Kim Petras at the 2018 Capital Pride in Washington, D.C. Pride. Photo by Ted Eytan. MTV’s +1 the Vote and Logo recently announced that they have joined forces with non-profit organization Trans Lifeline to develop a new youth micro-grant program to support transgender youth in changing their government ID documents to appropriately reflect their gender identity.
Having an ID that doesn’t match affects trans people daily, from using a debit card to getting hired at a job to having a landlord do a credit check.
To highlight the issues, +1 The Vote, Logo and Trans Lifeline have created an animated short that “follows the journeys of three transgender and non-binary young people from across the United States as they reflect on the experiences