About

The National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund is dedicated to building power for all trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals. Our collective voice is a force for change, working tirelessly to reshape the landscape of this country in support of transgender equality.

We register voters, mobilize supporters, elect trans people to office, educate and lobby legislators, and fight for transgender equality at local, state, and federal levels.

In recent years, we have faced significant legislative challenges and need representation that will make a real difference in the lives of transgender people across the country.

Our work is community lead by trans people for trans people. Our fight for trans liberation can’t be won until all trans people are free from discrimination.

History

Founded in response to the attacks on the transgender community, the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) non-profit political advocacy organization, launched in 2017. We are affiliated with the National Center for Transgender Equality, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2003. Over the years, we have focused on endorsing trans candidates, lobbying Congress, registering trans and allied voters, and getting them to the polls.

The NCTE Action Fund is affiliated with the National Center for Transgender Equality, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2003, which because of tax and election law, cannot endorse candidates. Several of the NCTE Action Fund’s founders and supporters have been involved with numerous Presidential elections and politics in their personal capacities since 2004.

In its first two years, the NCTE Action Fund focused on endorsing transgender candidates, lobbying Congress, registering transgender and allied voters, and getting them to the polls in 2018. In 2019 and 2020, the NCTE Action Fund is turning its focus to its first Presidential election.

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GENERAL

INQUIRIES

(202) 642-4542
[email protected]

MEDIA

Ash Orr, Media Relations
(207) 557-5968
[email protected]

Key Staff

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jami Westerhold

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Josie Caballero

DIRECTOR – U.S. TRANS SURVEY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund
Washington, D.C.

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