Transgender people comprise 0.3 % of American adults, or about 700,000 people, according to a 2011 study by the Williams Institute.  And their unemployment is 2X the rate of the general population, with  athema also 4X more likely to live in poverty (according to the 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey, (n=6,450.)  The challenge then is how do we get our community employed and above the poverty line?