Not sure this is the right place to put this, but participating would be good
Comprehensive national survey on Transgender discrimination launched
by National Centre for Transgender Equality -
http://nctequality.org/- and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -
http://thetaskforce.org/Respond to the survey online at
https://online.survey.psu.edu/endtransdiscrim"This is an absolutely critical national effort. We urge all
Transgender and gender non-conforming people to take the survey to
help guide us in making better laws and policies that will improve the
quality of life for all Transgender people. We need everyone's voice
in this, everyone's participation." — Mara Keisling, Executive
Director, National Centre for Transgender Equality
In the wake of one of the most violent years on record of assaults on
Transgender people, the National Centre for Transgender Equality
(NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have teamed up on a
comprehensive national survey to collect data on discrimination
against Transgender people in housing, employment, public
accommodations, healthcare, education, family life and criminal
justice.
To date, in 2008, several young gender non-conforming people of colour
have been murdered, including California junior high school student
Lawrence King, who was shot in public during the school day. King's
murder, and the murders of Simmie Williams in South Carolina and Angie
Zapata in Greeley, Colorado come in a year in which we are still
working to include Transgender provisions in a federal bill to protect
lesbian, gay and bisexual workers from discrimination in employment.
Hate crimes against Transgender people suggest multiple points of
vulnerability, which can compound each other: discrimination in
employment may lead to unstable housing situations that in turn can
leave Transgender people at the mercy of public programs and public
officials who may not respond respectfully or appropriately to them.
These stressors add burdens in a healthcare system that is often
unprepared for Transgender people's needs. The list goes on. "We know
that Transgender people face discrimination on multiple fronts," said
Mara Keisling, executive director of NCTE. "This data will help us
sort out the combination of forces that leave Transgender people
vulnerable to unemployment, homelessness and violence."
Jaime Grant, director of the Task Force Policy Institute, noted,
"There is so little concrete data on the needs and risks associated
with the widespread discrimination we see in the lives of the
Transgender people we know. This data will help point the way to an
appropriate policy agenda to ensure that Transgender people have a
fair chance to contribute their talents in the workplace, in our
educational systems and in our communities."
NCTE and the Task Force have partnered with Pennsylvania State
University 's Center for the Study of Higher Education to collect and
analyse the data. Applying rigorous academic standards to the
investigation will strengthen any case made to legislators, policy
makers, healthcare providers and others whose decisions impact the
lives of Transgender people. A national team of experts in survey
research and Transgender issues developed the questionnaire, which can
be completed online at
https://online.survey.psu.edu/endtransdiscrim .
Keisling notes: "This is an absolutely critical national effort. We
urge all Transgender and gender non-conforming people to take the
survey to help guide us in making better laws and policies that will
improve the quality of life for all Transgender people. We need
everyone's voice in this, everyone's participation."
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the
grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
community. We do this by training activists, equipping state and local
organisations with the skills needed to organise broad-based campaigns
to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and
building the organisational capacity of our movement. Our Policy
Institute, the movement's premier think tank, provides research and
policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to
counter right-wing lies. As part of a broader social justice movement,
we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human
expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered
in Washington, DC, we also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles,
Miami, Minneapolis, and Cambridge, MA.
Copyright (c) 2008 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
1325 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW STE 600
WASHINGTON DC 20005
Phone 1202 393 5177
Fax 1202 393 2241
TTY 1202 393 2284
thetaskforce@thetaskforce.org
The National Centre for Transgender Equality is a national social
justice organisation devoted to ending discrimination and violence
against Transgender people through education and advocacy on national
issues of importance to Transgender people. The National Centre for
Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organisation. For more information,
please visit
http://nctequality.org/ .
