Connecticut

October 22, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Lawsuit filed for detained trans girl treated 'as a boy' by CT child welfare

Lawyers for a transgender 16-year-old girl, known in court documents only as Jane Doe, are suing Connecticut's Department of Children and Families and prison officials, alleging that Doe's traumatizing isolation in solitary confinement throughout this year violates her constitutional rights.

June 6, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Trans teen to be moved to "treatment center for youths," says Conn. DCF

The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner Joette Katz said today that the transgender teen girl known as Jane Doe, who has been held in an adult prison for nearly 2 months without criminal charges against her, will be admitted to a treatment center for youth in Massachusetts.

May 28, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

TAKE ACTION: 50 days of prison is not #JusticeForJane

A transgender 16-year-old girl, Jane Doe, has now been held in solitary confinement at an adult prison facility for 50 days, without criminal charges against her.

May 21, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Lawyer says jailed Conn. transgender teen 'deteriorating' despite move within prison

Aaron J. Romano, an attorney for the transgender teenage girl imprisoned in Connecticut, says that the girl's situation has not improved following her move to a different area of the adult prison, according to The New Haven Register.

May 15, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Conn. newspaper editorial calls for release of transgender teen girl from prison

An editorial in Connecticut's New Haven Register calls for the release of transgender teen girl, Jane Doe, from the prison where she is being held without criminal charges against her by order of the state's Department of Children and Families.

May 12, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Connecticut Gov. Malloy wants transgender teen girl out of prison

Following the imprisonment of a 16-year-old transgender girl of color, Jane Doe, by order of the Department of Childr

April 4, 2014

by Odalis Garcia

GSAFE at Hartford School makes lasting change for LGBT students

Manchester High School in a central Connecticut town ten miles from Hartford has a GSA club with a 15 year legacy.

January 4, 2014

by Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement

Connecticut prohibits healthcare discrimination against transgender patients

Connecticut is set to become the fifth state requiring health insurance providers to cover treatment related to transgender people's transitions and prohibit anti-trans discrimination, the Advocate reports.

December 6, 2013

by Nicholas Coppola

Transgender Connecticut police officer files charges over hostile work environment

Francesca Quaranta, a transgender police officer in Middletown, Connecticut, has filed a complaint claiming her supervisors created a hostile work environment because of her gender identity.

May 20, 2013

by Ryan Houlihan

Connecticut Yankee Council opens Scouting to gay youth and adults

The Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America has announced that it will open to gay youth and adults.

Connecticut

Lawsuit filed for detained trans girl treated 'as a boy' by CT child welfare

Trans teen to be moved to "treatment center for youths," says Conn. DCF

TAKE ACTION: 50 days of prison is not #JusticeForJane

Lawyer says jailed Conn. transgender teen 'deteriorating' despite move within prison

Conn. newspaper editorial calls for release of transgender teen girl from prison

Connecticut Gov. Malloy wants transgender teen girl out of prison

GSAFE at Hartford School makes lasting change for LGBT students

Connecticut prohibits healthcare discrimination against transgender patients

Transgender Connecticut police officer files charges over hostile work environment

Connecticut Yankee Council opens Scouting to gay youth and adults

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