According to a 2011 National Center for Transgender Equality report, 47 percent of black transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been incarcerated. [...]that study found that 78 percent of youth who expressed a transgender or gender-nonconforming identity in grades K-12 were harassed, including by staff, and for one-sixth of those youth the harassment was so severe they left school. Zeam frequently speaks at meetings and conferences and is a leader with the Transgender Law Center and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network's Truth campaign to build a storytelling movement for trans and gender-nonconforming youth and their families.
- Fearing for my black, transgender child's life (Posted 2015-09-01 23:53:22)
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