#lgbtq nonprofit

[itgetsbetterproject]

New LGBTQ+ Landmark enamel pin, celebrate the gayborhood!

As a nonprofit, we asked ourselves what the best way would be to thank our recurring donors - people who commit to donate to our LGBTQ+ youth programs every month in a show of long-term support.

So our Development team had an idea: they commissioned queer artists Mo McMasters and Alex Tagali to design an exclusive enamel pin series inspired by various LGBTQ+ landmarks around the world! Now when someone signs up to be a recurring donor, they get to snag these cute pins.

If you sign up to "join the journey" during Hispanic Heritage Month from Sep 15 - Oct 15 2023, you'll get the Zona Rosa pin as your first in the series, celebrating Mexico City's most well-known gayborhood!

Here's the link for y'all if you want to grab this one: give.itgetsbetter.org/give/442786

[ashleymilesphil]

We Need Your Support Now More Than Ever

Hello friends.

We are LGBTIQ refugees from East Africa, and we are facing unimaginable challenges in the refugee camps where we have been displaced. Every day, we struggle to survive in hostile environments filled with homophobia and persecution. Our lives are constantly at risk, and we need your help to make it through these difficult times.

Despite the challenges, we have some good news to share! The first group of LGBTIQ refugees from our community is finally heading to Canada. This is a huge milestone for us, and it wouldn't have been possible without your incredible support. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has stood by us, and we ask that you continue to support us in whatever way you can.

But we still have a long way to go. Many of us remain in these camps, living in fear and uncertainty. We are asking, kindly, for your donations to our fundraiser. Every penny counts—whether it’s for food, medication, or shelter, your contribution helps us survive another day.

Even though it's difficult to keep asking, we can’t stop. Our lives and futures depend on your generosity. Please, if you can, donate to our cause. Together, we can create a safer future for our community.

Thank you for your continued support, and let’s keep moving forward.

Other ways to Donate.⬇️

PayPal: lwerephillip@gmail.com

With gratitude,

Phill and the LGBTIQ refugee community

[cheekios]

Eviction

I did not make rent, I’m no where near it. I still have $750 to raise. Out of desperation I charged my card just to attempt to pay. The 3rd is the absolute last day to pay. The office is closed, so on Monday the leasing office will see whether I paid or not. If I don’t raise the remaining $750 the transaction will decline.

Goal: $750

CA: $HushEmu

PP: emuslayter@gmail.com

If my payment declines I will be charged an additional $100 for processing fee. Not only that I will pay for the late fee which is $100 + $10 everyday rent is late. This is still in effect even if they are evicting the tenant. Evictions take 1-3 months every month I reside in my apartment they will charge me if I don’t vacate. The $100 + late fee will still resume even in eviction. I processed the payment despite not having enough to pay rent to buy time. I am lucky that rent fell on the weekend and not during the week.

This is my final plea to staying housed. I have exhausted all options. If payment does not reflect by Sunday Midnight. I will be issued a notice to vacate Monday.

[transformationsproject]

Good News This Week!

We are kicking off this week by celebrating good news from New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Missouri! Learn more below.

[sparklecats2009]

Donations needed for Tennessee Mutual Aid

Hi everyone - I wanted to post about a non-profit close to my work that is currently running low on items for unhoused people in Appalachia.

This organization is giving upwards of 800 pounds of food to the homeless population per day, it is also run by a majority trans / LGBT staff and provides resources for neurodivergent / LGBT youth. Due to the current situation, they will be needing more support than ever to continue their work. The weather is getting cold and many unhoused people are in need of gloves, scarves, hand warmers, etc. This place is doing good work and I would love to see more people support it! Thanks so much for reading. Their amazon wish list is here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3T9X36RVOUI7E?ref_=wl_share Their donation page is here: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/E6MY1M6R2WSAW/checkout/WFNTJ7VQX6LBPAC5PS5ALG2Z

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Mira Lazine at LGBTQ Nation:

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would give authority to the Treasury Department to revoke a 501c non-profit’s tax-exempt status if they’re believed to support terrorism.

House Resolution 9495, also known as the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” was sponsored by Rep. Tenney Claudia (R-NY) and passed through the house in a 219–184 vote. It has gone through multiple different forms since it was initially introduced in response to pro-Palestine organizers in the wake of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. According to anthropologist and legal scholar Darryl Li, who spoke to Democracy Now, this bill exists exclusively as a means for the right-wing to crush their political opponents, especially those who advocate for the rights of Palestinians, who were recently found by the International Criminal Court to be victims of war crimes enacted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This bill is essentially a civil rights disaster, that … would allow the government to shut down nonprofits on the smear of being terrorist-supporting organizations…. This law requires an accusation with no evidence, but a tie-in. It’s an accusation that nonprofits are supporting a group on one of the existing international terrorism lists… The bill is essentially discriminatory by design,” he said. “Initially, it did have significant bipartisan support, because, of course, anti-Palestinian racism is one of the great bipartisan unifiers in Congress.”

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) justified the bill as a plain way to defund terrorism. “We, as members of Congress, have the duty to make sure that taxpayers are not subsidizing terrorism. It’s very, very simple,” he said on the House floor.  Smith didn’t provide evidence that any major U.S. non-profit group has ever supported terrorism. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only Palestinian-American in Congress, said of the bill, “I don’t care who the president of the United States is. This is a dangerous and unconstitutional bill that would allow unchecked power to target nonprofit organizations as political enemies and shut them down without due process.” The bill doesn’t just pose a danger to advocates for war refugees trapped in Gaza, but also possibly to LGBTQ+ nonprofits as well. As the Trump-Vance campaign spent record numbers on anti-trans ad spending, it is increasingly likely that they could use this bill as a pretense to attack the many nonprofits that advocate for LGBTQ+ individuals. Li details that this could be the case for just about anyone who is a political opponent of the ruling administration.

[...] “Right-wingers and white supremacists in Congress can support this bill, with the assurance that their allies, right-wing extremist groups, are highly, highly unlikely to ever be targeted by this bill, because there isn’t going to — it’s much less likely that they will be smeared with an accusation of being tied to an international terrorist organization that’s already on one of the government lists,” Li said. Groups that could be on the chopping block with this bill include the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, the Human Rights Campaign, as well as nonprofit news outlets like Mother Jones or ProPublica.

HR9495 is an attack on nonprofit organizations, and Donald Trump and his allies can twist the definition of “supporting terrorism” to not only include pro-Palestinian groups, but also pro-abortion access and pro-LGBTQ+ groups (or any group that opposes the MAGA movement).

It’s time to kill this immoral bill in the Senate.

[hannah2646]

Can i your favorite trans 😍 dm for fun and if you're shy follow me and I'll text you 🤪

[trice-the-nobling]

"As early as tomorrow, the House of Representatives could vote on incredibly dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would give the incoming Trump administration unchecked power to attack and dismantle our movements for justice.

This bill is part and parcel of the MAGA playbook to use attacks on Palestinian rights as an entryway into a broader assault on democracy and fundamental freedoms. We must stop this bill from moving forward.

Email your members of Congress right now and demand that they oppose H.R. 9495.

Email now

This bill would grant the Trump-appointed Secretary of the Treasury the authority to shut down nonprofit organizations by stripping them of their nonprofit status, without due process.

In the last year, the Palestine solidarity movement has grown in power as more and more people across the U.S. demand an end to Israel’s genocide. Far-Right forces are desperate to silence these anti-war voices and are fearmongering about national security to do it — which they’ll use as a pretext to shred the First Amendment and suppress all kinds of dissent.

That’s right: The Palestine solidarity movement is at the frontlines of the fight to defeat MAGA attacks on our fundamental freedoms. If this bill becomes law, the Trump administration would begin by shutting down Palestine solidarity organizations, and then begin attacking other progressive causes from LGBTQ+ rights to environmental justice to immigration.

Will you email your members of Congress now and urge them to vote NO on this dangerous, anti-Democratic legislation?

https://click.everyaction.com/k/96940800/511715322/-1016335469

Onwards,

Beth Miller

Political Director

P.S. Take action now for the future of our progressive movements: Email your Reps and tell them to vote NO on H.R. 9495."

This is taken from an email I received from Jewish Voices for Peace Action.

The bill it's talking about is alarming. The link I've posted should send you to an email you can send through JVP action to your representative. The email is prewritten and takes less than three minutes to send.

Please help protect non-profits

[phoenix-joy]

Excerpt:

Edel said the archives were founded because she and members of a group called the Gay Academic Union, which worked to make academia more accepting of LGBTQ people in the ‘70s, began talking about how difficult it was to find reliable information about lesbian history. 

“A few of us said, ‘Hey, why don’t we just start collecting our history? We’re the ones who best know what we need, what we want. Why let other people do that for us, because they’ll control our history?’” recalled Edel, who now splits her time between New Jersey and Arizona with her partner. “We were all people who really knew that our history was disappearing too quickly.”

[...]

The Lesbian Herstory Archives hosts a variety of events, such as a weekly “Lez Craft!” night on Thursdays. For its 50th anniversary, the organization is hosting a “Dyke Prom” in May at a loft in Brooklyn, though Edel noted that the event is already sold out. 

When asked about goals for the next 50 years, she said the archives have outgrown the Brooklyn space and will need to move soon.

“Fifty years is too hard to say,” Edel said. “We leave that in the hands of the next generation. I certainly won’t be around, and I’m just hoping that it still will be mission-driven so that we reflect the amazing complexity of our communities.” /endquote

Photos from article:

[qtlibrary]

hey tumblr,

for once, i'm not here to thirst over queer actresses or read fan fiction about my fave ships. i'm here to say thank you, to my queer nook of tumblr that embraced me when i moved to boston and wanted to find community outside of loud gay clubs. y'all gave me my first longterm gf from the brittana fandom, and validated me when i obsessed over a little webseries that could.

i'm a little more grown up now, and some friends and i are fundraising to open an LGBTQ+ library here in boston. a place where we can be gay and weird and awesome, but most importantly, ourselves. so, to my friends i've had since i joined this hellsite back in 2012, GUESS WHAT. my team is launching the QT Library, an LGBTQ+ library in Boston. i'd love if y'all could spread the word or even pledge to donate. i love y'all so long that you could scroll through that "color of the sky" post a million times and still not reach the end of my love. i'll see myself out lol

xoxo Carina

[fandomtrumpshate]

2023 Supported Nonprofits

Our list of supported organizations for 2023 includes a few orgs from last year, and a host of new ones addressing issues such as climate and pollinator preservation, housing and immigration, and gun violence.

If you are a FTH creator and you want to ask your bidders to support an organization that’s not on the list, please read our policy on outside organizations here.

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Citizens Climate Education

A nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy climate change organization focused on national policies to address climate change; trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with elected officials, the media and their local community.

DigDeep/Navajo Water Project *

Works to ensure that every person, everywhere enjoys their human right to water. All people should have access to a sufficient quantity of safe, accessible, affordable water of good quality, and that they should understand and care for their water resources.

Life After Hate

Provides support to people leaving hate groups, and providing pluralism education and training to vulnerable young people

National Network to End Domestic Violence *

Offers a range of programs and initiatives to address the complex causes and far-reaching consequences of domestic violence

Never Again Action *

A Jewish-led mobilization against the persecution, detention, and deportation of immigrants in the United States; takes on campaigns against detention centers and ICE training programs, and organizes mutual aid and deportation defense.

Rainbow Railroad *

Works to help LGTBQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics find safety through emergency relocation and other forms of assistance.

Razom *

Initiates short and long-term projects, or collaborates on existing projects with partner organizations, which help Ukraine stay on the path of fostering democracy and prosperity.

Sherlock's Homes Foundation

Provides housing, employment opportunities, and a loving support system, for homeless LGBTQ+ young adults so that they can live fearlessly as their authentic selves. Within these homes, young adults learn about responsibility, accountability, financial independence, life skills, and how to love themselves.

The Appeal *

A news organization that envisions a world in which systems of support and care, not punishment, create public safety, The Appeal’s journalism exposes the harms of a criminal legal system entrenched in centuries of systemic racism.

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund *

Works toward legal equality for trans people through education, public policy, litigation, and direct legal services

Violence Policy Center *

Works to stop gun death and injury through research, education, advocacy, and collaboration; exposes the profit-driven marketing and lobbying activities of the firearms industry and gun lobby, and offers unique technical expertise to policymakers, organizations, and advocates.

Xerces *

An international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. Focuses on pollinator conservation, endangered species conservation, and reducing pesticide use and impacts.

Umbrella: Abortion Funds

For the past three years, FTH has supported one “umbrella” cause: we invite participants to donate to their own local grassroots organization, while also suggesting a handful of exemplary organizations working in in communities where the need is especially acute. This year (like last year) this umbrella category is abortion funds.

Abortion funds are grassroots nonprofits dedicated to supporting reproductive justice in their communities. These organizations provide financial, logistical and emotional support for people seeking abortions, and work to build collective power to create political and cultural change around reproductive freedom.

Our 2023 selections for the umbrella group was compiled with assistance from Kiki, a digital engagement manager for an abortion support nonprofit and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the (now-defunct) site The Learned Fangirl. (Please feel free to reach out to her on twitter @kdc if you have any questions about abortion funds!)

Buckle Bunnies Fund

Indigenous Women Rising

Kentucky Health Justice Network

Abortion Fund of Ohio

New Orleans Abortion Fund

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Organizations marked with an asterisk (*) allow for international donations directly through their websites. The orgs without asterisks may take international donations through a paypal or venmo account. If you are a non-US-based bidder/donor and you are having trouble finding an organization to which you can donate, please email us directly at fandomtrumpshate @ gmail . com.

[itgetsbetterproject]

🏳️‍⚧️ We're trying to raise $200,000 for LGBTQ+ youth programs before the end of the year! 🏳️‍🌈 Wanna help?

As they grow up in a world that wants to keep them down, LGBTQ+ youth are fighting to be themselves. But we believe young, queer people shouldn’t have to be "brave" just to exist.

By making a donation to support our programs, you're showing that you believe in the better world that we can create together.

Over the past couple years, the support we've gotten from some amazing donors has enabled us to support queer youth in SO many ways, like:

Granting LGBTQ+ students more than $1.2 million to imagine and create their own safe spaces and resources in schools across the US and Canada through 50 States, 50 Grants.

Creating award-winning content series educating LGBTQ+ youth on safe sex ed, inclusive terminology, careers in STEM, as well as tons more educational and mental health resources.

Handing LGBTQ+ youth the mic to advocate for themselves — at national conferences, on our award-winning Twitch vodcast Perfectly Queer, on social media, and in interviews with major news outlets...

...and so much more that you can see on itgetsbetter.org!

🟣 If you believe in "better" the way we do and want to help us keep doing this work to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the world, you can make a donation here!

[bidotorg]

💘💜💙

Donate here:

https://donorbox.org/bi-org

[behindthearmory]

Hello!!

Calliope Women’s Chorus is the oldest feminist choir in Minnesota and the second oldest in the country!

Calliope Women’s Chorus is a legacy name. We are welcoming of queer and trans people. If you can sing treble and make rehearsal then you can join! We also strongly believe in making our concerts and rehearsal spaces as accessible as possible.

We sing songs composed and arranged by women, queer people, and people of color. Many of these songs are protest songs with important history. We believe in the power of music to bring communities together and inspire hope.

We are fundraising!! Please check out the link and make a donation!!

Thank you for your time!

[transformationsproject]

Lots of Good News This Week!!

We are kicking off this week by celebrating good news from New Mexico and Washington State, where pro-trans legislation is advancing. Learn more below!

[intruder-time]

Happy pride intruder- I’m still in the closet about being a lesbian to my dad sadly but that’s ok.

Are you rummaging around the closet again? I think you knocked something over

-Funny Lesbian anon

Yea yea, my bad. I was trying to leave this can in your closet for you