Additional Resources

“Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People” by the Movement Advancement Project and the Center for American Progress
This report offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of how LGBT people—and particularly LGBT people of color—face higher rates of incarceration and unfair treatment and abuse in the criminal justice system.

Unerased: Counting Transgender Lives by Meredith Talusan
A team of five reporters have built a comprehensive database of transgender Americans who have died by homicide since 2010.

Addressing Anti-Transgender Violence by the Human Rights Campaign & the Trans People of Color Coalition
In November 2015, HRC, in partnership with Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC), released a report detailing the violence facing transgender people, the realities that conspire to put transgender people at risk, and solutions that can be pursued by policymakers, advocates and public and private sector leaders to address this national crisis.

Organizations

Transformative Teaching Collective - https://www.transformativeteaching.coop/
The Transformative Teaching Collective is a worker-owned cooperative founded to promote social justice education in the South Carolina Low country and beyond.  We design and facilitate interactive workshops that invite participants to co-create a deeper understanding of concepts related to human diversity, oppression, solidarity and liberation.  We offer customized sessions to meet the needs of schools, community groups, corporations and other organizations looking to deepen the unity, vision and collective development among co-workers. We are especially interested and equipped to work with teachers who desire to embrace more liberatory, holistic and inclusive forms of pedagogy. We are dedicated to practicing cooperative principles that allow us to educate, learn and grow from one another. As we transform ourselves we aim to dismantle and transform the interlocking systems of oppression that keep us divided.

Sylvia Rivera Law Project - https://srlp.org/
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. SRLP is a collective organization founded on the understanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social and economic justice. Therefore, we seek to increase the political voice and visibility of low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. SRLP works to improve access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services for our communities. We believe that in order to create meaningful political participation and leadership, we must have access to basic means of survival and safety from violence.

Transgender Law Center - https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.

New York City Anti-Violence Project - https://avp.org/
AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.

Trans People of Color Coalition - https://transpocc.org/
Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) exists to advance justice for all trans people of color. We amplify our stories, support our leadership, and challenge issues of racism, transphobia, and transmisogyny.