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Title: Transgender Coloradans Face Daunting Obstacles
Post by: SandraJane on November 08, 2012, 04:50:49 PM
Post by: SandraJane on November 08, 2012, 04:50:49 PM
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Transgender Coloradans Face Daunting Obstacles
by Lindsay Miller | EDGE Contributor | Thursday Nov 8, 2012
http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=138786 (http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=138786)
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Gender Identity Center of Colorado Program Director Karen Scarpella Courtney Gray, Transgender Programs Coordinator at The GLBT Community Center of Colorado
According to the Colorado findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Study, transgender Coloradans still face serious obstacles in the form of discrimination that affects nearly every aspect of their lives, from workplace discrimination to unemployment to homelessness to health care inequalities.
On October 22, and the Gender Identity Center of Colorado released the state's breakout data. This data was drawn from the comprehensive 2011 national study, "Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey," compiled by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which collected data from transgender and gender-non-conforming people around the country.
Transgender Coloradans Face Daunting Obstacles
by Lindsay Miller | EDGE Contributor | Thursday Nov 8, 2012
http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=138786 (http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=138786)
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Gender Identity Center of Colorado Program Director Karen Scarpella Courtney Gray, Transgender Programs Coordinator at The GLBT Community Center of Colorado
According to the Colorado findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Study, transgender Coloradans still face serious obstacles in the form of discrimination that affects nearly every aspect of their lives, from workplace discrimination to unemployment to homelessness to health care inequalities.
On October 22, and the Gender Identity Center of Colorado released the state's breakout data. This data was drawn from the comprehensive 2011 national study, "Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey," compiled by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which collected data from transgender and gender-non-conforming people around the country.
Title: Re: Transgender Coloradans Face Daunting Obstacles
Post by: Joelene9 on November 08, 2012, 09:40:43 PM
Post by: Joelene9 on November 08, 2012, 09:40:43 PM
Thanks Sandra Jane. I have seen this kind of thing here in the Denver metro area.
Joelene
Joelene