Staff Attorney with the Transgender Law Centre: Dale Melchert

Dale Melchert is a staff attorney at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to joining TLC, Dale represented LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors of violence in a client-centered, holistic practice at the New York City Anti-Violence Project. There, he represented survivors in family law, housing, matrimonial, immigration, name change and discrimination matters in the five boroughs of New York City. He also organized with, and trained other services providers to increase access to services and resources for LGBTQ survivors. Dale graduated from CUNY School of Law in 2014 with an emphasis on poverty law practice for transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers. He was the recipient of the 2014 Dave Fields Prize for Student Leadership and Achievement, and served as the Stonewall Foundation Fellow at NYLAG’s LGBT Law Project coordinating its life planning clinic in 2013. In his free time Dale enjoys biking and amateur culinary adventures.

Abstract

Do my teachers have to use my name and pronouns? Can I wear clothes and use the bathroom that affirm my gender? Can my school “out” me to my family or my teachers? These are some of the questions that trans students face every day at school. While the answers to these questions can be different depending on where you live and what kind of school you attend, this know your rights webinar for trans students and their educators provides an overview of both the laws and resources that can support you to live your authentic self at school, as well as the recent anti-trans laws that many states have been trying to pass that unfairly target trans young people and the adults who support you. This webinar will address both the legal rights and challenges of students in Texas and other states where the government is aggressively targeting trans young people, as well as the laws that protect trans students across the United States.

Date

July 27, 2022

Time

4:00pm to 5:00pm PST

Location

via Zoom

Accessibility

Live ASL Interpretation

Hosted by

SOGI UBC

The University of Arizona Trans Studies Program

Register Here!