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The "transgender experience" is not a monolith. Identities are deeply influenced by race, class, and geography.
: Transgender people face disproportionate rates of poverty and homelessness, often due to discrimination in education and employment.
: This group often faces the most violent enforcement of subjugation and the harshest economic realities. For example, the homeless rate for African American transgender women is 51%, over five times that of the general US population.
The transgender community has been a cornerstone of the LGBTQ rights movement since its inception. Historically, trans and sexuality-diverse people gathered together because they faced similar discrimination and realized they were being treated poorly simply because of who they were.
