Where to Donate to Support Black Trans Lives

From Harper's BAZAAR

As more and more people take to the streets demanding justice for Black lives lost to police violence, the protests are also beginning to shed light on an "epidemic" of violence waged against Black transgender people.

Last week, two Black transgender women, Riah Milton and Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, were killed within a 24-hour period. Their untimely deaths follow the high-profile police killing of Tony McDade, a Black transgender man who was shot by police, and Nina Pop, a Black transgender woman who was stabbed to death.

As the Trump administration attempts to revoke health care protections for transgender people in the United States, the transgender and gender nonconforming community faces disproportionate and fatal violence at the hands of strangers, abusive partners, and police—a vulnerability heightened through transphobia-motivated brutality or vulnerability to unemployment, poverty, lack of housing, and more. Last year, the Human Rights Campaign found at least 26 deaths of transgender people, the majority of whom were Black women. This year, at least 14 transgender or gender nonconforming people have been killed.

People across the world are fighting back against transphobic cruelty. In Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, 15,000 people donning white participated in a silent march for Black trans lives, a historic protest dubbed Brooklyn Liberation by organizers.

Beyond attending protests, if you are able to, there's still much more work to be done. Below, a sample of places you can put your money where your mouth is in order to support, protect, and uplift Black trans lives.

Donate

• The Okra Project provides resources and meals to Black transgender people across the world. Donate Here

• Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, an Atlanta-based organization working toward abolition, provides financial support, organizing and direct action training, an internship program, and more to the LGBTQ+ community. Donate Here

• For the Gworls raises money to pay for Black trans people's rent and gender-affirming surgeries, as well as dedicating another fund to medical relief. Donate Here

• G.L.I.T.S. works to provide care and resources to the transgender community. The organization is currently using funds to provide housing for Black trans people. Donate Here

• The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, named in honor of the gay liberation activist and drag queen, dedicates itself to protecting and defending the right of Black transgender people. Donate Here

• The Black Trans Travel Fund is a mutual aid fund committed to providing financial resources to Black transgender women. Donate Here

• The Emergency Release Fund uses donations to bail out those facing pretrial detention, prioritizing the release of those in the LGBTQ+ community. Donate Here

• The Sylvia Rivera Law Project, named for the transgender civil rights pioneer, is a collective dedicated to ensuring gender self-determination for all. Donate Here

• The Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective is currently using funds to support Black trans protesters, Black trans women, and nonbinary femmes in the arts. Donate Here

• TGI Justice Project fights against the imprisonment and human rights abuses of transgender, gender variant, and intersex people. Donate Here

• The Audre Lorde Project is a New York City–based community organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, and gender nonconforming people of color. Donate Here

• The Transgender Law Center works to change laws and policies for the safety and liberation of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Donate Here

• The Transgender District works for tenant protections, workforce development, cultural conservation, and more for the transgender community in San Francisco. Donate Here

• Brave Space Alliance is a Black and trans-led organization that provides programming and services to those within the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago. Donate Here

• This GoFundMe is going directly toward Black trans women in Atlanta who are homeless or are working as sex workers. They will continue fundraising until the end of Pride Month. Donate Here

• This GoFundMe will go toward funeral costs for Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells. Donate Here

• Performer Sav Souza is currently raising money to provide Black trans and gender nonconforming people with binders. Donate Here

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