TRANS AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING
"gender is a social construct and a social interaction"
"Let’s support and welcome and include and listen to trans folks and gender nonconforming folks. But let’s not reify and re-naturalize the oppressive categories of gender that render them Other."
equity and inclusion
About the Washington State Office of Equity
The newly created Washington State Office of Equity (the Office) was established by the legislature and signed into law in April 2020 because the Legislature found that:
- The population of Washington state has become increasingly diverse over the last several decades.
- As the demographics of our state change, historically and currently marginalized communities still do not have the same opportunities to meet parity as their non-marginalized counterparts across nearly every measure including education, poverty, employment, health, and more.
- Inequities based on race, ethnicity, gender, and other characteristics continue to be deep, pervasive, and persistent, and they come at a great economic and social cost.