Full Civil Rights Are Here
Kristine Holt writes about what it felt like in June to learn about the Supreme Court decision granting full civil rights under Title VII to Aimee Stephens and the rest of the transgender community.
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Kristine Holt hails originally from Northwest Pennsylvania, where her career as a social worker was suddenly ended in 1992 when she was fired for transitioning on the job. Seeking greener pastures, she relocated to Philadelphia to attend Temple Law school. A couple years after she landed in Philly, a lawsuit she had filed against her employer came due, and she ultimately settled for enough funds to take that last step in her transition. Thus proving that what goes around, comes around.
Community Pride Groups Help Make Change
What is “Community Pride”? I think in the context of the LGBTQ it is a combination of stereotypes, truths, contradictions and drag queens. Anyone who has any experience within the community can recognize it sight unseen: the effusive interactions, over-the top grandeur and effete snobbery; but also the loving camaraderie. Oh, but let’s not be […]
Never Argue With the Judge
In our legal system the judge is the top dog. The big kahuna. The big boss with the hots sauce. In other words they are in charge, totally. Kristine Holt learned early in her legal career that arguing with a judge is not a good idea, if you want to win the case. She did however disagree with a fellow attorney (who ironically is now a judge) and it turned out Kristine was right. How she disagreed led to a positive outcome in a later case. Read on and learn how.
Trans Role Models and Breakthroughs
Kristine Holt starts to recognize people throughout the ages who are seen as role models for transgender people. Along the way she gets caught up in not just the individuals who have helped transgender people win recognition but list many of the events that occurred because of trans people’s effort to be seen and accepted. She starts off in 204 BC and follows our progress up to 2015.
Continuing Legal Education or, Schooling the Lawyers
our resident legal counsel, Kristine Holt, writes about her efforts to further the education of lawyers who are not familiar with the issues transgender clients may be confronted with. To enlighten them on the subject Kristine was part of two seminars that provided useful information that would benefit any of the attendee’s transgender clients.
Domestic Relations & The Trans Parent or A Tale of Two Families
Today Kristine Holt steps back from how transgender people are dealt with by our system of laws and tells some stories of how coming out as transgender can affect families. She begins with her own story of what happened when she told her spouse about he need to transition and then tells of other outcomes through a fictional account base on fact, and a true story in which the principals passed away several years ago.
Interactions With “Public Servants”
When I first came out, I had contacted the IFGE for information about transitioning. I received some pamphlets, most of them reprints from articles appearing in the Tapestry magazine. But there was a very small but important trifold document labeled “Legal Dos and Don’ts for going public Crossdressed.” It was chock full of common sense […]
My Transgender Discrimination, and What I Did About It
In today’s Trans Legal column Kristine Holt writes about the battle she fought in the ’90s with anti- transgender discrimination in her workplace. Fighting that battle prepared her for the larger war against transgender rights that we are fighting today. She outlines what she did to fight back and win. Now she is concerned that one of the most useful tools for fighting a discrimination lawsuit is in danger of being discarded.
More on Changing Your Legal Name
Meet Philadelphia attorney Kristine Holt. She is our newest contributor and will be writing about transgender legal issues. Today she expounds further on the subject of how to change your legal name. Future columns will cover other legal matters of interest to the transgender community.
What’s in a Name?
Meet Philadelphia attorney Kristine Holt. She is our newest contributor and will be writing about transgender legal issues. Today she introduces herself and expounds on the subject of how to change your legal name. Future columns will cover other legal matters of interest to the transgender community.
