Transgender Youth

July 18, 2014

by Andy Kang

UPDATE: Jane Doe moved to male facility

GLAAD has been following the story of Jane Doe, a 16-year-old transgender girl of color, and we are dismayed to report that Doe has been moved to Connecticut's Juvenile Training School (JTS), the state's only secure facility for delinquent boys.

June 26, 2014

by Andy Kang

NYC Children's Services releases Safe & Respected, a Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Best Practices Guide

The guide covers current situations, policy, best practices, and practices to avoid across different issues for serving TGNC children involved in government programs and services.

June 12, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Image of trans teen Jane Doe shared with essay by trans activists demanding #JusticeForJane

Jane Doe, a 16-year-old transgender girl, has been in prison without charges against her for 65 days, but her image and name have been kept anonymous by the Department of Children and Families.

June 11, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Laverne Cox, Tiq Milan and Chase Strangio appear on 'The Katie Show'

Yesterday, Katie Couric welcomed Laverne Cox, star of Orange is The New Black, Tiq Milan, GLAAD's Senior Media Strategist, and Chase Strangio, an attorney at the ACLU's LGBT and AIDS project to discuss a myriad of issues facing the transgender community.

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.

March 17, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

Transgender teen takes softball field with all the other California girls

Because of California's recently enacted law, AB 1266, transgender students like Pat Cordova-Goff can participate in actvities and facitilites that align with their gender identity. Al Jazeera America highlighted Cordova-Goff's story.

January 8, 2014

by Tiq Milan

Protections for transgender students in peril. Repeal efforts advance to full validation count

Even though California's transgender non-discrimination law, the School Success and Opportunity Act or AB1266, was signed into law last August, it still faces potential repeal. A coalition of anti-LGBT activist organizations collected hundreds of thousands of signatures to put the law up for a public vote in November.

Transgender Youth

UPDATE: Jane Doe moved to male facility

NYC Children's Services releases Safe & Respected, a Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Best Practices Guide

Image of trans teen Jane Doe shared with essay by trans activists demanding #JusticeForJane

Laverne Cox, Tiq Milan and Chase Strangio appear on 'The Katie Show'

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

Transgender teen takes softball field with all the other California girls

Protections for transgender students in peril. Repeal efforts advance to full validation count

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