NCTE Launches the TONI Project, a New Site for Trans College Students
http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/ncte-launches-the-toni-project-a-new-site-for-trans-college-students/www.TransStudents.org is a first-of-its-kind Online Hub for Student to Share Information and Take Action
Learn more about the TONI Project and sign up for a webinar here:
http://www.transstudents.org/how-use-site.The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) launched the Transgender On-campus Nondiscrimination Information (TONI) Project, our nation's first online hub for trans students to share trans-affirmative college policies and practices, and exchange ideas for organizing and action.
NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling said, "With the start of another academic year, the TONI Project isurgently needed. Colleges and universities have always been at the forefront of the progress we've made in trans inclusion. But there are still too many trans college students who have trouble getting to, paying for, and graduating from college." Keisling added, "That's why NCTE and our allies came together to develop this site and hope it'll go a long way to make the challenges of college life just a little bit easier to overcome."
Key features of the site include a searchable database of campus profiles that document a range of campus policies such as housing, records and documentation, healthcare, safety, and curricula. TONI is accessible tocurrent and prospective students in search of trans-affirmative colleges and universities. TONI Project usersalso have access to a community forum where they can share ideas for taking action.
