Snapshot: Advancing Transgender Equality

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.