Transgender people say they're ready for the spotlight
Transgender activists have planned a march and festival during Seattle's Pride celebrations to increase visibility of a little-understood segment of the LGBT community.
By Lornet Turnbull
Seattle Times staff reporter
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They are the "T" in LGBT and arguably the most maligned segment of that community.
Many transgender men and women face hardships in routine areas of daily life. They are twice as likely as the general population to be unemployed or homeless and four times as likely to live in poverty.
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"Some of us are calling this our coming-out party."
The Williams Institute, a national think tank that does public-policy research on sexual orientation and gender identity, estimates there are 700,000 transgender people in the U.S. — people whose birth-assigned sex does not match the gender to which they feel they belong.
Trans Pride celebrations are planned for a number of U.S. cities this year.
In Seattle, one is scheduled for Friday, beginning with a 6 p.m. march from Seattle Central Community College on Capitol Hill to Cal Anderson Park, followed by a festival at the park.
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Just wanted to share a very positive article from here in Seattle.
