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The Emerald’s Guide to Supporting Local and National Trans Community Organizing

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Support these Black trans- and QTBIPOC-led groups advocating for trans rights.

by the South Seattle Emerald and Lavender Rights Project

Editors’ Note: In honor of Trans Day of Visibility tomorrow, March 31, we’re reprinting “The Emerald’s Guide to Supporting Local and National Trans Community Organizing,” a collaboration between the Emerald and Lavender Rights Project, originally printed on March 31, 2023. Read on for a listing of Black trans- and queer and trans BIPOC-led organizations to support, both nationally and locally.

The past two years have seen a record-breaking amount of anti-trans legislation in the U.S., with at least 421 actively proposed bills that would limit, restrict, or criminalize the civil rights of transgender people in 2023. While Washington is seen as a progressive state, there have been three anti-trans bills proposed during this legislation session alone and an uptick in anti-trans violence in general. For an up-to-date listing of anti-trans bills and more info, check out the Trans Legislation Tracker. 

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OPINION | Conservative WA Lawmakers Start 2024 With Reactionary Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care

by Megan Burbank

When Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization struck down nearly 50 years of precedent for abortion rights, it opened the door to a strange new reality we’re still just beginning to understand. Without national protections for abortion, state legislatures are freshly empowered to restrict abortion access however they please, often through model legislation intended to be replicated elsewhere. That means it’s especially important to keep tabs on potential health care restrictions on their way to statehouses across the country. This session, at least one has already been introduced in Olympia, alongside efforts to throttle access to gender-affirming care and limit free speech for transgender and nonbinary kids.

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