Court Cases (Law)

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Columbia High Court Restricts Intersex Genital Mutilation (1999) 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. (Court Cases) http://www.isna.org/colombia/index.html In Re Robert Henry McIntyre (1998) In Re Robert Henry McIntyre (1998): Positive: Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns lower court decision requiring a transsexual women to have surgery before legal name change. (Court Cases) http://www.dpg-law.com/opinions/pa-suprm/1998-07/0569-mcintyre.html Ulane v. Eastern Airlines (7th. Cir., 1984) Ulane v. Eastern Airlines (7th. Cir., 1984): Negative: a federal Court of Appeals ruled a transsexual woman was not discriminated against "because she is female, but because Ulane is a transsexual." Upheld by the Supreme Court. (Court Cases) http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/polisci/pcurrah/genderlaw/ulane.htm Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (9th Cir., 2000) 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." (Court Cases) http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4bc2cbe0ce5be94e88256927007a37b9/bbde9214ab1c855488256945005f260a?OpenDocument Littleton v. Prange (1999) 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. (Court Cases) http://christielee.net/main1.htm Brockton MA Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student (2000) 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. (Court Cases) http://www.glad.org/News_Room/press29-10-12-00.shtml Couple fights for son, 6, they say is girl at heart 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. (Court Cases) http://www.dispatch.com/news/newsfea00/aug00/398425.html Schwenk v. Hartford (9th Cir., 2000) 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. (Court Cases) http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4bc2cbe0ce5be94e88256927007a37b9/942e6471f039ce3888256927007a7330?OpenDocument Rosa v. Park West Bank (1st Cir., 2000) 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. (Court Cases) http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=1st&navby=case&no=992309