This online feature provides an overview of the legal issues affecting the transgender community. Transgender People & the Law includes a guide to familiarize you with commonly-used terminology and also answers frequently asked questions across a range of issues, including:

• discrimination in employment, housing, public places and schools;
• name change and identity documents;
• family matters;
• health care coverage;
• criminal law and transgender people;
• transgender rights in prison; and
• transgender immigrants.