Services
- Black/African Diaspora
- Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
- Other (Community and Support)
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
National
"Black Trans Femmes in the Arts (BTFA) is a collective of Black trans women and non-binary femmes who are dedicated to creating space for Black trans femmes in the arts. Our collective includes artists from all sectors of the arts, art educators, art administrators, art activists, and art curators."
"We organize performances and galleries that showcase the talent of black trans femmes, host workshops and talks that provide black trans femmes with the knowledge and skills to advance their artistic careers, and mobilize our networks to connect black trans femme artists with the resources and opportunities that they need to be successful."
As of 6/14/2020, BTFA runs the Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund in partnership with Black Trans Travel Fund, For the Gworls, and the Okra Project. To donate: https://linktr.ee/btfacollective
Services
- Ally Training and Education
- Black/African Diaspora
- Housing/Homelessness
- Immigration
- Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
- People with Disabilities
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
561 W Whitehall Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
"SONG envisions a sustainable South that embodies the best of its freedom traditions and works towards the transformation of our economic, social, spiritual, and political relationships. We envision a multi-issue southern justice movement that unites us across class, age, race, ability, gender, immigration status, and sexuality; a movement in which LGBTQ people – poor and working class, immigrant, people of color, rural – take our rightful place as leaders shaping our region’s legacy and future. We are committed to restoring a way of being that recognizes our collective humanity and dependence on the Earth.
MISSION: SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. We build, sustain, and connect a southern regional base of LBGTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in our communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing."
Includes chapters across various Southern US states.
Services
- Black/African Diaspora
- Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
Statewide
"The North Carolina's Black Women’s Roundtable is a network of Black, progressive women who are committed to collectively building power for women in our communities. We focus on developing alternative economic systems, building the political power, the healing of Black women, so we can protect ourselves, our families and our communities.
We envision a world where all Black women feel safe and welcome to bring all of the components that make us who we are, to whatever environment or situation that we are in. As such, we are intentional about creating space for all of our Kindred Sisters: mamas, professionals, LGB, Queer, and Trans women, sex workers, students, formerly incarcerated women, and all others."
Services
- Ally Training and Education
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
3039 Old Fulton Place
Brandon, Florida 33510
"The Dru Project is an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization on a mission to spread love across the nation and promote gay straight alliances. We are doing this by creating a curriculum for high school GSAs to use, should they wish to adopt our program. We are also offering scholarships to students who truly exemplify Drew's spirit for inclusion and unity."
Scholarships are offered to students who will be attending college or a trade school. GSA support for schools in Florida.
Services
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
National
"If you’re tired of playing the same 'professional' game and ready to be your authentic self at work, at school and in life, then you have come to the right place!
Awesomely Authentic focuses on the issues and journeys of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* and Queer (LGBTQ+) individuals as they find that right job/internship, college or career fit.
'Why have a grain of sand, when you can have the whole damn sandbox' -Matthew French, Awesomely Authentic Founder"
Services include College Prep for high school students; Career Coaching; and Diversity and Inclusion Consulting for companies and organizations.
Services
- Black/African Diaspora
- Indigenous/Native Communities
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
National
"SFQP envisions a world where Black and QTPOC artists and leaders are employed and owners in the regional South. Black and brown queer folks are often the drivers of culture, but often lack the autonomy and resources needed to support themselves and their communities. Our mission to uplift them, give them the platforms they need, and help create an environment and culture that sustains them."
Programming includes social events; community/educational events; festivals and art events.
Services
- Black/African Diaspora
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
National
"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."
"Based on individual donations, The Okra Project pays Black Trans chefs to go into the homes of Black Trans people to cook them a healthy and home-cooked meal at absolutely no cost to our Black TGNC siblings. For those Black Trans folks currently experiencing homeless or whose homes cannot support our chef’s cooking, The Okra Project has partnered with institutions like Osborne Association and other community spaces to deliver foods."
"In order to address financial and food disparities faced by Black Trans people worldwide, The Okra Project has developed the International Grocery Fund. This is a monthly fundraising effort that allows us to send small $40 grants to Black Trans people anywhere in the world, so they can buy food if they are experiencing emergency food shortages."
Services
- Trans Legal Aid (Change of Name/Gender Marker)
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Ally Training and Education
- Black/African Diaspora
- People with Disabilities
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Seniors/Elderly/Aging
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
P.O. Box 26165
Little Rock, Arkansas 72221
"The Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historical Center’s (a.k.a. “House of GG”) mission is to create programs, services, and resources that positively impact the lives, history, and visibility of Transgender, gender-questioning, and gender-nonconforming people. We do this through programs that promote healing justice, resilience, and organizing among our communities, particularly by and for transgender women of color, to remove barriers that inhibit our survival."
"Founded and led by Trans and gender nonconforming people and our allies, we create safe and transformative spaces where members of our community can heal—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually—from the trauma arising from generations of transphobia, racism, sexism, poverty, ableism and violence, and nurture them into tomorrow’s leaders. We currently primarily focus on supporting and nurturing the leadership of Transgender women of color living in the U.S. South."
Services
- Immigration/Asylum
- Other (Legal)
- Black/African Diaspora
- Immigration
- Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
National
"The Freedom Fund secures the release of low-income people held in jail or immigration detention simply because they can't afford bail, with focus on LGBTQ individuals."
"We work to build a critical mass against the mass detention of LGBTQ individuals."
Services
- Anti-Discrimination (Workplace/Housing/Etc.)
- Black/African Diaspora
- Housing/Homelessness
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
- Sex Work
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
2855 East Point St.
East Point, Georgia 30344
"We’re working to build a Black Trans Futurist Framework for practical abolition as the way to liberation. The Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative is a black, trans-led, broad based collaborative to restore an Atlanta where every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive without facing unfair barriers, especially from the criminal legal system."
Programs include a fund to support the Trans community in Atlanta navigating personal crises; political education and professional development education programs; and efforts to divest from criminal legal system and invest in communities instead.
Primarily focused in Atlanta, Georgia.