Black Trans-Centred Organizations To Support:
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute:
“The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.”
“The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.”
“We are a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance.”
Black Trans Travel Funds:
“The Black Trans Travel Fund is a grassroots, mutual aid based organization developed for the purpose of providing Black transgender women with the financial resources necessary for them to be able to self-determine and access their safest travel options.”
Black Visions Collective:
“As an organization dedicated to Black liberation and to collective liberation, we need a radical and ongoing investment in our own healing. By claiming love for our own bodies, our own psyches, our own experiences, and by building the resources we need to integrate healing justice into all that we do, we are insisting on conditions that can carry us towards the next generation of work, and towards a deeper place of freedom for all of us.”
Solutions Not Punishment:
“SOLUTIONS NOT PUNISHMENT COLLABORATIVE IS A BLACK TRANS AND QUEER LED ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, INVESTING IN OUR COLLECTIVE EMBODIED LEADERSHIP, AND BUILDING POLITICAL POWER. WE ENVISION A VIBRANT, RADICALLY INCLUSIVE METRO ATLANTA WHERE ALL OUR PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND FREE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND THRIVE AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES.”
“The Center for Black Equity is the National leader in connecting members of the Black LGBTQ+ community with information and resources to educate, engage and empower their fight for equity and access.”
National Black Justice Coalition:
“The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. As America’s leading national Black LGBTQ/SGL civil rights organization focused on federal public policy, NBJC has accepted the charge to lead Black families in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ/SGL equality.”
