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- Transgender individuals are harassed, discriminated against and even assaulted on a daily basis, with very little protection from the law
- There is currently no federal nondiscrimination legislation that explicitly protects LGBT people from discrimination
- A limited number of states do have transgender-inclusive non-discrimination Laws: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
- Most discrimination occurs in areas of: employment, housing, healthcare, and public facilities, and is based solely on a person's perceived gender identity or expression
- Discrimination is increased for transgender people of color.
- Including transgender individuals in nondiscrimination laws will protect them from being discriminated against because of their gender identity or expression.
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