10 inspiring reasons to help TLC on #GiveOUTday
Schedule your gift for Aug. 2 at bit.ly/TLCgiveout
1.TLC leads skill-based trainings to educate local trans leaders in the states facing anti-trans legislation & ballot initiatives.
2.TLC increases public understanding of the lives and struggles of trans folks and their families through compelling storytelling.
3. Our Positively Trans program centers the voices, needs and leadership of trans and gender nonconforming people living with HIV/AIDS.
4. TLC’s Detention
Project works to end the abuses transgender and gender nonconforming people
face in prisons, jails, immigration detention, state hospitals and at the hands of law enforcement.
5. TLC@SONG, a collaboration, marries our legal & policy expertise with Southerners On New Ground’s southern organizing prowess.
6. When #HB2 hit North Carolina, TLC@SONG responded with a mix of legal strategies, organized resistance and other efforts on the ground.
7. TLC educates government officials about the specific needs of trans women immigrants, particularly those in detention facilities.
8. In 2015, the TLC Helpline responded to more than 2,660 requests for legal information and assistance. Go #TransJustice!
9. In 2015, TLC and sister organizations gathered 100+ leaders for the National Trans Anti-Violence Convening, the first national gathering on anti-trans violence.
10. TRUTH, a collaboration between TLC & GSA Network, is building a national trans & GNC youth storytelling movement. #ProtectTransYouth
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