The Biden administration acted to protect transgender people from discrimination during Pride month, but trans activists want the White House to go further to address issues of violence, economic insecurity and anti-trans sentiment in culture, even when the spotlight of Pride fades. “It sounds good to have a White House convening on transgender equality, but what does that equality and equity actually look like? Will campaign promises continue to be broken, or will we really see a shift, beyond small victories that the administration claims,” asked Sage Dolan-Sandrino, a 20-year-old trans youth activist and the inaugural Monica Roberts fellow at the National Black Justice Coalition. While Biden – heralded as the most pro-LGBTQ president yet – has been praised for his administration’s work with trans people, activists hope he will take further action to make meaningful, broad-based, lasting change in their everyday lives. To Ruby Corado, founder of Casa Ruby in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit that provides housing and other services to homeless LGBTQ youth, there is an "epidemic of violence" and other issues for trans people that needs to be addressed. “We need to address the poverty in which trans communities are living. We need to address the phobia, the discrimination, the unemployment – particularly for trans women of color," Corado said. “There’s more that can be done from a personnel perspective, with regard to political appointments of trans folks generally, and Black trans people more specifically, across agencies," David Johns said. Johns, executive director of the civil rights group National Black Justice Coalition, which works to end stigma against Black LGBTQ people and promotes policies to better their lives, wants to see legislation to address the mental health issues of Black LGBTQ youth, particularly those who are transgender. 📷: @gettyimages #equality #transgenderyouth #pride