Zarin Pirzada, Peyton Restauri, Kundayi Mazando
Organizations
LAMBDA LEGAL
"Lambda Legal, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work."
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Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published rule that serves to exclude transgender and other LGBTQ+ people from the Affordable Care Act section 1557 protections against sex discrimination in matters of healthcare and certain health programs and activities. Lambda legal runs off of donations and volunteers. If you can find it within yourself to volunteer or donate to their cause, do so via the links above.
TRANS LIFELINE
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Trans Lifeline is a peer-support hotline and micro-grants organization that offers emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis. Trans Lifeline does not engage in non-consensual active rescue and every operator is transgender.
Mutual Aid Funds
Provides black trans women with the financial resources necessary for them to be able to access their self-determined safest alternatives to travel.
Keeps trans people safe and out of jail.
Raises money to assist with black trans folks’ rent and affirmative surgeries.
Raises funds for the community of black transgender women that live in Atlanta and are sex workers and/or homeless.
Supports black (trans)women, nonbinary people, and single mothers directly.
The United States Department of Health & Human Services Contact Information
is a list of all HHS contact information, department-wide, and including state & local agency contacts.
is the contact information for the civil rights office of HHS, as well as the contact information of every OCR regional office.
Contact Your Elected Officials
is a resource for finding your congressional district representative.
It is a representative's job to introduce bills and resolutions. So contact your representative and inform them of the issues you care about. Let your representative know that we need more protections for transgender people
is a resource for contacting your state senator.
Your state senators create, debate, and vote on legislation, so please contact them about the need for trans-inclusive legislation.
Addresses increased vulnerability to sexual assault and the specialized medical needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals in custody.