Join us on Trans Day of Visibility in DC! Monday, March 11, 2024 ttaylor March 11, 2024 - 5:42pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter As Trans Day of Visibility approaches, we can’t wait to celebrate our community and build trans power with you! You’re invited to our two upcoming TDOV events in Washington D.C.: Transform the Vote Rally and the Blossom Gala. The TRANSform the Vote Rally, presented by the National Center for Transgender Equality in partnership with Queer Equity Institute, will take over the National Mall with joyous performances, inspiring speakers, and commu ..read more

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we celebrate and mourn those we've lost Monday, November 20, 2023 ttaylor November 20, 2023 - 2:15pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter Every life is a universe. We pull the people we love into our orbit and we shine like brilliant stars–even if some days we feel like we'll never get off the ground. But the impact we have on those around us is both undeniable and significant. We crafted TransRemembrance.org as a digital memorial for both grieving and celebrating those we’ve lost. Countless precious trans lives have been extinguished, and to gri ..read more

Becoming a King: Sybastian Smith on the Joy of Drag Monday, July 31, 2023 ttaylor July 31, 2023 - 2:29pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter As a young Black queer person growing up in the Deep South, there are often not many places where one can be safe to express all the parts of themselves.   I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, but my grandparents raised me in Canton, a very small town about 15 miles north of the capital. Canton’s main claim to fame is that it’s where most of the 1996 movie A Time to Kill was filmed, and the historic central city does look like ..read more

The Power of Trans Joy: Trot for Trans Lives Raises Over $20,000 in Austin Friday, June 2, 2023 ttaylor June 2, 2023 - 3:49pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter On May 27, The National Center for Transgender Equality, in partnership with the TRANSContinental Run, hosted two events for the trans community and allies in Texas. We kicked off the day with the Trot for Trans Lives - a 5k run - and the Championing Change panel, which brought activists from across Texas to build power, fight back against those  and create a space where we can center and uplift the needs of t ..read more

The End of the Public Health Emergency Could Leave Transgender People without Access to Vital Care Friday, May 12, 2023 leighthomas May 12, 2023 - 12:35pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter With the end of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), transgender people in the United States may find it more difficult to obtain critical health care, access vital medications – especially testosterone for trans men and other trans masculine people – and to receive other life-saving benefits.  Since the beginning of the PHE in early 2020, telehealth has become a crucial p ..read more

Let Us Play: Make your voice heard for trans + intersex youth! Friday, April 14, 2023 ttaylor April 14, 2023 - 3:00pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter Big news: We’re launching the Let Us Play campaign to make sure that trans and intersex youth can play sports with their friends – and we need you!   The right to play is being threatened – and in some states, already taken away – all around the country. But we have an opportunity now to get protection at the federal level! The Biden-Harris administration and the U.S. Department of Education are proposing a new r ..read more

Finding our Joy: Trans Day of Visibility 2023 Monday, April 3, 2023 ttaylor April 3, 2023 - 5:31pm By: NCTE Image Share via: email facebook twitter For Trans Day of Visibility 2023, we released a video celebrating trans joy and featuring four voices from our trans community! Hailing from around the country — Nebraska, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas — Marcus, Jamy, Dionne, and Damien speak about how they find their joy even in these challenging and uncertain times. Our joy is especially important right now at a time when trans people are under attack from politicians around the country see ..read more

As extremist lawmakers in state after state try to attack our transgender community’s basic health care, the misinformation is rampant. Serious misconceptions about transgender people are fueling legislation from Florida to Missouri to Mississippi – and they all aim to stop young people and their parents from accessing essential mental and physical health care. Some even go farther, with some bills attempting to ban transition-related care until the age of 21  ..read more

On Wednesday, NCTE Policy Director Olivia Hunt spoke at the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on anti-LGBTQ violence. Olivia described how anti-trans rhetoric and policies coming out of statehouses across the nation fuel the increasing wave of anti-trans violence, and emphasized that trans people, and especially trans youth, deserve to be able to live their lives in safety and security. We were honored to speak alongside survivors of the violent attacks at Club Q, as well as the new President of HRC Kelley Robinson, Williams Institute scholar Ilan Meyer, and Brandon Wolf, Press Secre ..read more

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor those taken from our communities, we celebrate their lives, and we root ourselves in our collective resilience.    Our community is incredibly strong. In the face of systemic violence, trans people continue to survive and thrive. We support and celebrate each other while working hard to achieve our dreams.    Our new Remembrance Report centers the humanity and individuality of trans people whose lives were stolen by violence. Whenever possible, we’ve included snapshots of their lives, often shared by their loved ones.  ..read more