RALEIGH – A coalition of organizations that promote equal rights and offer support for transgender North Carolinians today released Reporting on Transgender Issues: A Reference Guide for North Carolina Media, a guide intended to provide North Carolina media outlets with proper terminology, North Carolina sources, and story ideas that can assist editors, producers, and reporters with their coverage of transgender individuals and issues.
The guide is being released the week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, an annual observance that honors the memory of people whose lives were lost in acts of transphobic or anti-transgender violence.
The guide provides contact information for eight organizations with knowledge of transgender issues in North Carolina, as well as background on issues affecting the transgender community, including challenges with ID cards, workplace discrimination, bullying and social stigma, prisoners’ rights and housing discrimination.