We define “state violence” as specific acts of government agencies, law enforcement, or legislature which (a) criminalizes trans and gender diverse people, or (b) fails to protect our human rights. We aim to collaborate with policy makers and allies to reduce state violence against trans and gender diverse people with the following strategies:

• Reduce policing and imprisonment of our communities by advocating for abolitionist and community-based alternatives.
• Reduce our exclusion from healthcare and state-funded programs.
• Work to make it easier to file and prove claims of discrimination with the Human Rights Commission, City of Seattle Civil Rights Office, and similar agencies and programs offering civil rights protections.
• Work to remove cost and need to see a judge for legal processing, name changes, and gender marker changes.
• Engage in collaborative direct action organizing to end the Prison Industrial Complex.

• Work with job and vocational training programs to increase their capacity to serve trans and gender diverse people. This includes broadening “gender restricted” job training programs to be open to people who do not fit their rigid gender definitions.
• Educate local business leaders about the alarming rates of poverty and unemployment in trans communities. We encourage and facilitate community dialogue about the severe problems of unemployment, homelessness, and poverty affecting all trans and gender diverse people. We will work together with local business leaders to develop solutions to these problems.
• Collaborate with local organizations to develop/adapt a training handbook for Human Resource Departments on trans and gender diverse people in the workplace. Having a non-discrimination law is not enough! We work to provide education and resources to employers, human resource professionals, universities, colleges, and schools to understand how to implement non-discrimination laws fairly and effectively.

• Increase access to housing, shelter, and public accommodations.
• Advocate with public and private entities to increase insurance coverage for trans healthcare—including any care deemed medically necessary by trans people’s health providers.
• Improve legal and medical interactions by providing education, demanding enforcement of non-discrimination laws, and holding providers accountable when they discriminate against trans and gender diverse people.
• Educate doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare agencies on issues facing trans and gender diverse people in medical settings, and how to provide quality care.
• Encourage doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare agencies to support ICATH (Informed Consent for Access to Trans Health).
• Establish a network of providers who are trained and designated as safe providers for trans people.