🏳️Advocates for Trans Equality | Fighting for legal and political rights of transgender people in America
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A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged together as one organization.
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Fighting for equality
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About us
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Leveraging decades of experience on the frontlines of power, we shift government and society towards a future where we are no less than equal. A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged together as one organization. A4TE builds on their successes to boldly imagine a world where trans people live our lives joyfully and without barriers.
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March 20, 2025
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### A4TE Statement on Trump Executive Order to Abolish US Department of Education
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Trump signed an executive order that unlawfully attempts to dismantle the US Department of Education and pressures agency officials to violate the civil rights laws the agency is tasked with upholding.
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March 06, 2025
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### A4TE Responds to Governor Newsom's Comments on Transgender Athletes
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Today, as state legislatures across the country take up bills to ban trans youth from sports, California Governor Gavin Newsom weighed in on the topic on his debut podcast. In response, Advocates for Trans Equality Chief Strategic Programs Officer Anya Marino released the following statement:
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March 06, 2025
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### FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access
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The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
What
We Do
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Our policy experts, litigators, and community organizers work at all levels of government to ensure trans voices are not only heard, but embraced in rooms where they've long been ignored. As a trans-led nonprofit, we also help our community navigate the realities of law and policy through vital tools, knowledge, and services.
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Donate
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With a record number of attacks on trans people and trans rights, now more than ever, we need to be twice as loud and twice as bold. Because we are stronger together, we need you with us in the fight for a world where trans people are no less than equal. Donate today.
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