{"id":3514,"date":"2020-10-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2021-06-23T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:45:31","slug":"recording-dismantling-social-injustice-equal-rights-for-the-transgender-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-dismantling-social-injustice-equal-rights-for-the-transgender-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Dismantling Social Injustice, Equal Rights for the Transgender Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join Cynthia Dames (she\/her) (Founding Member and Project Managing Consultant for The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newprideagenda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEW Pride Agenda<\/a>) and Kate Sosin (they\/them) (LGBTQ+ Reporter at <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 19th<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoeleatherkate\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter account here<\/a>) for a conversation on the systemic factors that have contributed to disparities and inequities that the Transgender community faces and the legislative and cultural actions we must take to affect change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Equal Rights for the Transgender Community\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AxkguxBHjMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Takeaways:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Kate (they\/them): <\/em>When we talk about transgender, we\u2019re referring to anyone who does not identify with the gender they are assigned at birth.<\/li><li><em>Kate (they\/them): <\/em>Transgender voting rights are a huge issue. The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/publications\/trans-voter-id-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Williams Institute<\/a> (LGBTQ think tank) estimated that as many as 378 thousand transgender people are at risk of  not voting because they don&#8217;t have an ID that reflects who they are. As many as 46% of transgender people don&#8217;t have an ID that matches both their name and gender ID marker.<\/li><li><em>Cynthia (she\/her): <\/em>Regardless of what happens in the national election, I think we need to focus on the state and city legislation and regulation. All politics is really local. There\u2019s a lot you can change on the local level and you can aggregate them to apply pressure.<\/li><li><em>Cynthia (she\/her):<\/em> Allies are critical because there\u2019s more of them than there are of us. Pick an area you care about (health, education, housing, employment), and pick a focal point for it (school, work, etc. Dare to complain, be brave, ask questions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions\/Resources:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To what extent does the LGB community help support the trans community?<ul><li><em>Cynthia (she\/her): <\/em>I think historically, the traditional white resourced gay community has not been supportive of the trans community. And some of us want to create a bridge.&nbsp;I will certainly say that the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newprideagenda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEW Pride Agenda<\/a> was formed to address this.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Do you have any tips for being a better ally for people under 18?<ul><li><em>Kate (they\/them): <\/em>I would say to just listen. A lot of times the most harm kids that can experience is at home when they are not accepted. The world can be awful but if your people love you and affirm you, it\u2019s like walking on air.<br>Affirming that person and letting them explore is the best thing you can do, even if the world is going to be really mean about it.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Resources:<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newprideagenda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEW Pride Agenda<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdalegal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lambda Legal<\/a><\/li><li>Imara Jones, <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trans Lash<\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/translifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trans lifeline<\/a> offers <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/translifeline.org\/microgrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">microgrants<\/a> and has a <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/translifeline.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resource page<\/a> with information on what is necessary in each state to update legal documentation. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><p>As a part of the \u2018Dismantling Social Injustice\u2019 series, this event will focus on the disparities and inequities that the Transgender community faces, including voting rights and civil rights equality.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":3517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,127],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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