Not feeling very patriotic? Us too. Come celebrate the pink, white, and blue with us this Fourth of July 🏳️⚧️🎇
Meet us at Magnuson Park between 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. for a low-key summertime hang, hot dogs, and dip in the lake.
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We’re returning to Stitch Cafe in Capitol Hill next Sunday, March 16 for another afternoon of coffee, crafts, and community!
This is a YELLOW 🌟🌻🐥 event - open to transfemme & gender-expansive loved ones. Masks required.
We hope to see you there! 🏳️⚧️
On a black background with decorative rose flowers, bold white text reads "REST IN POWER" above pictures of Sam Nordquist and Tahiry Broom. Their names are listed below.
On a black background with decorative rose flowers, white text reads: CW: Mentions of anti-Black & Trans violence and intimate partner violence. We say his name: Sam Nordquist. An “amazing friend,” “full of life.” A friend “without limits.” He had a “heart of gold.” An uncle who loved his nieces and nephew. Kind, outgoing, loved his family, worked hard, and “would give you his shirt off his back,” as his loved ones described him. Like many of you, we’ve struggled to find grounding since the horrific news of his murder and torture broke. Not only is what physically happened to him beyond horrific, but so is the betrayal of the media to strip him of his self-actualization with careless language and failure to use photos that reflect that self-actualization. With a tattoo stretching across his chest, a beard outlining his jaw, and handsome eyes gazing into the camera, we see him. We recognize his euphoria. We hold it and we honor it. After we learned of Sam’s murder, we also learned of Tahiry Broom’s murder. We say her name: Tahiry Broom. Tahiry is remembered by her family as, “brilliant, vibrant, and confident… She was very outgoing and resilient and loved to live life to the fullest. Genuinely one of the sweetest souls you’d ever meet.” Her aunt said she loved making people laugh. Our hearts and deepest sympathies go out to all who loved Tahiry and Sam. We grieve all that was stolen from both them, at 29 and 24 years young. They should still be here.
On a black background with decorative rose flowers, white text reads: Sam was betrayed once more by law enforcement who asserted what happened to him wasn’t a hate crime, as some of the perpetrators were LGBTQIA+ themselves. This is total bullshit. As if, anti-Blackness wasn’t part of it at all. As if, cis LGBQ+ people aren’t capable of transphobia. As if, trans people have never been objectified, dehumanized, or physically harmed by cis partners before. The person who killed Tahiry had tried to contact 33 Black sex workers, many of them trans, the day he stole her life. Years of research clearly show disproportionate rates of intimate partner violence towards trans people - and it happens to transmasculine people too. The epidemic of violence against trans people - especially Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian trans women and femmes - has been surging for decades, and beyond. The scope of this crisis includes trans men and transmasculine people, especially transmasculine people of color. Even while media watchdogs like @GLAAD have worked for years to prevent secondary trauma in the coverage of this violence, outlets of all sizes and audiences continue to drop the ball. As research and prevention have remained under-resourced, the programs that focus on the wellbeing of Black Trans people have been the first to go as budget shortfalls and federal funding cuts gut LGBTQIA+ organizations - we’re looking at you, @humanrightscampaign.
As an LGBTQIA+ movement, we’re long overdue for a collective reckoning about where our priorities lie. Why as billions are justified for rainbow washing and Pride marketing campaigns that line the pockets of already wealthy - mostly white and cis - members of our community, only 1% of philanthropic dollars go to LGBTQIA+ causes. And how little of this 1% is distributed to trans- and trans people of color-led and centered programs working to keep those furthest at the margins alive and safe as the government rapidly escalates its years-long campaign of aggression against us. We call on cisgender allies, white trans and gender-expansive people, our entire LGBTQIA+ community, and beyond to rise to the occasion and help sustain programs fighting for the lives of Black Trans people and trans people of color. Here are a few organizations you can support monetarily. We encourage you to drop any additional organizations, mutual aid funds, or individual fundraisers you know of in the comments: Lavender Rights Project The Okra Project Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network For the Gworls Transmasc Orlando National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition Marsha P. Johnson Institute Black Trans Fund Black Trans Liberation UTOPIA WA Trans Latina Coalition
We say his name: Sam Nordquist. We say her name: Tahiry Broom.
We call on cis allies, white trans and gender-expansive folx, our entire LGBTQIA+ community, and beyond to help sustain programs fighting for the lives of Black Trans people and trans people of color in the face of this violence.
Hey trans Seattle, wanna hang in March?
Come join us tomorrow morning - Sunday, Feb. 16 - between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. for some casual coffee with community at the sci-fi themed cafe in Ravenna. Bring your crafts, doodles, or a transmasc friend!
White text on black background reads: " PSA: Our policy on non-transmasc attendees. As this sweet lil' community of ours continues to grow, we need to do some fine-tuning to ensure one thing remains constant - that this group will always be centered on the needs and experiences of transmasculine people. We do our best to provide a range of event types so there's a little bit of everything for everyone in our community with varying access needs. With this in mind, we're introducing our Stoplight Policy to increase transparency for our community and allies.
White text on black background reads: "Our Stoplight Policy: Moving forward, all Transmasc Seattle events will be clearly classified and promoted as: (Red text) Red: An event that is intended as a safe space solely for people who identify as transmasculine. (Yellow text) Yellow: An event intended for transmasculine people which also welcomes the partners, friends, and loved ones of transmasculine people who also identify as trans themselves. OR (Green text) Green: An event intended for transmasculine people which also welcomes the partners, friends, and loved ones of transmasculine people of all genders.
White text on black background reads: "If you're cis, we appreciate your allyship and understanding of the sacredness of trans and transmasc-centered spaces. We ask that if you attend an event labeled as green, that you make a monetary donation of any size. we have a cash donation jar at events and you can also donate to @transmascsea on Venmo. We also ask that you only attend if you're accompanying a transmasculine individual(s). If you're behind on your trans 101, this isn't a space you should be in at all.
To keep our events centered on the needs and experiences transmasculine people - while also including our transfemme sisters, non-transmasc gender-expansive siblings, and cis allies - we use a "Stoplight Policy" to clarify who each event is intended for. We hope to see you at an event soon!
