Perhaps, like me, you've woken up today feeling the weight of decisions made by others and watching as those in power strip away the rights of so many.
In response, I spent a bit of time this morning compiling a list of places you can donate money to in support of the LGBTQIA+ community. If you have the means, I encourage you to offer financial support. If you don't, I get it - please instead take a moment to share these resources with a friend who might. Please look over other ways to support these organizations if monetary support isn't an option.
There are many amazing organizations, and this only scratches the surface in the time I had before joining my first session this morning.
If you have additional resources you'd like added, please comment and I'll update as I can.
Sincerely, An unapologetically human and upset therapist
o Human Rights Campaign has spent more than 40 years creating the most powerful movement for equality our country has ever seen. But despite this progress, our most marginalized are still suffering from violence, discrimination and fear. Our goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those of us who are trans, people of color and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country and around the world.
o American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
o GLAD LAW Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, the GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) mission statement defines our works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.
GLAD Law is committed to fulfilling this mission with urgency and perseverance.
o Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Since 2002, they’ve been organizing, assisting, informing and empowering thousands of individual community members toward long-term national, trans-led movement for liberation.
o Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) Established in 2011, The National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition is the only social justice organization led by black trans people to collectively address the inequities faced in the black transgender human experience.
o The Trevor Project offers crisis services, advocacy, peer support and public education for LGBTQ+ folks 24 and under. This includes a 24/7 year-round crisis lifeline.
o Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community
o Transitional Justice is a grassroots organization created for the express purpose of providing refuge and support for transgender political refugees who are fleeing persecution.
o Marsha’s House: LGBTQIA+ young adults experiencing homelessness in New York City have never had housing resources within the shelter system tailored to their needs. But that changed in February 2017, when Project Renewal opened Marsha’s House, the city’s first shelter to fill this gap and serve LGBTQIA+ individuals ages 18 to 35.
o The Transcend Campaign/Pfund Foundation – supporting LGBTQ+ communities in the Upper Midwest. Their goal is to support transportation costs for queer youth from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa to receive necessary and life-saving healthcare out-of-state, cover tuition costs for remote schools that are welcoming to all gender identities in cases where students' local districts are not safe spaces for transgender and queer youth, and provide small cash grants to other organizations doing groundwork in those states.
o Open Arms Project is a mutual aid project of TRACTION started in 2023 in response to the alarming increase in anti-trans legislation and rhetoric across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Two-Spirit, transgender, nonbinary, gender-diverse, and gender-nonconforming (trans+) people and their families are seeking to escape legislative persecution and violence. The Pacific Northwest has long been a destination for such folk, and we expect migrating people and families to increase over the next decade.
o Elevated Access was launched in 2022 in response to the extreme healthcare bans being enacted in state legislatures. They are a non-profit organization that enables people to access healthcare by providing flights on private planes at no cost. Our volunteer pilot network transports clients seeking abortion or gender-affirming care across the United States.
Charlotte, NC Specific
o There’s Still Hope
o The Freedom Center for Social Justice is creating culture shifts in social justice, civil rights, LGBTQ+ communities and spaces where people of low wealth and racial minorities dwell. We are proud to work in collaboration, across lines of difference, with local and national organizations that fight for equal protection under the law.
o Time Out Youth offers vital programs, fostering unconditional acceptance, and creating safe spaces for self-expression through leadership, community support and advocacy. Their Vision is to inspire inclusive communities where all youth are equally empowered to reach their true potential.
o For more, please visit: https://charlottetranshealth.org/community-resources/
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