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!
TJFP volunteer Rebecca Wisotsky chatted over the phone with our 2013 grantees to learn more about what their year has been like organizing their communities, providing public education and services, and working towards trans justice. Our grantees generously took the time to share their stories, including their success and challenges. Come meet some of our incredibly […]
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/
Help us meet our goal of raising $17,000 to fund our 2014 grant cycle. Click here to visit our Indiegogo fundraising campaign page! On February 15, 2014, TJFP received 106 applications from grassroots groups, run by and for trans people with budgets of $250,000 or less, across the US. We are focused on supporting […]
“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 […]
TJFP’s co-organizer Gabriel Foster joined the “Can Philanthropy and Democracy be Reconciled?” panel at the Queer Dreams and Non-Profit Blues conference last Friday. Moderated by J. Bob Alotta with David Barr, Christine Ahn, and Aaron Dorfman, it was a pretty amazing conversation. You can listen to it here!
We’re excited to share our 2013 report with you! You can download it here.
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.
Even if you were not a recipient of a Trans Justice Funding Project grant, the act of strangers across the country-collectively pooling their money together to support trans justice work makes this an absolute success. We received 104 applications—more than triple what we were expecting. The task we gave to our panel of activists from across […]