School matters- Health care- Personal safety concerns- Keeping and securing employment- Immigration problems- Criminal imprisonment disputes Transgender Persons and the Law, 2nd Edition includes the latest regulations and policy statements (including the looming Executive Order by President Obama on LGBT discrimination by federal contractors) regarding transgenderism in addition to new cases that have been brought before the courts since the publication of the first edition of this book in summer 2013. As a bonus, the book includes a link to an online database that features a complete set of legal forms for all fifty states and the District of Columbia for name changes and for those jurisdictions that allow it, changes to birth certificates.

About the Author

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Ally Windsor Howell was a former practicing lawyer from Alabama. Her legal career involved seven years in the general practice of law, three years as an Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel of the Alabama Medicaid Agency, and fourteen years in the general practice of law with an emphasis on civil litigation. She was certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy for whom she later served as an examiner in civil procedure, civil evidence and ethics. Ms. Howell passed away March 1, 2015 after a brief illness.