The Lavender Rights Project has been granted the opportunity via the American Rescue Plan Act to distribute a limited number of Emergency Housing Vouchers. EHVs are prioritized for people currently experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness that are….
Read MoreHi there, my name is Mahkyra Gaines (They/Them or No Pronouns). In December of 2021, I began work as Lavender Rights Projects Gender-Based Violence Community Engagement Manager. In June of 2021, I graduated from The Evergreen State College (Go Geoducks!) with my B.A. in Cultural Studies and Political Eco. I was so excited to be brought on to the LRP team and interweave my previous experiences, advocacy, and education towards the liberation of Black Trans Women.
Read MoreAs our Trans community reels from another wave of COVID, increasing barriers to accessing community, the very recent passing of HB25 among other extremely transphobic bills passed slyly under the chaos of the pandemic and the racial justice movement, and the recent murders of our Black Trans sisters….
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