Many of the existing inclusions for LGB—and particularly—T people have been hard won over the last 20 years. On Monday, June 16, four major organizations met to take stock of the history and trajectory for LGBT inclusions in healthcare.
New Report: Transgender People Face High Levels of Violence
On May 29th, 2014, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released their National Report on Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transg
Seven UN Agencies: Surgery as a Condition of Legal Recognition is Forced Sterilization
In "Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization - An interagency statement," the World Health Organization (WHO) and several other UN agencies have recognized that sterilization without the "full, free and informed consent
NCTE Trains Job Centers Throughout the U.S. on Serving Transgender Job Seekers
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) recently trained staff from Job Centers on how to make their services transgender friendly and transgender competent. What is a Job Center? State and local governments, with U.S.
Reflections on the 2014 Black Trans Advocacy Conference
by Theo George, Online Communications Manager, National Center for Transgender Equality The 2014 Black Trans Advocacy Conference (BTAC) kicked off in Dallas, Texas last month.