A $1000 TAY Development Grant for a 25 year-old pro-choice activist charged under the FACE act for “conspiring against civil rights” after allegedly spray painting the outside of a “pregnancy crisis center” (aka fake abortion clinic).
$11,500 for school tuition and camps for seven children, ages 10 to 15, from three families fighting for transgender rights. In response to the public-facing activism of the parents and their children, they received hate messages from around the world and were swarmed and shoved by violent counter-protesters. One family had to relocate to an asylum state for trans youth.
$4500 for tutoring, soccer and tuition for three children, ages seven to 18, from two families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
$3000 for therapy and summer camps for two children, ages 14 and 15, whose activist parents authored a children’s book about gender-nonconforming youth that is being banned widely by right-wing politicians. The entire family has received hate mail and threats of doxxing as a result.
$1500 for photography supplies for an 18-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.
$1500 for equine therapy for the 17-year-old daughter whose mother, an LGBTQIA+ rights activist, was threatened by the state with the removal of one of her children because of her organizing.