2019-05-24T16:25:29-07:00 2017-12-31 472626541 Cook & Company A Prof Actncy Corp 870 Market Street Suite 880 San Francisco CA 94102 990 2017-01-01 050544006 Transgender Law Center TRAN 5105879696 PO BOX 70976 Oakland CA 94612 Kris Hayashi Executive Director 2019-05-24 true Douglas E Cook CPAMPA P01521705 4156211112 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X Kris Hayashi PO BOX 70976 Oakland CA 94612 5427449 false false X www.transgenderlawcenter.org X 2005 CA Transgender Law Center TLC changes law, policy and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. 13 13 36 30 0 2870196 4845084 196045 222426 23364 21937 -25685 88424 3063920 5177871 22398 0 1681958 2094066 94385 28699 465765 1565419 1768936 3341762 3914099 -277842 1263772 2038983 3529410 289592 394980 1749391 3134430 X Transgender Law Center TLC changes law, policy and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. false false 1263695 22398 36156 LEGAL PROGRAM Our Legal Program worked to secure and protect comprehensive legal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people through targeted policy advocacy, litigation and legal advocacy, and training/technical assistance. Legal accomplishments and progress included the following: We secured a groundbreaking victory at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals representing Ash Whitaker, a transgender high school student in Wisconsin who is being denied access to the restroom consistent with his gender identity. The school district has decided not to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, so this victory stands. In September 2016, with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), we filed a federal lawsuit against Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego, California, alleging discrimination in violation of the ACA and California law as well as deceptive and unfair business practices. A 15-year-old transgender boy who was admitted to Rady's due to suicidal ideation was mistreated and repeatedly misgendered by the hospital despite his and his mother's advocacy, and was released because his condition had worsened. Shortly after, he died by suicide. In September 2017, a Federal Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act's sex discrimination protections apply to transgender youth. The Court also ruled that the boy's mother can seek emotional damages on behalf of her son. In October 2017, TLC and NCLR filed an amended complaint based on the September ruling. In May 2017, a groundbreaking decision was issued that gender dysphoria cannot be excluded from the ADA. TLC helped write and submit a significant amicus brief in this case. This ruling, the first of its kind in the country, lays a foundation for transgender people to pursue broad civil rights protections across a range of areas, regardless of specific state nondiscrimination protections. Additionally, our Trans Immigrant Defense Effort (TIDE) recruited and trained pro bono lawyers to provide legal representation to TGNC immigrants in immigration petitions and court proceedings and works with grassroots LGBT immigrant groups to develop a community-led deportation defense model. In September 2017, we developed a resource with tips and tools for preparing for raids and interacting with ICE for TGNC immigrants and a resource to prepare TGNC immigrants for credible/reasonable fear interviews to help ensure that they receive a positive credible fear determination which allows them a chance to apply for asylum in the future. We prioritized the creation of this resource because of the administration push for the use of expedited removal against immigrants. We are also working on a guide for attorneys representing TGNC people and a pro se (self-representation) guide for TGNC detainees, who are often unable to secure timely, knowledgeable representation. TIDE represents an investment in defending and supporting the leadership of TGNC migrants by building out community-based responses to state violence, incarceration, and lack of legal representation that focus various forms of expertise and resources on developing an infrastructure to sustain and further this work. 765712 81846 Other programs: TRUTH, our collaborative program with GSA Network to support trans youth in taking control of their stories, building supportive peer networks, and mobilizing on issues that matter to them, succeeded in establishing and sustaining Youth Councils at the national level (9 members), in California (9 members), and in the South (7 members) through 2017. These councils guide TRUTH and are responsible for the development of regional projects and national media campaigns, the creation of peer support resources, and rapid response in moments when TGNC youth voice and leadership are critical. The TRUTH councils have worked on story-based trans 101 trainings for local schools and communities, and TRUTH videos have been incorporated into many trainings. There is a large social media component, primarily targeting young people, through selfie campaigns, Twitter town halls, and other efforts led by the TRUTH councils. While these councils were successful, they did not allow the kind of national reach that was needed, and could not be scaled up in this format without an enormous increase in staffing. In 2018, TRUTH shifted structure to a larger national council that divides into regional committees for local work, and launched an application process for this new TRUTH cohort. TRUTH received over 200 applications and has now completed the selection of the new 30-person council representing youth from every region of the country. In January 2018 we formally launched a new web site for TRUTH: https://ourtranstruth.org/. TLC@SONG's Grapevine Survey of TGNC people in the South ran from Nov. 2017-January 31, 2018 and secured 200 responses. Findings will be released in summer 2018. This survey builds on the 2017 "listening tour" to meet with trans community members in key cities. TLC has continued to support local organizing, and has leveraged our NTI to help strengthen movement leadership in Southern communities. Coordination between organizing and legal work in the South has also been strengthened, particularly through Staff Attorney Shawn Meerkamper's engagement with partners at Out South in September 2017. The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) was launched in Fall 2017 through a Soros Justice Fellowship. 611548 104124 POSITIVELY TRANS PROGRAM Our Positively Trans Program's National Advisory Board has grown significantly and is now at 18 members. In March 2017, Positively Trans (T+) released the second and third reports based on our groundbreaking national needs assessment. The second report, Some Kind of Strength takes on the problem that studies of transgender people living with HIV rarely go beyond transmission risk and surveillance data, hindering a holistic understanding of the lives of trans people affected by AIDS that could identify the role of violence and discrimination in creating the conditions that result in the extreme HIV prevalence rates. The third report, See Us as People, addressed the shortcomings of policies that would protect transgender people in theory, but fall short in practice because of a lack of enforcement. Based on the success of the national needs assessment, we are working with members of Positively Trans in Southern Florida, Detroit, and New Orleans to conduct local needs assessments. We organized three digital storytelling workshops during 2017, including one specifically for people on the transmasculine spectrum. 572938 300 3213893 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 59 0 true 36 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Billy Chen 5105879696 PO Box 70976 Oakland CA 94612 Min Matson Board Chair Director 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Melanie RowenBoard Vice Ch Director 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alan Francisco-Tipgos Treas Director 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bobbi Dalley Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brielle Darynn Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mat dos Santos Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rose Hayes Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chinyere Ezie Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bishop Tonyia Rawls Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Theresa Witherspoon Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Marci Bowers Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Evelyn Rios Secretary Director 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Morgan Darby Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kris Hayashi Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 100000 0 9168 Rachel Kahn FinanceOper Director 40.00 0.00 X 84957 0 12488 184957 21656 0 false false false 0 104832 4740252 134554 4845084 Contract revenue 900099 214281 214281 Program revenue 900099 8145 8145 222426 24271 24271 0 0 121587 121587 121587 121587 191357 193691 -2334 -2334 -2334 9250 104832 55887 -46637 -46637 0 0 Miscellaneous 900099 13474 13474 13474 5177871 344013 -11226 22398 22398 0 0 0 206613 114223 48532 43858 0 1577272 1379148 27718 170406 0 163260 147190 -1802 17872 146921 123922 5413 17586 0 39426 15758 23668 77587 77587 0 28699 28699 0 330911 230568 97688 2655 64584 47578 1000 16006 93657 36807 53495 3355 102443 33584 64800 4059 0 428956 428956 365687 350314 6958 8415 0 119298 46472 28564 44262 0 0 16858 16858 24060 6530 17530 Miscellaneous 68903 41950 3017 23936 Professional development 29678 23790 5423 465 Staff & volunteer appreciation 6888 1750 4994 144 Allocation of shared costs 0 591911 -675958 84047 0 3914099 3213893 234441 465765 598582 559768 0 365695 674375 47630 29685 0 0 0 0 166181 174182 67725 41910 42674 25815 818221 2065585 0 0 0 0 2038983 3529410 253169 298256 13557 36423 83167 289592 394980 X 632023 850925 1117368 2283505 1749391 3134430 2038983 3529410 1263772 121267 X false true X true false X 1560419 1639654 2411801 2888498 4845084 13345456 0 0 1560419 1639654 2411801 2888498 4845084 13345456 2888796 10456660 13298 19606 22460 23364 24271 102999 0 6647 898 3204 12171 13474 36394 13484849 598136 0.77540 0.72280 X Support Schedule: Other Income Explanation From time to time, miscellaneous funds are received during the course of performing the organization's tax-exempt function. false false 2006 10400 12406 3901693 3914099 345705 86426 false 228258 261771 317088 345705 1152822 1729233 3555 8873 10587 12406 35421 57065 65443 79272 86426 288206 432309 2992 202 1712 2006 6912 23553 8621 14932 44172 33289 10883 25815 Subtenant Deposit 83167 83167 6414203 121267 1115065 1236332 5177871 5177871 5029164 1115065 1115065 3914099 3914099 X X X X X X true Leslie Ann Minot 9724 Peacock Hill Circle Las Vegas NV 89117 Grant Writing false 3638052 14699 3623353 Bing Consulting PO Box 31345 San Francisco CA 94131 Annual Event false 114082 14000 100082 3752134 28699 3723435 CA Annual Event 114082 104832 9250 12630 32239 11018 114082 104832 9250 12630 32239 11018 55887 -46637 Part I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional Information Leslie Ann Minot, 9724 Peacock Hill Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89117; Bing Conculting Services, 3361 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 true Gender & Sexualities Alliance 1714 Franklin Street 100 Oakland CA 94612 205367752 501c3 22398 0 Support for TRUTH program 1 0 Additional Supplemental Information TLC works closely with our grant partners to review and monitor the use of our grants, through financial reporting of grant expenditures to each other. 852 132014 FMV Tickets 4 2300 retail price Gift cards 4 240 retail price false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other programs: TRUTH, our collaborative program with GSA Network to support trans youth in taking control of their stories, building supportive peer networks, and mobilizing on issues that matter to them, succeeded in establishing and sustaining Youth Councils at the national level (9 members), in California (9 members), and in the South (7 members) through 2017. These councils guide TRUTH and are responsible for the development of regional projects and national media campaigns, the creation of peer support resources, and rapid response in moments when TGNC youth voice and leadership are critical. The TRUTH councils have worked on story-based trans 101 trainings for local schools and communities, and TRUTH videos have been incorporated into many trainings. There is a large social media component, primarily targeting young people, through selfie campaigns, Twitter town halls, and other efforts led by the TRUTH councils. While these councils were successful, they did not allow the kind of national reach that was needed, and could not be scaled up in this format without an enormous increase in staffing. In 2018, TRUTH shifted structure to a larger national council that divides into regional committees for local work, and launched an application process for this new TRUTH cohort. TRUTH received over 200 applications and has now completed the selection of the new 30-person council representing youth from every region of the country. In January 2018 we formally launched a new web site for TRUTH: https://ourtranstruth.org/. TLC@SONG's Grapevine Survey of TGNC people in the South ran from Nov. 2017-January 31, 2018 and secured 200 responses. Findings will be released in summer 2018. This survey builds on the 2017 "listening tour" to meet with trans community members in key cities. TLC has continued to support local organizing, and has leveraged our NTI to help strengthen movement leadership in Southern communities. Coordination between organizing and legal work in the South has also been strengthened, particularly through Staff Attorney Shawn Meerkamper's engagement with partners at Out South in September 2017. The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) was launched in Fall 2017 through a Soros Justice Fellowship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Board reviews an electronic copy of the 990 after it has been reviewed by the Executive Director and Treasurer with the preparer. Each member of the Board is provided with an electronic copy of the draft 990 document, before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Each member of the Board is required to execute a conflict of interest statement upon joining the Board and annually thereafter. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Executive Director's salary review is based on a survey of regional and industry comparable salaries, as benchmarked by nonprofit compensation studies, and approved by a committee of the Board. This process was last conducted in 2016. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Senior staff salaries based on survey of regional and industry comparable salaries, as benchmarked by nonprofit compensation studies. This process was last conducted in 2016. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.