50% of transgender individuals report having to teach their providers about some aspect of their healthcare needs. We stand with you.
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Freedom for All Americans Chief Program Officer Kasey Suffredini speaks about Transgender Day of Visibility in conjunction with the #EveryoneWelcome campaign in his great new video!
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, and across the country, millions of people want every transgender person to feel safe and free to be visible in all facets of society – including all public spaces. Treating our transgender neighbors with fairness and respect and working to make #EveryoneWelcome is what this new campaign is all about – check out these great new videos calling for full transgender equality, and share: http://bit.ly/2nSAVdR
NEW REPORT! This isn’t just about bathrooms, it’s about whether transgender students will be included in our public education system. Put simply, if trans kids cannot safely access a bathroom, they cannot safely attend school.
MAP & @glsen have launched a new report: Separation and Stigma: Transgender Youth & School Facilities looking at the harmful and unnecessary policies that exclude transgender students from accessing appropriate school facilities.
Thanks to National Center for Transgender Equality and NEA Today for their partnership on this report.
150K Trans Kids In U.S. Schools Experience Discrimination & Harassment
Read our guide on Talking About Transgender Students & School Facilities Access: http://lgbtmap.org/talking-about-transgender-students-school-facilities-access
Learn more about school environments for LGBT youth: http://lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/safe_school_laws
It’s great to see so many amicus briefs supporting Gavin Grimm and equality for trans students. Many transgender students, like Gavin, face discrimination and mistreatment when it comes to using the same school facilities as their peers. MAP’s Talking About Transgender Students & School Facilities Access provides helpful tips and examples for supporting policies to protect trans students and their ability to access facilities that match their gender identity. http://lgbtmap.org/talking-about-transgender-students-school-facilities-access #standwithgavin
Half of trans students were
banned from using their name or pronoun that matches their gender. Read more: http://lgbtmap.org/transgender-youth-school
Source: @glsen
If trans students cannot safely access a bathroom, they cannot safely attend school.
Read more about safe schools for LGBT youth: http://lgbtmap.org/transgender-youth-school
There are over 150,000 trans students in our schools between 13 & 17 years old. We need safe schools for LGBT youth
MAP’s latest report finds that at most only 2.8% of #LGBT people contributed $35 or more in
2017 to participating LGBT organizations. Individual donors are the most
significant source of revenue for LGBT organizations. Please consider
supporting your favorite #LGBT organization this holiday season. http://www.lgbtmap.org/2018-national-lgbt-movement-report