While the entertainment industry focuses on casting and characters, grassroots organizations say representation isn't enough: 'There's a lot of need in the trans community for philanthropic support.'
He says trans-specific groups’ underrepresentation in donations is a trend throughout the country, not just in Hollywood, and is amplified by the industry’s longtime ties with specific LGBTQ umbrella organizations. “There’s understandably, I think, this reaction of, ‘We’re going to give to the ones we already know about,’ ” says Heng-Lehtinen. “But that does leave the trans-specific ones behind.
The Chappelle special came amid a wave of anti-trans legislation in the U.S. that hit a record-breaking high this year. And Transgender Europe’s annual Trans Murder Monitoring report, released Nov. 11, counts 2021 as the deadliest year on record for trans and gender-diverse people, with 375 registered murders globally — a 7 percent increase from 2020.
Hollywood’s approach to supporting the trans community, however, often focuses on onscreen and behind-the-camera representation for writers, directors and producers. But Kris Hayashi, executive director at the Transgender Law Center, says just telling trans stories is not enough. And there are many of those — Trans Latin@ Coalition, Trans Wellness Center, Familia, The Okra Project and The Frances Thompson Education Foundation are all trans-focused groups, as is TranSanta, Indya Moore’s crowdsourced gift-giving project for trans youth supported by Ariana Grande and Scooter Braun’s SB Projects.
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