huffingtonpost.com – Toni Newman – Writer, law school student and author, ‘I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman’
As an African-American transgender woman, I recognize that we need laws to protect the rights of transgender individuals. The “T” is the smallest population under the LGBT umbrella, and it’s often overlooked and forgotten in the struggle for full equality. Transgender persons are facing harassment and discrimination on a daily basis, and my transgender sisters of color are being victimized and murdered at a higher rate than any other group in the LGBT family…