Research finds that, during the pandemic, transgender people were three times more likely than cisgender people to not have enough to eat. This webinar examines food insufficiency among transgender people. Panelists discuss contributing factors to transgender hunger and look at strategies to improve access to food, including SNAP, charitable food resources, and Medicaid.
Food Insufficiency and Transgender Communities: Innovative Strategies to Improve Access to Food
60 min
March 1, 2022
Kerith J. Conron, Research Director, The Williams Institute
Bianca D.M. Wilson, Senior Scholar of Public Policy, The Williams Institute
Bamby Salcedo, President and CEO, TransLatin@Coalition
Moses Viveros, Community Pantry Program Manager, Brace Space Alliance
Olivia Hunt, Senior Policy Counsel, NCTE
Bria Berger, Research Manager, Feeding America
Katie Ettman, Food and Agriculture Policy Manager, SPUR
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