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The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a nonprofit social equality organization founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling in Washington, D.C. [5] The organization works primarily in the areas of policy advocacy and media activism with the aim of advancing the equality of transgender people in the United States. [6]
A transgender (often shortened to trans) person is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. [2]
Medically and socially, the term "transsexualism" is being replaced with gender incongruence [8] or gender dysphoria, [9] and terms such as transgender people, trans men, and trans women, and non-binary are replacing the category of transsexual people.
The Transgender Education Network of Texas, which works on "advocating and educating on behalf of Trans and Gender Expansive Texans," according to its X bio, said in a post: "Hey Texas DPS: Trans ...
Transgender genocide or trans genocide is a term used by some scholars and activists to describe an elevated level of systematic discrimination and violence against ...
Pride in London, 3 July 2010.The banner the crowd is holding up reads: "Respect and Equality for ALL Trans People. Press for Change". The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender people regarding housing, employment, public accommodations, education, and health care.
In recent years, some societies have begun to legally recognize non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities. Some non-western societies have long recognized transgender people as a third gender, though this may not (or may only recently) [3] include internationally recognized ‘legal rights’ for such people.
For instance, to be able to receive government aid, these individuals need to be able to quickly change their legal name, gender, and other information on official ID documents. [104] This fault augmented the challenges of income loss, food insecurity, safe housing, healthcare, and more for many trans and cross-dressing individuals.