Trans Justice Funding Project 2014 Grantee, BreakOUT! and National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs to Host “Ending Violence, Ending Criminalization,” Saturday, August 9th in New Orleans. Conference topics include: Policing, Youth get Yr Rights, Immigration Reform, Interpersonal and Domestic Violence, HIV Criminalization, Violence Against Sex Workers and Trans Women of Color. Register Here.  

For those of you in or near Phoenix, Arizona…   The Criminalization of Trans Women of Color and Visions for Justice A conversation with Monica Jones & Laverne Cox. Tuesday, August 5th at 7:30pm. Register for the event here.          

Like many grassroots efforts, volunteers and interns are an essential. It takes a lot of love and people power to make things happen. Allow us to introduce one of our behind the scenes magic makers, Becca Wisotsky. Becca lives in Brooklyn, NY and has been volunteering for TJFP for a year. This weekend she’ll be […]

Trans Justice Funding Project volunteer, Rebecca Wisotsky joins the workshop, Collective Dollars, Collective Sense: Giving circles and models of cross-class philanthropy.  Saturday, August 2nd at 4:15pm at the Money for Our Movements conference in Baltimore, MD. Description: What can we do to strengthen cross-class solidarity in our movement via funding practices? How do we leverage […]

Last summer, Chriss Sneed joined the TJFP family as the very first intern.  From day one, Chriss hit the ground running by immediately tackling tasks, asking all the right questions, coming up with genius solutions and problem solving like a wiz.  Because of Chriss’s skills enthusiasm, TJFP was able to do so much more! Thank you Chriss for exceeding […]

The Trans Justice Funding Project announces             its first director! The Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP) is pleased to announce its first director, Gabriel Foster. In the summer of 2012, Karen Pittelman and Gabriel Foster sat in a coffee shop discussing the possibility of co-organizing a funding inititive run by […]

March with the Trans Justice Funding Project for Trans* Healthcare at the 9th Annual #BushwickPride! This Saturday, July 12th TJFP 2014 grantee, GLOBE from Make the Road NY hosts the 9th Annual #BushwickPride increase LGBTQ visibility and promote justice in our neighborhood.  Grand Marshal: Reina Gossett of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project & Lourdes Hunter of Trans Women […]

This year’s Trans 100 list is out!  Congratulations to everyone on this list including, last year’s TJFP panelist, Ms. Cheryl Courtney-Evans and TJFP co-organizer, Gabriel Foster. Download the list! 

Thanks Autostraddle for suggesting 15 ways to let trans people know you see them and care!         TJFP would love to help you support grass roots, trans led, trans justice work happening across the country.  Donate today!  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/trans-justice-funding-project-2014-grant-cycle/x/6352917 See Autostraddle’s full article here: http://www.autostraddle.com/its-trans-day-of-visibility-heres-15-ways-to-let-trans-people-know-you-see-them-and-care-231510/

“Many of the projects we read about in the applications for the TJFP suggest that right now, the movement for trans justice is in the stage that happens right before a movement takes off, a stage of ripening conditions.* If the work that is happening right now continues to thrive, more groups will be poised to […]

Chriss is the Trans Justice Funding Project’s newest (and first!) intern. As a BA/MA Sociology student and McNair Scholar, Chriss is an avid believer in activist research, frequently working within queer organizations in New York City through volunteer work and academic networking.  More recently, she has focused her energies on collective action within New York’s queer youth […]

50% of all proceeds from the Queers Demand posters go to the Trans Justice Funding Project: Support queer art and organizing. Thank you Tyrone for designing such beautiful artwork and for donating half of the proceeds! Purchase yours today.