Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender and Transsexual People

Alishia is a firefighter. Enoch is a university professor. Dana is a software engineer. Jesse is an HIV prevention educator. Each makes invaluable contributions in the work place and in the community. And each faces the threat of losing a job, being denied housing or health care, and suffering violence and harassment simply for being transgender.

In Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender People - a new video produced by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders(GLAD) Transgender Rights Proejct, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coaltion (MTPC), and MassEquality - Alishia, Enoch, Dana, and Jesse talk about their jobs, their family, their hopes, and their worries. Framed by hope and optimism, their stories nevertheless show how vulnerable transgender people still are, and highlight the need for comprehensive laws to ensure that people can obtain and retain employment, remain safe on the streets, and have access to health care and housing.

Everyone Matters allows the viewer to hear from transgender people first-hand about their lives, and makes a powerful case for the passage of transgender-inclusive anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws in Massachusetts and beyond.

Please support the passage of transgender-inclusive non-discrimination and hate crimes legislation. For more information visit http://www.glad.org

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• transgender
• discrimination
• gender identity
• equality
• lgbt
• massachusetts
• connecticut
• new hampshire
• gender expression

[GLADvideo]

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[msmarisolmarquez]

I've been lucky during my transition to have had understanding family members, friends and coworkers. I am so glad I chose to stick it out. I wish there was a federal law to protect future generations from the horrible sting of discrimination. We deserve the dignity every human being should have.

[stordella]

Dana- great to see you speaking out. I admire your courage, how articulate you are, and your three patents! Come by FCU sometime. Susan TW

[Copper4head]

Why is it that a mix of people, all from different groups, very diverse... has so much trouble getting along?

Trans-Healthcare is not a betrayal to human-kind, it's compassionate.

[domnal]

Dignity and safety for all !! There are 1 or 2 per 1000 births that are transgender or intersex . People can be born that way it is not a new phenomenon but there is so much ignorance and hatred towards that. People are still people - human beings with hopes and ambitions . It seems ironic that in America - the land of the free and the home of the brave that there is such primitive savagery still existing in society today. The UK is much more advanced !! Everyone is protected by the law !!

[jawj4291]

This vedio was so moving. I feel I am a transgenderist, I have not transitioned at fully as I can not go with out work. My co workers all know who I am and are comfertable with it however I do not know whather my employer wiuld be against it. I work for an indian cassino and though I know tribes refer to it as two sperited I do not know wather my job would be safe or not. I would love to transition if i had the option.

[metalskinstudios]

what a beatiful video.... thanks for posting it!

[stjesuskat666]

Wow, what a moving video. Had some very powerful moments in there. definitely favoriting and liking this.

[kzam717]

@HenryHallint where do I sign?-Remember though,the DSM also lists coffee drinking and pot smoking as mental disorders.Personally, I keep wondering how there can be an authority on psychology,considering all people are crazy, including the "experts" who wrote the books...

[TEEISF]

I agree we should all have the right to safe workplaces. Check out TEEI's new video and add to your fav list.

[Indigos8rboi]

@HenryHallint I didn't know that it was considered a mental illness