TJ Billard, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, is on a quest to fill the void of research about transgender people, culture and politics.
Federal surveys, most notably the U.S. census, donât collect data on the transgender population and the last comprehensive study, conducted by a national advocacy group, dates to 2015. The implications are far-reaching: Information cited to craft legislation that affects the transgender community can be incomplete at best and inaccurate at worst.
Billardâs new organization, the Chicago-based Center for Applied Transgender Studies, aims to provide a more thorough picture. As a nonprofit, it will tap transgender scholars from varying institutions to collaborate and conduct empirical research to help inform policymaking and public discourse.
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