Today, November 20th, is Trans Day of Remembrance & Resilience. It’s a day to lift up our trans community members near and far, say the names of those we’ve lost, and honor the legacy of our people. More than 300 reported transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary lives have been taken worldwide due to anti-trans violence, […]
Coming off of a very full grantmaking weekend of trans justice in action, we’re feeling extremely grateful for every applicant, grantee, grantmaking Fellow, and the behind the scenes team who’s been holding it down over the last several months. The Trans Justice Funding Project is cared for, tended to, and loved by some of the […]
TJFP is a small funding project built and powered by a lot of community love, sweat, and tears. And yes, there is magic in this work, but what really gets us going each and every day is YOU–our beloved and powerful grantees and applicants, donors, staff, volunteers, family, and friends. “Our fight and our resilience […]
Completing the 2019 Community Grantmaking Fellowship team is the extraordinary Micky B! Having been long time fans of Micky B’s work and ongoing commitment to trans justice, particularly in the South, we were floored when she agreed to join us. Please help us celebrate all of our 2019 Fellows who over the past several months […]
Not only are we feeling incredibly lucky for this opportunity to be at the table learning from this sage and powerful elder, we’re also feeling deep gratitude knowing that next week we get to work closely and collaboratively with Sharyn Grayson at this year’s grant making meeting. What a privilege and honor to have this […]
We can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it was to see Laverne Cox using her Instagram platform (TWICE) encouraging her followers to support TJFP by making a donating for her birthday! Who’s crying? We’re not crying!? Thank you Laverne for showing up so hard for trans justice and for believing in grass roots, […]
“If you don’t know Lachlan Watson yet, it’s time to start paying attention, because the 18-year-old actor is on the brink of their biggest year yet. Watson, who plays Theo on Netflix’s teen drama Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, just partnered with Unilever for the brand’s latest initiative, United We Stand. The campaign pairs six grassroots, […]
In a couple of weeks our panel of outstanding grantmaking Fellows will soon arrive in New York ready and eager to select and award this year’s grantees. This is something we work towards all year long. Please join us in welcoming another TJFP Fellow and incredible organizer, Priaynk Jindal! Priyank is a longtime transsexual, part […]
Our hopes, our visions, our pathways will continue to lead us. In these times of great difficulty TJFP is so honored to guided and carried by so many of you. Community: Your visionary strategies and greatness is more powerful then anything our opposers could every dream of.
Our hearts are heavy and a fire rages in a deep place within our collective community as candles are lit to honor each precious life that is taken away from us at the hands of violence and discrimination. This year there has been five reported murders of black trans women. Dana Martin, Montgomery, Alabama […]
TJFP is so lucky to get to work with this amazing organizer and force of light! Úmi’s passion and excitement as she reads through this years applications, learning more about the breadth of trans justice work is EVERYTHING. Please welcome to the TJFP grant making team, Úmi Vera! Úmi is a child of Tepehuan O’dami […]
A very warm welcome to Zakia McKensey to the TJFP 2019 Grantmaking Fellowship! Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Zakia is currently working extremely hard to carefully review hundreds of applications in preparation for our upcoming grantmaking meeting in June. We cannot wait to learn and grow from her leadership on this years team! Zakia McKensey is […]