What issues do trans* people face today? The United States is considered to be a “first world” country, but two in five Americans live in a state of economic insecurity.  This statistic demonstrates to us that close to half the population of our country is struggling financially— a significant number for a “developed country.” In […]

Transgender people face disproportionately high rates of violence. According to the Human Rights Campaign, twenty-three transgender people were murdered in the United States in 2016, and as of November 2017, twenty-eight transgender people were murdered in the year. Despite the widespread aggression targeted at transgender people, especially trans women of color, the culprits are rarely […]