List of transgender-rights organizations
Encyclopedia
Groups that campaign for the rights of transgender
, transvestite, transsexual, third gender
and other gender variant peoples have been in existence since the mid-20th century, and have multiplied greatly in number since the 1990s. They may use a civil rights
or minority rights
political discourse, or may instead aim to challenge the very institution of gender
. Their goals are varied, but include legal change, such as recognition in one's chosen sex on official documents; challenging discrimination
and social exclusion
in institutions such as prisons, housing, employment, health and education; and combating violence
against transgender people.
**TransFemale Association of Thailand
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
, transvestite, transsexual, third gender
Third gender
The terms third gender and third sex describe individuals who are categorized as neither man nor woman, as well as the social category present in those societies who recognize three or more genders...
and other gender variant peoples have been in existence since the mid-20th century, and have multiplied greatly in number since the 1990s. They may use a civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
or minority rights
Minority rights
The term Minority Rights embodies two separate concepts: first, normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or sexual minorities, and second, collective rights accorded to minority groups...
political discourse, or may instead aim to challenge the very institution of gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
. Their goals are varied, but include legal change, such as recognition in one's chosen sex on official documents; challenging discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
and social exclusion
Social exclusion
Social exclusion is a concept used in many parts of the world to characterise contemporary forms of social disadvantage. Dr. Lynn Todman, director of the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, suggests that social exclusion refers to processes in which...
in institutions such as prisons, housing, employment, health and education; and combating violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
against transgender people.
International
- International Foundation for Gender EducationInternational Foundation for Gender EducationInternational Foundation for Gender Education is an American non-profit transgender advocacy organization founded in 1987 and devoted to "overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance."...
(IFGE) - Global Action for Trans EqualityGlobal Action for Trans EqualityGlobal Action for Trans* Equality is an organisation and think tank for transsexuals' or transgender's dignity and rights founded in 2009...
(GATE)
Asia
- TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
- Taiwan TG Butterfly GardenTaiwan TG Butterfly GardenTaiwan TG Butterfly Garden , established in 2000, is the first formal transgender support group in Taiwan. Many members are transsexual; others identify as crossdressers, and others might be described as questioning or transgressive....
- Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden
- ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
**TransFemale Association of Thailand
North America
- United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- Audre Lorde ProjectAudre Lorde ProjectThe Audre Lorde Project is a Brooklyn, New York-based organization for queer people of color. The organization concentrates on community organizing and radical nonviolent activism around progressive issues within New York City, especially relating to queer and transgender communities, AIDS and HIV...
- GenderPACGenderPACGenderPAC was a LGBT rights organization based in Washington, DC working to the stated aim of ensuring classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe places for every person to learn, grow, and succeed, whether or not they conform to expectations for masculinity or femininity...
- Gender SpectrumGender SpectrumGender Spectrum is a Bay Area-based non-profit organization whose mission is to create more gender-sensitive and -inclusive environments for all people, including especially gender non-conforming and transgender youth. Gender Spectrum provides education, resources, and structured training sessions...
- International Foundation for Gender EducationInternational Foundation for Gender EducationInternational Foundation for Gender Education is an American non-profit transgender advocacy organization founded in 1987 and devoted to "overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance."...
- Intersex Society of North AmericaIntersex Society of North AmericaThe Intersex Society of North America was a non-profit advocacy group founded in 1993 by Cheryl Chase to represent the interest of intersex people. Their objective was to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries...
- Jewish Mosaic: The National Jewish Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Massachusetts Transgender Political CoalitionMassachusetts Transgender Political CoalitionThe Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is an organization dedicated to ending discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression...
- National Center for Transgender EqualityNational Center for Transgender EqualityThe National Center for Transgender Equality is a nonprofit social justice organization, founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling...
- National Gay and Lesbian Task ForceNational Gay and Lesbian Task ForceThe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people, and working to create positive, lasting...
- National Transgender Advocacy CoalitionNational Transgender Advocacy CoalitionThe National Transgender Advocacy Coalition is a lobbying and advocacy organization in the United States dedicated to protecting the civil rights of transgender and gender variant people...
- Sylvia Rivera Law ProjectSylvia Rivera Law ProjectThe Sylvia Rivera Law Project is a legal aid organization based in New York City that serves transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people. The organization was formed in August 2002 by attorney and transgender civil rights activist, Dean Spade...
- TransActive Education & Advocacy
- Transcending Boundaries ConferenceTranscending Boundaries ConferenceThe Transcending Boundaries Conference , is a Northeast American conference for bisexual/fluid/pansexual, transgender/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their friends, families and allies.-History:...
- Transgender Foundation of AmericaTransgender Foundation of AmericaTransgender Foundation of America is a Houston, Texas-based non-profit organization whose mission is to advancing the quality of life for transgender people. TFA engages in community development through education and outreach resources. Additionally, runs a Transgender Archive and museum space...
- Transgender Law CenterTransgender Law CenterThe Transgender Law Center is a San Francisco-based civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. They are California's first "fully staffed, state-wide transgender legal organization" and were initially a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights...
(San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
) - Transgender Law and Policy InstituteTransgender Law and Policy InstituteThe Transgender Law and Policy Institute was a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in the United States. The TLPI brought experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality...
- Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- Audre Lorde Project
- CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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- Queer Ontario (OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
) - Egale CanadaEgale CanadaEgale Canada is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families, across Canada....
- Queer Ontario (Ontario
See also
- List of transgender-related topics
- Transgender publicationsTransgender publications-Books:There are now many books available covering transgender, including cross-dressing and transsexualism.The Lazy Crossdresser is a carefree and useful guide by Charles Anders , who crossdressed publicly for several years...
- National Center for Transgender EqualityNational Center for Transgender EqualityThe National Center for Transgender Equality is a nonprofit social justice organization, founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling...
- LGBT rights by country or territory
- Legal aspects of transsexualismLegal aspects of transsexualismTranssexual people are those who establish a permanent identity with the gender opposite to the gender identified at birth. As most legal jurisdictions have at least some recognition of the two traditional genders at the exclusion of other categories, this raises many legal issues and aspects of...