AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- There's no denying that the "T" in LGBTQ lags too far behind in funding. When it comes to foundational and government dollars, more than half of trans organizations globally subsist on less than $10,000 a year, with many operating on a zero dollar budget, according to new data presented at the 2018 International AIDS Conference.

Mauro Cabral Grinspan, executive director of global trans advocacy organization GATE, said that GATE reached out to trans-focused organizations and programs worldwide in 2013 and again in 2016 to assess their funding and what, if any, were the main barriers between trans people and resources.

GATE found that in 2013, more than 50 percent of trans organizations worldwide subsisted on an annual budget of less than $10,000 for all their work. Only 25 percent of these organizations received foundation funding. Of all the money given to LGBTQ organizations globally, only 11 percent of was given to trans-focused organizations and programs.

When GATE, along with queer women justice organization Astraea, followed up in 2016, they found that 55.8 percent of groups were operating with less than $10,000. More than three quarters (78.8 percent) had an annual budget of less than $50,000. In specific regions, 72.1 percent of European trans organizations had budgets smaller than $10,000 while 69.7 percent of those in the Caribbean, Central and South America could say the same.

Cabral Grinspan emphasized that part of the problem trans-specific organizations have in obtaining funding is because of trans marginalization within the LGBTQ community. Read more via INTO