| #10: Donate money to an organization providing direct services for transgender people |
[Mar. 28th, 2008|08:13 pm] |
From the NCTE:
The money you donate to organizations is critical to their ability to provide services for our community. Because you give, organizations are able to make a tangible difference in trans people’s lives—drafting new legislation to protect our rights, reaching out to youth, providing answers to legal questions, doing HIV prevention, creating social events where we can come together and celebrate who we are, dressed as we want to dress, and much, much more. The donations you make to trans organizations can help our community thrive, be healthy and grow.
You may never have received a request from an organization asking for your support for other groups, but we believe that we are all in this together. Whatever we do to support our community strengthens us all.
Plus, giving money makes us feel good, recognizing ourselves as generous people, supporting a cause that is important to us. A little or a lot … any amount can help the community.
Some ideas to get you started …
Consider a donation to an organization that supports the legal needs of our community, such as the Transgender Law Center or the Silvia Rivera Law Project.
Give to a local organization that supports youth, such as the Boston Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, a youth-run organization for queer youth or District 202 in Minneapolis, a non-profit community center for GLBT youth.
Support statewide trans organizations like Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance, Transgender Michigan and Gender Rights Advocacy Association of New Jersey. Donating money within your state can help bring civil rights closer to home.
Donate to your local support group or an advocacy organization doing work in your community.
Wherever you give, know that it is making a difference in the lives of people in our community. If you want some general information about making charitable donations, click here for an article from the Better Business Bureau. |
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