Brockton MA Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student (2000)

– Positive: A Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that a middle school may not prohibit a transgender student from expressing her gender identity even if that expression does not conform with the sex ascribed to her at birth.

Columbia High Court Restricts Intersex Genital Mutilation (1999)

– Positive: two decisions restricting the ability of parents and doctors to operate on children born with atypical genitals. Press release in English, brief and opinion are in Spanish.

Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (9th Cir., 2000)

– Positive: A U.S. federal court of appeals finds that a transgendered Mexican woman "had a well-founded fear of future persecution and was entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation."

Littleton v. Prange (1999)

– Negative: Texas appellate court negates 7-year marriage of Christie Lee Littleton because she was born male-bodied. Site also contains documents related to the litigation.

Rosa v. Park West Bank (1st Cir., 2000)

– Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that federal sex discrimination laws applies to an individual who was discriminated against for cross-dressing, and suggested that Ulane is no longer good law.

Schwenk v. Hartford (9th Cir., 2000)

– Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that discrimination "because one fails to act in the way expected of a man or woman" may violate federal sex discrimination laws.

Couple fights for son, 6, they say is girl at heart

– "A Westerville couple is fighting to regain custody of their 6-year-old boy, whom they said was taken by social workers because they let the child dress and act like he’s a girl," a news story from the Columbus Dispatch.
(August 26, 2000)