Representation 2020 Blog Where Are The Transgender Women in Government?

By Rachel Swack While women, especially women of color, are undoubtedly underrepresented in all levels of American democracy, one group with an even lower level of representation in government is the transgender community. Though there is little data on the number of transgender people in the United States, a study by the Williams Institute of UCLA places the number at an estimated 0.6% of adults, or 1.4 million Americans. Despite the fact that there are well over a million transgender peo [...]