New transgender studies center in Chicago aims to combat misinformation and lack of trans-led research
CHICAGO – 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, don’t 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 ...
by Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune
Apr 27, 2021
3 minutes
CHICAGO – 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, don’t 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.
Billard’s new organization, the Chicago-based Center for Applied Transgender Studies, aims to provide
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