Bent Bars needs UK transfem penpals and second-hand clothes
i do this thing with Bent Bars where they match queer & trans people outside of prison in the UK with queer & trans people in prison to write letters, share things, etc. they also get gender-affirming clothes to transgender people in prison, host writing by queer & transgender prisoners, and other stuff. my experience with them has been amazing!
they recently sent out an email calling for gender-affirming clothes for transgender prisoners. so, if you have any old clothes in good condition you'd like to send to transgender prisoners, you can do that here (click).
and they also asked for more outside penpals! they asked for certain kinds of penpals which are frequently requested by inside penpals, who they have trouble matching. these are:
people over 50
gay men who are into football
trans women
i figured some of you could help there, especially with the last one.
a month or so ago i started writing to a transfem in prison through Bent Bars, and it turned out she had first applied in 2021 and was not able to match with any trans women until now. not many transfems are signing up for this, meanwhile since getting involved i've heard about a lot of transfems in prison—men's prisons, who may not have the support of anyone who understands. so, i think it would be really helpful if any of my transfem followers or anyone who sees this could sign up as an outside penpal.
you can sign up as a penpal here (click). requirements are that you have to be from the UK and have to be "LGBT, queer or gender non-conforming" in some way. thanks for reading!
