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National Center for Transgender Equality @TransEquality
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Data from the Williams Institute shows that nearly 1% of young people from ages 13-17 identify as trans. nbcnews.com/better/feature…
Family members' voices are vital in sharing the truth of what it means to be a transgender young person. That's why we created "Families for Trans Equality," a program designed to help families of trans and non-binary people to get tools they need to effectively tell their story.
Interested in being a part of Families for Trans Equality? We invite you to learn more: transequality.org/families
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THREAD: Earlier today, the @nytimes published this story, about efforts within the Trump Administration to eliminate the rights of transgender people - a heartless attack on our rights. nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/…
This proposal is an attempt to put restraints on the lives of 2 million people, effectively abandoning our right to equal access to health care, to housing, to education, or to fair treatment under the law.
This administration is willing to disregard the established medical and legal view of our rights and ourselves to solidify an archaic, dogmatic, and frightening view of the world. This transparent political attack will not succeed administratively, legally, or morally
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THREAD: Tonight, we were made aware of a potentially distressing change to the State Department’s travel website, relating to gender marker changes on passports. (h/t @MOOMANiBE)
In essence, the Department of State has altered how it explains the policy to the public, emphasizing longstanding restrictions in the current policy and deemphasizing trans people’s rights.
Our policy experts have reviewed the website’s changes, as well as minor changes that have been made to the Department of State’s policy handbook. The underlying passport policy for changing gender markers has not been materially altered.
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