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We’re pleased to announce that TJFP’s 2021 grantmaking fellows awarded $850,000 in grants to 191 trans-led grassroots groups, projects, and organizations doing amazing, creative, and groundbreaking trans justice work across the US and US territories! Find out more through our 2021 grantee directory page, and see the full list at the bottom of this post!
Through your donations and efforts, we exceeded our $90k fundraising goal and raised an incredible $138,570! That means we’re able to move $850,000 to these grassroots trans-led groups this year, in the form of grants in the amount of $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000.
Our Community Grantmaking Fellows, grantmaking coordination team, and staff are deeply grateful and proud of all that TJFP has accomplished this year. Whether you fundraised on our behalf, shared our social media posts, donated, or used your platforms to lift up grassroots trans organizing, you helped make this happen! Along with the 117 groups that received a ReUp grant this year, we’re moving over $1.3 million to 308 groups in 2021!
Over the past nine years we’ve been able to support so many new groups and projects as they incubate and grow. For many of our applicants, TJFP is their first grant award, or first time submitting a funding application, period. We’ve also been able to continue to support our long time grantees over the years as they have become vital cornerstones in their communities. It’s heartening and beautiful to see what doors open for our grantees, the connections they make, the funding they access, and what they achieve with support and belief in their leadership!
Of our 191 grantees selected in May…
Over the past few months, the 2021 community grantmaking fellows spent hour after hour carefully reading and reviewing 211 applications from trans-led, grassroots groups and projects from around the country. As a cohort of trans, BIPOC organizers and activists, TJFP’s fellows have the opportunity to sit in the powerful role of grantmaker, a power often held by people and institutions outside of their communities. Yet since our fellows belong to trans and non-binary communities in the very places we see applications coming in from, this position can also come with the heavy weight of tough funding decisions. Our fellows do this highly emotional work with a whole lot of heart: reviewing applications using an intersectional lens, paying close attention to where resources are being redistributed geographically, and doing this with no strings attached and trusting that TJFP grantees know what’s best for their own communities.
We are so grateful for this year’s team and for the time and energy that was poured into every part of this process. While community-led grantmaking isn’t always quick and easy, it’s always worth it for us!
It’s because of this team and our amazing community that we were able to give so much money to so many incredible grassroots trans justice groups. As always, we are inspired by each and every application that was submitted.
Again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of the legacy of our trans justice movements.
Check out these amazing trans justice groups that were funded this year! We’re so excited to share their brilliant work.
With warmth,
The TJFP Staff
The TJFP grantmaking fellows, facilitators, coordinators, and staff dancing their way out of this year’s meeting!
The groups listed below with an asterisk (*) are 2020/2021 grantees that received a ReUp grant!
Alaska
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance, Anchorage
Alabama
AllowMe, Pike Road
The Knights & Orchids Society, Selma *
The TRANShue Project, faunsdale *
TWOC Healing Project, Birmingham
Visibly Trans*, Birmingham
American Samoa
IMPACT, Pago Pago *
Alabama
Intransitive, Little Rock
The Young Transwomens Project, Little Rock
Arizona
Equality Arizona, Phoenix *
Fluxx Productions, Tucson
Peacework Medical, Phoenix *
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Tucson
The Outlaw Project, Phoenix *
Thompson House, Tucson
Trans Pride Foundation, Phoenix
TRANSplants Desert Garden, Tucson
California
Adsit Media, San Leandro
Alianza Translatinx, Santa Ana
American Trans Resource Hub, West Covina
Beyond Binary Legal, Long Beach
Deaf Queer Resource Center, San Francisco
Dem Bois Inc., San Pablo
Fireweed Collective, Richmond
Gender Justice LA, Los Angeles *
Health Justice Commons, Richmond
House of Resilience, San Diego
Indigenous Pride LA, Los Angeles *
Invisible Men, Compton
Lady J and Linda Kay’s House, Antelope
Lafemmebear Music, Middletown
Los Angeles Spoonie Collective, North Hills *
metaDEN, San Diego *
Mirror Memoirs, Los Angeles
Nonbinary and Intersex Recognition Project, Los Angeles *
Northstate Trans*/GNC Project, Chico *
Orange County Translatinas, Anaheim
Parivar Bay Area, Oakland
PEACE Out Loud, Berkeley
Proyecto Trans Latina, San Diego
San Francisco Trans March, San Francisco
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, San Francisco
Somos Familia Valle, Sun Valley *
The Herbal Trans Health Book Team, Oakland
The SisTrahood, La Mesa *
The TAJA Coalition, San Leandro
The TG/ENBY Project, Los Angeles
Trans & Nonbinary Housing Collective, Sacramento
Trans Peer Mentor Program, San Francisco
Trans-E-Motion, Clovis
TRANScend, Bolinas *
TRANScending in Nature, Greenfield *
Unique Woman’s Coalition, Los Angeles
Voluminous Arts Trans-Led Halloquium (Artist Showcase), Glendale
Welcome, San Francisco *
Y.G.S.L.R.H. S.T.F.U.T., Los Angeles
Colorado
Authentic Creations Artistic Apothecary, Caguas
Denver Community Fridges, Lakewood
Connecticut
Life In My Days, Waterbury
Washington, D.C.
ARCOIRIS *
DC Area Transmasculine Society
Halal And Queer Collective (HAQ Collective)
Pawsitive Palz *
Starseed Earthroot *
Trans People of Color Coalition *
Transform Gender Collective (TGC) *
Florida
Bridging the gap!, Fort Lauderdale
Florida Coalition for Trans Liberation, Tallahassee *
Gender Advancement Project, Orlando
LIPS Tampa, Apopka *
Marsha’s Web, Oakland Park
Moving Forward Wellness Coaching, Oakland Park
No.Str8s, Gainesville
Rooted Resistance, Tallahassee
Social Film Projects LLC, North Miami Beach *
The Halfway Point, Tallahassee *
The McKenzie Project, Miami
the passionvine project, lake worth
Trans Collaborative Network, Plantation
Trans Playhouse, Doral
Transgender Awareness Project, Jacksonville
TransSOCIAL, Inc., Miami
Triumphant 2Gether, Kissimmee *
Unity Coalition|Coalicion Unida, Miami Beach *
Unspoken Treasure Society Inc., Gainesville
Georgia
Community EsTr(El-La), Acworth
Community Roots, Decatur
FOR OUR SIBS Inc., Decatur
Genderfied, Marietta
I Am Human Foundation, Ellenwood
IATBP, Atlanta *
Phoenix Transition Program, Conley
Queer Cultures, Atlanta
Southern Fried Queer Pride, Atlanta
The Frances Thompson Education Foundation, Atlanta
The Prizm Shyne Project, Conley
TMBLM, Inc., Atlanta
Trans Housing Atlanta Program, Inc., Atlanta
Trans(forming), Atlanta *
Hawaii
Anuenue Alliance, Honolulu *
HEARTS Maui, Wailuku *
HI SIS, Honolulu
Kuaana Project, Honolulu *
Na Lei Pulama, Kihei
The Trans Alaka’i Collective, Hilo
Idaho
Black Liberation Collective, Idaho, Meridian
Illinois
Chicago Therapy Collective, Chicago
Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP), Chicago
Indiana
GenderNexus, Indianapolis
TREES, Inc., South Bend *
Kansas
Our Spot KC, Kansas City
Kentucky
Radical Truth, Louisville
Tiger’s Eye Collective, Louisville
Louisiana
Amor y Solidaridad, Nueva Orleans
Black and Brown Biennale, New Orleans *
Imagine Water Works, New Orleans *
Jasmine Davis, New Orleans
LOUD: New Orleans Queer Youth Theater, New Orleans
Real Name Campaign NOLA, New Orleans
T’DAS: Transgender Domestic Abuse Sanctuary, New Orleans *
The S.O.L.I.D Initiative, New Orleans
TRANScending Women, New Orleans *
Transitions Louisiana, New Orleans
Massachusetts
Black and Pink Boston Chapter, Boston *
Massachusetts Sex Worker Ally Network (MASWAN), Brighton
PRIDEEXTENDED, Chicopee
sense, Amherst
Sonrisas, Cheshire *
the Stiyu Project, Jamaica Plain
Trans Asylum Seekers Support Network, Amherst *
Transgender Emergency Fund Of MA INC, Boston
Maryland
Baltimore Safe Haven, Baltimore *
CVO, Owings Mills
Idyll Dandy Arts, Dowelltown
Prism House LLC, Westminster
Sistas of the “t”, Baltimore *
The Maryland Trans Resilience Conference, Baltimore *
Trans Maryland, Gaithersburg *
Trans Women of Color Collective, Chevy Chase *
Maine
Maine Transgender Network INC., Portland *
Michigan
Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, Grand Rapids *
Grassroots Activism Direct Emergency-GADES, Auburn Hills
Hope for Trans Futures Training Programs, Kalamazoo
Native Justice Coalition, Manistee
Nuii Waav Brotherhood, Detroit
Queers Taking Initiative, Alma
TGNC Emotional Wellness Providers’ Summit, Detroit *
The Transgender Health and Vitality Fund, Auburn Hills
Trans Sistas of Color Project, Detroit *
Transcend the Binary, Ferndale *
Minnesota
20% Theatre Company, Minneapolis *
Cuir Kitchen Brigade, Minneapolis *
For the Culture, Minneapolis *
Friends Like Me, Minneapolis
Minnesota Trans Disabled Care Fund, St. Paul
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition -MTHC, Minneapolis
Open Flame Theatre, Minneapolis *
shOUT: Minnesota’s Trans & Gender Diverse Voices, Minneapolis *
SPIRAL Collective, Minneapolis
TIGERRS, Minneapolis
Transmission Ministry Collective, Saint Paul
Missouri
Feed the People Garden Project, St. Louis *
Gabriella Rosé Justice Support System, Columbia *
Northland Pride, Gladstone
St. Louis Anti-Violence Project, St. Louis *
St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH), St. Louis
Trans artist collective, Kansas City
Transformations Youth Organization, Kansas City
Mississippi
Bois of the Sippi, Corinth
Love Me Unlimited 4life/4 Evercareing Evonne, Jackson
Montana
Great Falls LGBTQ+ Center, Great Falls
Third Steep Farm (TS), Drummond
North Carolina
Assata Collective, Charlotte
Fuerza Unión Múltiple – FUM, Henderson
Greensboro Mutual Aid, Greensboro
HYPHA Healing Garden & Apothecary, Durham
Onslow County LGBTQ Community Center, JACKSONVILLE
Radical Kindred, Boone *
There’s Still Hope, Charlotte *
Transgress: Digital Resistance Collective, Mount Holly
Transitioning Of The Carolinas, Charlotte
Tranzmission, Asheville
Evolve;, Jamestown
Nebraska
Trans Collaborations, Kearney
New Jersey
Black Excellence Collective, Newark
New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance (NJRUA), Newark
Tertium Quid, JERSEY CITY
New Mexico
Bent Road Gardens, Santa Fe
Trans Liberation Coalition, Albuquerque
Transwoman Empowerment Initiative (TEI), Albuquerque
Northern Mariana Islands
T-Project, Saipan
Nevada
Gender Justice Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas TransPride, Las Vegas *
New York
Awakening Trans Art Coalition, Boiceville *
bklyn boihood, Brooklyn
Black Trans Blessings, Bronx *
Black Trans Media, Brooklyn *
BlackCuse Pride, Syracuse *
Bluestockings Cooperative, New York
Caribbean Equality Project, Queens *
Colectivo intercultural TRANSgrediendo, Jackson Heights
Crystal LaBeija Organizing Fellowship, New York *
Dorian Corey Project/TRANSgressions, Kenmore
In Honor Of Our Roots, New York
LGBTQ+ Youth Xchange for Change, New York
Lion’s Tooth Project, Newburgh
Mirror Trans Beauty LLC, Brooklyn NY *
Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center, Newburgh *
Organización Latina Trans de New York, Brooklyn *
Princess Janae Place Inc, Bronx *
queer Haudenosaunee land project, Ridgewood
Radical Joy and Mental Health x Emulisfy, Brooklyn *
Reboot(y), Brooklyn
Reuniting of African Descendants (ROAD), New York
Rochester Black Pride, ROCHESTER
T-FFED (Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders), Brooklyn *
The G.H.O.S.T. Project, Brooklyn *
The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center, New York *
The Heavenly Femme Network/The HAF Project, Bronx
Trans Closet Hudson Valley, Saugerties *
What Will I Become, Bronx
Yoga for Top Surgery Recovery, Patchogue
Ohio
Black Queer & Intersectional Collective, Columbus
Margie’s Hope, Akron
TRANSlate, Cleveland *
TransOhio, Burton *
Oklahoma
Transpire Oklahoma, Inc., Tulsa *
Oregon
Beyond These Walls, Portland *
BI2S ARTISTS, Portland
Point of Pride, Eugene *
Trans*Ponder, Eugene *
Transpose PDX, Portland
Pennsylvania
Coalition for Black Trans Economic Liberation, Philadelphia
Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, Orefield
Hearts on a Wire, Philadelphia
Sage Legacy Project, Philadelphia
Trans Minors Rights, Lititz *
transcribez, Philadelphia
Visible Truth 365, Philadelphia
Puerto Rico
Arianna’s Center / Puerto Rico, San Juan *
Círculo Violeta, San Juan
Camp 4Respect, Bayamon
Editorial Casa Cuna, Hormigueros *
EspicyNipples, Guayama *
finca flamboyánT, Sabana Grande
Fundación Boreales, Carolina *
Fundación Periodismo Siglo 21, San Juan
Fundación Yamoca Opia, San German
Kellan Artgraphy, San Juan
Movimiento en respuesta de VIH, San Juan
Ominira Healing Village, San Juan
Pólvora Colectiva, San Juan *
Trans Feria. San Juan, San Juan *
Trans Goofy Games PR, San Juan
South Carolina
Alpha Omega Kappa Fraternity, Inc., Lexington *
Pride Link, Greenville *
T-Time Transgender Support, Myrtle Beach *
Transgender Awareness Alliance: Greg Green, Lexington
We Are Family, North Charleston *
South Dakota
Two Spirit Nation, Rapid City *
Tennessee
T4T Caregiving, Auburntown *
The Meadow Collective, Liberty *
Trans Empowerment Project, Knoxville *
Texas
Cicada Collective, Lewisville *
Coastal Bend Trans Alliance, Corpus Christi *
Cons.T.ruct, Houston *
Corazon Conuko, Houston
GenTex, McAllen *
Interfaces, Austin
Organizacion Latina Trans in Texas, Houston
Papa Seahorses, Houston
Project Liferaft, Austin
Revolution Foundation, Dallas *
San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA), San Antonio
The Mahogany Project, Houston
The Next Generation Project, Spring
Trans Legal Aid Clinic Houston, Houston *
Trans Masculinos Houston Texas/OLTT, Houston
Trans Nation, Baytown
Trans Pride Initiative, Dallas
Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), Austin
Virginia
Charlottesville Trans Peer Group, Troy *
Diversity in Recovery, North Garden
Garden of Peace, Inc., Newport News *
Grimalkin Records, Dendron
Minority Transgender Unity, Hampton
Power Safe Place Resource Center of Virginia, Front Royal *
Southeastern Transgender Resource Center, Norfolk
Stand for Art Foundation, Alexandria *
Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia – TAPVA, Virginia Beach
Transgender Veterans Support Group-Virginia, Richmond
Twin Oaks Queer Gathering, Louisa *
Vermont
Out in the Open, Brattleboro
Tender Fruits Collective and Farm, Morgan
Washington
Beyond Bars and Binaries, Tacoma *
Femme & Them, Shelton
Rad Care, Seattle *
SocialScope Productions, Seattle
Solace, Spokane *
The Black Trans Prayer Book, Seattle *
Wisconsin
Lovell-Lepak Queer Outreach, Madison
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We’re delighted to be able to welcome the fifth of our six Community Grantmaking Fellows, Loan Tran!
Loan Tran is a migrant originally from Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam currently organizing in Durham, North Carolina. For more than a decade they have been involved in liberation struggles for migrants, LGBTQ people, communities of color, and youth and students. As a writer, their work has been included in publications such as The Solidarity Struggle: How People of Color Succeed and Fail At Showing Up For Each Other In the Fight For Freedom (2016) and Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives (7th Edition, 2019). They are known for their piece, Calling In: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable, released on Black Girl Dangerous in 2013. They firmly believe only a movement rooted in solidarity across identities, geographies, and issues can transform our lives. They are a member of the board of directors of the Highlander Research & Education Center; co-chair the Third Wave Fund Advisory Council; and advise the Andrus’ Family Foundation’s Visionary Freedom Fund. Currently they are spending time slowly: cooking for friends and family, writing, and digging in the dirt.
Thank you for bringing your brilliance to this year’s panel–we’re so glad you said yes!
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TJFP is thrilled to announce the second of our six Community Grantmaking Fellows, Toi Washington!
“A person can forget what you did or said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. If I can help somebody along the way, then my living is not in vain.”
This is the mantra Toi T. Washington lives by daily. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ms. Toi Washington is a community engagement specialist, organizer, and activist with over a decade of experience in LBGTQ rights. Ms. Washington currently works with TAKE Resource Center in Birmingham, AL. as the Director of Programs as well as the Program Developer of the Trans Women of Color (TWOC) Healing Project. With a directive on LBGTQ rights, equality and equity, Ms. Washington has successfully positioned herself to be able to effectively address issues that are systemic to trans women of color and LBGTQ individuals alike. Ms. Washington uses her platform to guide herself as well as her community both professionally and personally.
Thank you so much for saying yes to us–we can’t wait to learn from your wisdom!
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¡Las solicitudes están disponibles a través de nuestro sitio web en www.transjusticefundingproject.org/solicitor!
Estén atentos a nuestro Facebook e Instagram la próxima semana para obtener más información sobre nuestro proceso de solicitud.
Si tienes alguna pregunta, puedes comunicarte a info@transjusticefundingproject.org.
2020 has been neither seamless nor easy. A pandemic laid bare the cracks in an already overburdened healthcare system. A chaotic election further revealed the fragility of our systems of power and governance. Unceasing attacks on Black and trans lives have left communities reeling in anger and fear.
But as Glo Ross, former facilitator for the annual TJFP grantmaking panel, puts it, we can find power in “the fundamental truth of community: Decisions made from our collective energy and investment are more creative, powerful, and impactful than if we make them alone.”
We need all of us if we’re to achieve trans justice in this lifetime. Everyone doing what they can, where they are, finding their people and organizing together to make collective impact! We are so grateful for the immense wealth of knowledge and experience that our fellows, facilitators, grantees, and applicants past and present bring to this project that is funding trans justice. It gives us the strength and confidence to press on, looking forward to the beginning of a new year–“knowing that on the other side of the hardness is something much greater than our individual selves.”
As we move into 2021, we’re so excited to announce that our grant application form is opening very soon! Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement from us early next week, and spread this news widely. We couldn’t do this without you–our community of supporters who are committed to trans justice and trans leadership!
You can read Glo’s full piece “Community is a Verb” (originally published in the TJFP 2018 Annual Report) at this link.
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A HUGE shout out to 2020 TJFP Grantmaking Fellow and long time TJFP grantee, Kayla Gore of My Sistah’s House!
“Kayla Gore’s initial idea was to build some single residential units in the garden of My Sistah’s House, which provides emergency housing for trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people in Memphis, and which predominantly serves trans women of color. Gore, the organization’s co-founder and executive director, wanted these so-called “tiny homes” to be temporary safe spaces to be used while residents found full-time homes.
Then Gore had another idea: to build a small community in Memphis with 20 homes to house trans women of color, who, said Gore, are at higher risk of violence and discrimination when attempting to access housing.”
This tiny house project is anything but tiny! Housing for our people IS trans justice!
Be sure to learn more about this project by viewing the full article from thedailybeast.com and check out My Sistah’s Room!
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We are pleased to announce that our 2020 grantmaking team moved over ONE MILLION DOLLARS to 261 grassroots trans-led groups around the country!
TJFP is so grateful for this year’s team and for the time, energy, and heart that was poured into every part of this grantmaking process. Each year we feel overwhelmed by the support of our friends and amazing community who helped make this happen– from outreach, volunteering, coordinating food delivery, taking notes, and donating or sharing our fundraiser which helped us reach and exceed our 80k fundraising goal!
Each year our community grantmaking panel reads and reviews every application that is submitted, and together they are tasked with making some very tough funding decisions. The TJFP fellows do this work with heart, experience, and generosity, all while also tending to their own work and lives as trans justice activists and organizers. Each fellow reviews applications using an intersectional lens, paying close attention to where resources are being redistributed geographically, and doing this with no strings attached, truly trusting that TJFP grantees know what’s best for their own communities.
It’s because of these brilliant community grantmaking Fellows, as well as our amazing TJFP coordinating team and facilitators, that we are able to get this done each year. And we absolutely wouldn’t be able to move as much money to the hundreds of incredible grassroots trans justice groups without our amazing friends, family, donors, volunteers, applicants, and grantees!
As always, we are inspired by each and every application that was submitted. Again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for honoring the legacy and efforts of our trans justice movements. Our grantmaking process is always a labor of love rooted in trusting and believing in trans leadership and it is forever an honor to do this with so many of you!
We encourage you to check out TJFP’s 2020 grantees, share their work, or donate to them directly!
Alaska
Choosing Our Roots, Anchorage
Alabama
The Knights & Orchids Society, Selma
The TRANShue Project, Faunsdale
Visibly Trans*, Birmingham
American Samoa
IMPACT, Pago Pago
Arkansas
inTRANSitive, Little Rock
Arizona
Chukshon Healing Network, Tucson
Equality Arizona, Phoenix
The Outlaw Project, Phoenix
Peacework Medical, Phoenix
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Tucson
Transcend Arizona, Paradise Valley
California
#BlackGirlzRule Coordinating Committee, San Francisco
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC), San Francisco
API TransFusion, Oakland
Beyond Binary Legal, Long Beach
Deaf Queer Resource Center, San Francisco
Dem Bois Inc., San Pablo
Gender Justice LA, Los Angeles
Health Justice Commons, Richmond
Homobiles, SAN LEANDRO
Indigenous Pride LA, Los Angeles
Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project, Fremont
Kween Culture Initiative, Oakland
Los Angeles Spoonie Collective, North Hills
Mirror Memoirs, Los Angeles
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, Oakland
Northstate Trans*/GNC Project, Chico
Peacock Rebellion, Oakland
Quest House Community Healing, Pacifica
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, San Francisco
Somos Familia Valle, Mission Hills
Trans and Queer Youth for Gender Justice, Oakland
The SisTrahood, La Mesa
T4T Caregiving, Pacifica
Trans and Nonbinary Housing Collective, Sacramento
TRANScend, San Francisco
TRANScending in Nature, Greenfield
Unique Woman’s Coalition, Los Angeles
Welcome, San Francisco
Washington DC
Black & Indigenous Transgender Safehaus (B.I.T.S.)
Bois Modeling Transformative Justice (BMTJ)
Starseed Earthroot
Trans People of Color Coalition
Trans Women of Color Collective
Florida
Black Masc, Sunrise
Bridging the gap!, Fort Lauderdale
Florida Coalition for Trans Liberation, Tallahassee
The Halfway Point, Tallahassee
LIPS Tampa, Apopka
New Beginnings TLC, Inc., Winter Haven
Orlando Trans Collective, Orlando
QLatinx, Orlando
Rooted Resistance, Tallahassee
Social Film Projects LLC, North Miami Beach
TransInclusive Group, Pembroke Pines
TransSOCIAL, Inc., Miami
Unity Coalition|Coalicion Unida, Miami Beach
Unspoken Treasure Society, Brooker
Georgia
COMMUNITY ESTRELLA, Acworth
Community Roots, Decatur
Freedom Overground, Marietta
International Association of Trans Bodybuilders and Powerlifters, IATBP, Atlanta
Q&A, Sandy Springs
Queer Culture[s], Atlanta
Sexual Liberation Collective, Decatur
Southern Fried Queer Pride, Atlanta
TMBLM, Inc., Duluth
Trans Housing Atlanta Program, Atlanta
Trans-Individuals Living Their Truth, Decatur
Trans*Visible, Covington
Trans(forming), East Point
TRANScending Barriers Atlanta, Atlanta
Ubuntu Incorporated, Lithia Springs
Hawaii
Anuenue Alliance, Honolulu
HEARTS Maui, Wailuku
Kuaana Project, Honolulu
Illinois
Brave Space Alliance, Chicago
Masjid al-Rabia, Chicago
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois, Chicago
Transilient, Chicago
Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP), Chicago
Indiana
GenderNexus, Indianapolis
TREES, Inc., South Bend
Louisiana
CANScantSTAND, New Orleans
Deep South Wellness Project, New Orleans
Imagine Water Works, New Orleans
LOUD, New Orleans
New Legacy Media Ministries, New Orleans
Massachusetts
Black and Pink Boston Chapter, Dorchester
Rebel Cause Inc, Springfield
Sonrisas, Cheshire
Trans Asylum Seekers Support Network and Ministry Alliance, Amherst
Maryland
Baltimore Safe Haven, Baltimore
The Maryland Trans Resilience Conference, Baltimore
Sistas of the “t”, Baltimore
Trans Maryland, Gaithersburg
Trans-Latinx DMV, Baltimore
Maine
Maine Transgender Network INC., Portland
Portland Outright, Portland
Michigan
Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, Grand Rapids
Grassroots Activism Direct Emergency-GADES, Ferndale
Native Justice Coalition, Manistee
NUII WAAV BROTHERHOOD, Detroit
Salus Center UCC, Lansing
TGNC Emotional Wellness Providers’ Summit, Detroit
Trans Sistas of Color Project, Highland park
Transcend the Binary, Ferndale
Minnesota
20% Theatre Company, Minneapolis
For the Culture, Minneapolis
Open Flame Theatre, Minneapolis
Queer Science, Saint Paul
shOUT: Minnesota’s Trans & Gender Diverse Voices, Minneapolis
SPIRAL Collective, Minneapolis
Missouri
Feed the People Garden Project, St. Louis
Gabriella Rosé Justice Support System, Columbia
Kansas City Center for Inclusion, Kansas City
Lot’s Wife Trans and Queer Chaplaincy, St Louis
Metro Trans Umbrella Group, St. Louis
Mid Missouri Transgender Support, Jefferson City
Our Spot KC, Kansas City
St. Louis Anti-Violence Project, St. Louis
Trans Queer Flat STL, St. Louis
Transformations, Kansas City
Transfuturism by The Justice Fleet, St Louis
Mississippi
Bois of the Sippi, Corinth
North Carolina
Asheville Transformers, Asheville
House of Pentacles, Durham
NC Trans Leadership Network, Asheville
Name Change Project, Asheville
Pansy Collective, Asheville
QORDS, Durham
Radical Kindred, Boone
There’s Still Hope, Charlotte
WNC QTPOC Support Group, Asheville
Nebraska
Trans Collaborations Community Board, Kearney
New Jersey
Black Excellence Collective, Newark
New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance, Long Branch
Tertium Quid, Jersey City
New Mexico
Albuquerque Queer Trans Community Yoga, Albuquerque
Decolonize Massage, Albuquerque
SW Two Spirit Society, Albuquerque
Trans Liberation Coalition, Albuquerque
Nevada
Gender Justice Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas TransPride, Las Vegas
Trans Pride Foundation, Las Vegas
New York
Activation, Woodridge
Awakening Trans Art Coalition, Boiceville
Black Trans Blessing, Bronx
Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, Brooklyn
Black Trans Media, Brooklyn
Black Trans Travel Fund, Bronx
BlackCuse Pride, Syracuse
Caribbean Equality Project, Queens
Colectivo intercultural TRANSgrediendo / CITG, Jackson Heights
Community Kinship Life (Ck life), Bronx
Crystal LaBeija Organizing Fellowship, Brooklyn
Cuir Kitchen Brigade, Brooklyn
Dorian Corey Project WNY/Transgressions, Kenmore
F2L, New York
For The Gworls, Brooklyn
The G.H.O.S.T. Project, Brooklyn
Gays & Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (GLITS), Queens
The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center, New York
LEGION (League for Equity of Gender In Our Neighborhoods), Rochester
Lighthouse Mutual Aid, Saugerties
metaDEN, Brooklyn
Mirror Trans Beauty LLC, Brooklyn
Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center, Newburgh
NYC Trans Oral History Project, New York
The Okra Project, Brooklyn
Organización Latina Trans de New York, Brooklyn
Princess Janae Place Inc, Bronx
Radical Joy and Mental Health x Emulisfy, Brooklyn
Strategic Trans Alliance for Radical Reform (STARR), Schenechtady
T-FFED (Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders), Brooklyn
Trans Lab, New York
Trans Resistance Through Media, Bronx
TransGenerational Theatre Project, Long Island City
Ohio
Black Queer & Intersectional Collective, Columbus
META Center Inc., Akron
Margie’s Hope, Akron
TRANSlate, Cleveland
TransOhio, Columbus
Oklahoma
Transpire Oklahoma, Inc., Tulsa
Oregon
Beyond These Walls, Portland
Glitter Squadron, Portland
Point of Pride, Eugene
QTPoC Mental Health, Portland
Trans*Ponder, Eugene
Pennsylvania
Hearts on a Wire, Philadelphia
Interfaith Working Group dba Transfaith, Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Transgender Renaissance, Orefield
T’DAS: Transgender Domestic Abuse Sanctuary, Philadelphia
Trans Minors Rights, Lititz
TransCamp, Philadelphia
TransFamily of NWPA, Erie
Puerto Rico
Arianna’s Center / Puerto Rico, San Juan
Editorial Casa Cuna, Hormigueros
EspicyNipples, Guayama
Fundación Boreales, Carolina
Pólvora Colectiva, San Juan
Semillas, San Juan
T.E.A. ( Transgenero En Accion ), Guaynabo
Trans Feria. San Juan, San Juan
Rhode Island
Triumphant 2Gether, Providence
South Carolina
Alpha Omega Kappa Fraternity, Inc., Lexington
Gender Benders, Piedmont
Pride Link, Greenville
T-Time Transgender Support, Myrtle Beach
Transgender Awareness Alliance: Greg Green, Lexington
We Are Family, North Charleston
South Dakota
Two Spirit Nation, Porcupine
Tennessee
Bold & Beautiful, Memphis
The Meadow Collective, Liberty
Trans Empowerment Project, Knoxville
WeCareTN, Memphis
Texas
Black and Brown Biennale, Houston
Black Trans MX, Carrollton
Black Transmen Inc, Carrollton
Black Transwomen Inc, Carrollton
Borderland Rainbow Center, El Paso
Cicada Collective, Lewisville
Coastal Bend Trans Alliance, Corpus Christi
Cons.T.ruct, Houston
GenTex, McAllen
Latinas Trans Austin, Houston
Latinas Trans Dallas, Houston
Organizacion Latina Trans in Texas, Houston
Revolution Foundation, Dallas
Trans Legal Aid Clinic Houston, Houston
Trans Pride Initiative, Dallas
Virginia
Charlottesville Trans Peer Group, Troy
Garden of Peace, Inc., Newport News
MINORITY TRANSGENDER UNITY, Norfolk
Power Safe Place Resource Center of Virginia, Front Royal
South eastern transgender Resource Center, Norfolk
Stand for Art Foundation, Alexandria
TEA of Greater Washington D.C., Burke
Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia – TAPVA, Virginia Beach
Transgender Veterans Support Group-Virginia, Richmond
Twin Oaks Queer Gathering, Louisa
Vermont
Out in the Open, Brattleboro
Washington
Beyond Bars and Binaries, Tacoma
The Black Trans Prayer Book, Seattle
Heartspark Press, Olympia
QTPOC Birthwerq Project, Seattle
Rad Care, Seattle
Solace, Spokane
Stonewall Youth, Olympia
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Artwork by Glori Tuitt, @glorifice_
Beloved Community, Family, and Friends,
It would be impossible for us as grantmakers to ignore what’s happening in the United States right now. There is no way to overstate how vital Black trans lives have been to the Trans Justice Funding Project, to the grassroots trans organizers we serve, to the trans justice movement as a whole. Unequivocally, absolutely, Black Lives Matter!
TJFP is a Black, Brown, and Indigenous-led organization that has continuously prioritized moving resources across the country to support Black trans groups and organizations, while centering their experiences and leadership. It is an honor and a moral duty to do so.
It’s notable that over the past several days there have been endless conversations and messaging discrediting activists and protestors, which avoids addressing the real conversation at hand, state sanctioned anti-black violence carried out by police. This is a tactic to sway us away from focusing on accountability and it is unacceptable. The systems that are literally killing us must be dismantled. And they must be defunded.
At TJFP we believe there is no world in which trans liberation can occur without racial justice. There cannot be Pride for a few when there is violence, repression, and injustice for so many. Some of us owe our very existence to the visions, strategies, and radical courage of organizers of the past and today.
We must honor this legacy and support Black trans leaders to lead, to organize, to envision, as they build a better tomorrow for us all. So many of the groups we fund are made up of trans people of color working within their local communities, providing direct services and resources to cover gaps or repair harms inflicted by state systems like the police. Trans justice looks like transformative justice, like gender justice, like prison abolition and anti-policing work, like disability justice, like economic justice, like solidarity with racial justice organizations, like Black trans leadership leading the way.
We protect us. These systems were not designed with the intention of our freedom. And protection was never meant for us, not in a nation built on the oppression of Black people on stolen land. We see the need, year after year, read it in application after application, the impact of militarization, surveillance, and policing on Black bodies, on Black trans bodies, on trans bodies of color across the nation. Tony McDade. Nina Pop. Layleen Polanco Xtravaganza. And countless others, casualties of a system that values property and “business as usual” over justice, dignity, and human life.
To the Black leaders who are doing this work, thank you. Thank you for your time and your energy, your brilliance and your strength, your anger and your love. Thank you for being Black excellence in all the ways you may not even realize. Please survive this in any way you can. To the rest of our TJFP family, we encourage you to find Black-led organizations in your area to consider funding them directly. Our interactive map and our lists of grantees can tell you more about trans-led organizations in your area to aid you in your research.
In love and solidarity,
The staff at TJFP
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TJFP is so excited to introduce the second of our six Community Grantmaking Fellows, Christopher Cuevas!
Christopher Cuevas is the Executive Director of QLatinx and provides vision, energy, and leadership in the fulfillment of the mission and vision of the organization, working to advance the visibility of and empower LGBTQ+ Latinx communities and create spaces that foster growth and healing.
A lifelong peace practitioner, educator, and community organizer, Christopher leads their work for cultural transformation by centering the unapologetic and unwavering power of radical love. A child of undocumented immigrants and a queer person of color, Christopher interconnects their lived experience and drives the necessary heart work of building a culture of peace, compassion, and change through advocating for LGBTQ+, immigrant, and racial justice movements.
Through their work with state, national, and transnationally recognized initiatives and organizations, Christopher has led conversations and facilitated education campaigns specifically addressing structural racism, health equity, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Thank you for saying YES to joining TJFP’s community grantmaking team this year!
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