Current transgender-specific staff training is limited to four out of a 200-slide staff orientation PowerPoint presentation. An AFC staff member who identifies as transgender indicated that staff who identify as transgender feel that a more in-depth, specific training on increasing transgender cultural sensitivity is urgently needed because currently, over 90% of staff are cisgender. In order to decrease the potential for unintended marginalization of transgender staff, it is necessary to increase training to bring equity to the voices and needs of individuals who identify as transgender; this need has also been communicated by AFC clients. This gap in current training contributes to weak staff rapport between transgender and cisgender staff
