TRUTH is rooted in using media and storytelling as methods of liberation, challenging what stories exists to become what stories we need. Our campaigns, organized by the national and regional TRUTH councils, tackle different topics through the lens of media organizing. We work to prioritize the stories of communities within the bigger transgender community who have historically been silenced by mainstream organizing. TRUTH is intentional about centering Black trans folks, femme trans youth, disabled trans individuals and all folks who are at the margins, within the marginalized. How can we share our stories to create change?
When Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration announced that they were taking away guidance on how schools should protect trans youth, the National TRUTH Council launched the for allies to share concrete ways they’re supporting…
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Friday, November 18th, 2016 was the first-ever GSA Day for Gender Justice. Youth across the country led the Fighting for Gender Justice workshop, available here: bit.ly/GSADay4GJ-2016, with their GSAs. Trans youth also participated in the…
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For TRUTH’s first-ever GSA Day for Gender Justice, we launched the #MyTransBodyIs campaign to challenge what conversations about trans bodies look like online. We encouraged transgender youth nationwide to take a moment to share what…
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#transTRUTH was the first selfie campaign we ran, kicking off our TRUTH program — and continuing even now under the #transTRUTH hashtag. This campaign asks transgender youth from across the nation to take up space…
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