Two Sides of the Same Coin: Joy and Resistance from our Executive Director, Jaelynn Scott
There has been a movement in the Black trans community for the last few years centered in joy. As Black people, we have always led with joy; it is our humor that we often use for survival and community building. What is interesting in this movement is the idea of organizing around, resisting, and building movements of joy. Personally, I’ve been struggling to frame our work in joy. We think it is important to be clear about the struggles facing our community while not contributing to both the cisgender gaze and the consumption of trauma porn.
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Deepening Collaborations, Advocacy Team Openings, and Bystander Trainings! — An Update from Community Engagement Manager, Mahkyra Gaines
Happy Halloween to our beloved trans community! The Gender-Based Violence Prevention department is following back up with another blog post aimed with transparency and connection. We value showing folks like you an inside glimpse into what we have been working on these past few months.
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Join us for the Black Trans Legal Professionals Network!
The Black Trans Legal Professionals Network (BTLPN), a project of QLaw Foundation of Washington and Lavender Rights Project, is a peer-support space created to address the professional and personal needs of Black trans clients and attorneys, students, and legal professionals.
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IKEA Furniture, New Partnerships, and More! — An Update from our Director of Housing Services
As we continue securing a property for our housing project, we’ve been getting prepared to open our (still theoretical) doors to our new tenants and community. We’ve been having discussions and meeting with service providers in King County as well as getting items for the units.
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A Post-Pride Thank You from Randy & Angel at LRP
We cannot begin to explain the amount of joy we are still feeling from last month's PRIDE event, The Black Trans Comedy Showcase. Thank you so much to everyone who attended, whether it was in-person or virtually!
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