Letter from trans youth: We will continue to show up for each other

Today the Supreme Court chose not to hear the case of Gavin Grimm, and our hearts grew a bit heavier. As transgender young people at this moment of history, we are carrying so much weight. We are carrying fear – of violence towards us and our siblings, of legislation that criminalizes our bodies, of being […]

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#ShowUp4TransYouth

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 trans young people when the government refuses to. Consider sharing your own story to amplify the message of love and

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Remember Your Power: A Statement from Transgender Youth on the Next Four Years

This post was originally published in The Advocate. Donald Trump is taking office and we are still transgender. As young people, we find it hard to comprehend what a world looks like without President Obama in the Oval Office. It is hard to understand what it could mean to have someone so openly anti-queer and

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GSA Day for Gender Justice 2016

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 their body meant to them, highlighting a variety themes that included resilience, self-love/struggle, transformation of self care, beauty and absolute

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Defiant Resilience — Supporting TQ Youth after Orlando

Remember that queer and transgender people have always been the fiercest of survivors. We will rise…we have already proven our insurmountable strength. – National and CA TRans yoUTH (TRUTH) Councils On June 12, inside the Latinx-themed night at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, 49 LGBTQ people fell victim to one of the worst mass shootings in

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