“This Administration has not Silenced our Voice:” LGBTQ+ Serving Nonprofits Responding to the US Anti-Transgender Federal Agenda
摘要
In early 2025 the US federal government enacted a series of executive orders, policy documents, and procedural changes that have attempted to erase or ban diverse gender identities, and those changes are ongoing.
MethodsThis study examines the impact of those changes, as well as the responses of nonprofit organizations that provide health and social services to gender diverse people, or that have gender-specific programming, through qualitative interviews with nonprofit leaders.
ResultsResults show significant impacts on agencies and clients due to the federal changes, but that agency leaders are working to protect those services against looming federal pressures. In particular, the nonprofits are attempting to maintain their services to transgender clients, and shield them from the negative impacts of the federal changes.
Policy ImplicationsPolicy, budget, and procedural changes enacted by the new administration in the US in 2025 are generating significant challenges to transgender people and the organizations that serve them.