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From left; Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Executive Director Michael Silverman and board members Pauline Park, Todd Robichaud and Dinh Tu Tran. Photo: Michael K. Lavers.



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A Case for Trans Equality


Friday, May 11, 2007

More than 30 people attended a fundraiser Wednesday, May 9 for the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund in Lower Manhattan. Lawyer Michael Silverman founded TLDEF in 2005. His organization represented Helena Stone in her successful complaint against the MTA after police officers repeatedly arrested and harassed her at Grand Central Terminal. TLDEF also won a settlement with Loehmann’s Department Store earlier this year after Brooklyn resident Jane Galla alleged discrimination in using the dressing rooms.—Michael K. Lavers

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