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How Financial Support Can Potentially Help Black Trans Women

YES! Magazine Nov 12, 2019
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Giving Compass’ Take:

• To decrease the homicide rate of Black trans women, who are often pushed to the margins of society, activists suggest financial support as way to provide the security they need.

• There are several funds that donors can support, which help Black trans women with their finances. But what other ways can donors help break stigmas around trans-misogyny and anti-Blackness?

• Learn about the current state of funding for transgender communities.


One of the more underreported trends in the LGBTQ community is the high rate at which trans people, especially Black trans women, are murdered. In 2018, 26 trans people were killed, most of them people of color. And at least 20 trans or gender nonconforming women of color have been murdered in the United States as of November 2019 alone.

Those numbers do not account for unreported and misreported murders, or trans people who have unexpectedly died under suspicious circumstances, but whose deaths have not been determined to be homicide.

Many institutional factors are at play in this trend, and while there is no clear solution to ending the violence, some activists argue for direct financial support of trans women of color—paying them.

“Even small bits of economic security can help keep us away from unsafe situations,” Renee Jarreau says. Jarreau is a Seattle-based musician, DJ, and producer who runs a Twitter account called “Pay Black Trans Women” (@PayBlkTrnsWomen) and uses this platform to amplify disparate calls for financial support.

But the financial burdens they face are considerable: common health care practices for trans people, such as hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery, are also costly.

However, the ultimate goal isn’t money, but the security that money can help provide. “Don’t just give money to Black trans women,” Jarreau says. “Give us jobs, support our work. Support us if we’re artists, if we have businesses, if we have regular jobs. Check on us if we say we’re not doing well. Provide emotional and mental support. Provide in any way you can. Listen to the things we’re saying and center our words especially when we’re talking about issues directly related to us. Amplify our voices. It goes deeper than just money and economic security.”

Read the full article about Black trans women by Ananya Garg at YES! Magazine.

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Since you are interested in LGBTQ, have you read these selections from Giving Compass related to impact giving and LGBTQ?

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    Giving Compass' Take: • A PDF at Alliance Magazine guides investors on how to use their decision-making to address the pervasive inequities in LGBTQI communities. • How is investing through an LGBTQI lens beneficial in creating gender equality outcomes? What are you doing to invest with the goal of destroying inequities in LGBTQI communities? • Learn about how you can help empower the LGBTQI community in the private sector. The Criterion Institute, supported by Dreilinden, has released a report on investing with particular care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals. The report, titled ‘Investing with an LGBTIQ Lens: Rethinking Gender Analysis Across Investing Fields’ illustrates how a more holistic and inclusive investment analysis leads to better investment decisions, an improved understanding of risk, and generates new opportunities. The report presents a detailed overview of how asset owners can use their investment power to positively impact inequity faced by LGBTIQ communities with practical tips. The dual track strategy outlined includes building on gender lens investing strategies by moving away from a binary gender understanding and also encouraging an entirely new field and ecosystem to develop. The paper spells out what research is needed to produce additional data to offer greater insights into the experiences of LGBTIQ communities and how these impact financial markets. The paper concludes with a passionate call to action by encouraging concerted efforts to build out a vibrant ecosystem of stakeholders. Read the full PDF about inequities in LGBTQI communities at Alliance Magazine.


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