Snapshot: Advancing Transgender Equality

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Snapshot: Advancing Transgender Equality
Abstract:

This report provides an overview of the movement for transgender equality in the US. The report comes at an important time, as autonomous transgender organizations add full-time staff and increase their budgets, while general LGBT groups add trans-specific programs to their agendas. 

The report has five main sections: 

  • The first provides a brief look at the evolution and growth of today's movement for transgender equality.
  • The second examines the obstacles that face transgender Americans, including issues related to physical and mental health; safety and physical security; legal documentation and relationship rights; and employment and self-sufficiency.
  • The third describes the work underway to overcome the obstacles outlined in the section 2.
  • The fourth section provides 10 key recommendations that general LGBT organizations should consider to make their work more trans-inclusive and relevant.
  • The final section provides five key recommendations to help funders increase their support for transgender equality.
Bottom line: Snapshot: Advancing Transgender Equality comprehensively describes the movement for transgender equality, with an emphasis on current obstacles to equality and the work underway to overcome them. The report has a variety of uses, including educating new staff at general LGBT organizations and foundations about the movement for trans equality and how it fits into a broader LGBT agenda.
Pages: Snapshot Report, 10 pages
Date: Snapshot Report, August 2009
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