Speak Their Names
“Speak Their Names” is the first product from the Kinship collaboration between King Texas and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh - a t-shirt that highlights the names of black cis and trans women, and WOC whose lives were taken by State and sexual violence.
There has been a lack of discussion around the death of black women and trans* people within our communities. We are deeply devastated by the rate of violence inflicted against the trans* community. The community experiences unemployment at twice the rate of the general population, with rates for people of color up to four times the national unemployment rate. Transgender people are four times more lively to live in poverty. Ninety percent of trans* people report experiencing harassment, mistreatment, or discrimination on the job. The oppressive systematic structure prevent many Black trans* folks from obtaining education, healthcare, protection, and secure housing. We hope by creating this work, we can offer visibility to the ones who have passed before us and give back to the community. It is extremely important for us to say each and every one of their names.
Profit from the sale of the Speak Their Names shirt will be donated to Trans Women of Color Collective. You can pre-order a shirt at the Kinship site. First shirts will be mailed out in early August.
