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Mat dos Santos Rose Hayes Features Andre LeBlanc -immy Loyceb Jacob Richards Evelyn Rios Theresa Witherspoon Ƃ , - *ers«ectiÛe\ ÛolÛing "ur 6ision 3 STAFF: Flor Bermudez Detention Project Director Sasha Buchert Staff Attorney Cecilia Chung Senior Strategist C. Nathan Harris Director of Advancement Kris Hayashi b([ecXtive Director Anand Kalra +eaOth Programb0anager Danny Kirchof +eOSOine 0anager earning and T riÛing\ Jill Marcellus CommXnications Senior 0anager Trans 9out eading ange 9 Isa Noyola Program 0anager Ola Osaze DeveOoSment Senior 0anager David Patiño Database & Communications Associate Maceo Persson 2Serations 0anager Radha Rodriguez bDeveOoSment & 2Serations Associate 0anager e e c onald\ Ilona Turner Legal Director "n as ion] ierceness] and Matt Wood Supervising Staff Attorney ig ting ,eÛolutions 20 FELLOWS: Daniel Faessler Pride Law Fund Tom Steel Fellow Shawn Meerkamper Legal Fellow VOLUNTEERS: From The Law Desk Jennifer Orthwein Senior Counsel, Detention Project T e -tate ov Transgender aw 13 Alison Pennington Pro Bono Counsel 6olunteer -«otlig t\ Ƃn interÛiew wit en "rt wein] 6olunteer Ƃttorney vor Transgender aw enter½s etention *roject 15 Mapping Trans NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS T e -tate ov Transgender ealt 23 1629 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 400 Oakland, CA 94612 T I«act a« Óä£{ 18 415.865.0176 www.transgenderlawcenter.org Photos L-R: whitehouse gov; Lmnopi http://lmnopi blogspot com/2015/02/street-art-memorial html; Querido Galdo; Javier Soriano/www JavierSoriano com aFRESHperspective: EVOLVING In s ort\ t is is t e tie vor a vres We are in a critical «ers«ectiÛe on t e ind ov world we want to liÛe in] and t e ind ov oÛeent we need moment for the to get us t ere° transgender community, Ƃvter ont s ov t oug tvul revlection and strategic «lanning] Transgender aw enter one ov eÝciting and un«recedented c ange] is ready wit t at vres «ers«ectiÛe° 7e are deÛastating loss] and vierce resistance° ready to inÛest in oÛeent Luilding° 7e T is year] vor t e virst tie] t e «resident are ready to address critical issues faced recogniâed transgender «eo«le in t e -tate Ly t e ost i«acted eLers of our ov t e 1nion address° In Óä£x we aÛe counity w ile centering t eir Ûoices and lost at least £{ transgender counity eLers to Ûiolence] ostly transgender leaders i«° 7e are ready to adÛance legal woen ov color° T e statesanctioned and liÛed eµuality in alifornia and across attacs on Llac liÛes continue° ivesaÛing t e country° www.JavierSoriano.com laws and «olicies are gaining ground across 7e now our duty] and we are ready to win° t e country] as are dangerous] reactionary Lills t at would criinaliâe transgender «eo«le si«ly vor using t e Lat roo° T e goÛernent as increasingly recogniâed and u« eld certain rig ts ov transgender «eo«le] w ile continuing to sanction t e orrivic aLuse ov transgender iigrants eld in detention centers across t e country° TeleÛision s ows and oÛies veaturing transgender «eo«le aÛe won ollywood½s Liggest awards] w ile transgender actiÛists ov color aÛe ad to stor t e stage at t e nation½s Liggest T converence just to Le Activists stage direct action at 2015 Creating Change demanding seen and eard Ly our own counity° prioritization of transgender communities of color by funders and organizations in the LGBT movement. OG>|<POC@IOD>-*7&4| 3 Photos whitehouse.gov; L-R: Lmnopi http://lmnopi.blogspot.com/2015/02/street-art-memorial.html; Querido Galdo; Javier Soriano/ T at starts Ly acnowledging and Luilding on t e legacies of our trans and gender nonconforing ancestors and a««roac ing our oÛeent and ca«aign wor intersectionally and olistically° In Khaled Sayed, khaledphotos.com Sayed, Khaled arc ] we eld t e ational Trans Ƃnti 6iolence onÛening to create s«ace for national dialogues] strategy] and intensiÛe leaders i« deÛelo«ent focused on ending Ûiolence° T e conÛening Lroug t alost £ää transgender and gender nonconforing organiâers and leaders to “Transgender women of address t e issue of antitrans Ûiolence in our counities° T roug t is gat ering we color are facing the brunt s ared] connected] and affired t e wor not just of murder but of t at T leaders on t e ground aÛe Leen doing for years° "ur o«e was to u«lift t e systemic violence, from Ûoices of t ose w o dis«ro«ortionately face t is Ûiolencepin «articular] transgender housing and employment to woen of color° education and incarceration. 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We’re prioritizing t e ands of law enforceent° In uan ters] t is eans wg ting for t e freedo the voices of advocates who of icoll ernandeâ*olanco] a young uatealan transgender woan w o as are living the work locally, eÝ«erienced continual seÝual arassent and aLuse at t e ands of Iigration E statewide, and nationally and ustos nforceent ­I ® staff and ot er bringing them together for detained iigrants w ile Leing detained at an allale I facility in lorence] Ƃ<° It a conversation that doesn’t eans re«resenting ic elle orswort y] a transgender woan eld in a alifornia always happen across en½s «rison] and wg ting for er access to edically necessary genderafwring surgery movements and regions.” and a legal nae c ange° "ur counities are dis«ro«ortionately targeted Ly «olicep -Isa Noyola often si«ly for ºwaling w ile trans»p 4 OG>|<POC@IOD>-*7&4| Families across the country are sharing their stories to build empathy and community through Transgender Law Center’s upcoming TRUTH storytelling campaign for transgender youth.