We are tremendously saddened to share the passing of trans activist, Ms. Cheryl Courtney-Evans. Ms. Cheryl joined the TJFP team in 2013 as one of our very first community grant making panelists. In 2014, TJFP interviewed her about the work of Trans Individuals Living Their Truth (TILTT). The interviewer writes, “TILTT is dedicated to creating visibility. For the first […]
A very special thank you to Bishop Tonyia Rawls and The Freedom Center for Social Justice (FCSJ) for inviting TJFP to the Transgender Faith and Action Network’s (TFAAN) annual retreat. What an honor it was to be welcomed into this space and to have the opportunity to speak with Southern trans and gender non-conforming faith leaders […]
Attacks on social justice groups and organizations are not new. What is new is that these attacks are on the rise. Often these attacks have been successful in side-tracking, damaging, and weakening the community. To help protect and prepare your group for any potential attacks, here are two FREE webinars being offered by RoadMap. Check em out! Part […]
Dee Dee Chamblee, activist and founder of LaGender, a 2016 TJFP grant recipient, is being honored for her HIV activism. Chamblee founded LaGender, an organization in Georgia, that provides resources for the transgender community as well as educational trainings for people working with or providing services to trans individuals. Congratulations Dee Dee! Read more here!
Trans Justice Funding Project is excited to be at “Money for Our Movements: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference” presented by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) from August 12 – 14th, 2016 in Denver, CO. TJFP Executive Director, Gabriel Foster will be speaking at the closing plenary, Bold Shifts for Resourcing Our Movements, alongside Jeannette Huezo […]
Give OUT Day is the ONLY national day of giving for the LGBTQ community – a 24-hour online fundraising event that unites the LGBTQ community from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and D.C. to raise critically needed funds. Many of TJFP’s grantees and applicants are participating. Please consider donating to them directly! Check out the list […]
We’re updating our website and added a useful resource section so you can learn more about TJFP! You can easily download essays and articles about TJFP’s theory of funding, thoughts from our community grantmaking panel over the years, and much more!
The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP) is a member of the Prison Divestment Steering Committee with Enlace, and they’ve just help introduce a bill to end prison tax breaks. “Ending taxpayer subsidies for private prisons is part of a larger necessary effort to end private prisons entirely, and to end the criminalization and hyper-incarceration of […]
“The massacre in Orlando was a dramatic punctuation of what is now a clear backlash to progressive advances.. From increased and persistent violence against LGBTQ people, especially Trans and Gender Non Conforming people of color; religious liberty campaigns, the anti trans bills and the vitriol stirred up during this Presidential election – it is critical […]
“Transgender, gender nonconforming, and LGB Latinx communities and communities of color have always protected each other — and the stories from Orlando will tell you the same. In this moment of increased policing and militarization of our community spaces, we continue to build community and develop ways to extend our conversations about the many real […]
Trans Justice Funding Project will be joining TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project at the 12th annual Trans Day of Action at Washington Square Park from 3-6 PM this Friday, June 24th. Join us as we march, rally, and lift up the work of our communities working towards social and economic justice!
“… to see this space with so much life, so much energy, to see how much everybody brought of themselves, I think its just an overall appreciation to trans people everywhere” – 2016 TJFP Panelist What an unbelievable past few weeks it’s been at TJFP. Because of the generosity of our community, we exceeded our 2016 […]