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. While legal recognition is increasing globally, the community continues to experience high rates of discrimination, poverty, and violence. HRC | Human Rights Campaign 1. The Transgender Community: Key Issues & Challenges

: Transgender individuals face an unemployment rate three times higher than the general population.

To write about the transgender community is to write about intersectionality. The experience of a white, affluent trans man is vastly different from that of a Black, working-class trans woman. Data from the Human Rights Campaign and the National Center for Transgender Equality consistently shows that face epidemic levels of violence, housing discrimination, and HIV infection.

Introduction - The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and ... - NCBI