Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Study: Discrimination Takes A Toll On Transgender Americans

March 28, 2011 Posted at http://keystothecloset.blogspot.com/ reposted from

More than 40 percent of transgender Americans have attempted suicide. That's according to a new, first-of-its-kind survey into discrimination against people who express a gender identity different to the one with which they were born. Host Michel Martin discusses the findings and experiences within transgender communities with Jaime Grant and Michelle Enfield, a transgender woman who was born a biological male.

This report is avaialble at:
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_full.pdf

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