Support and Protect Trans Youth in Texas

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Please contribute whatever you can to this collection of 12 organizations who are working to support trans youth in Texas.


**We will match each dollar donated up to first $250 total donated here, which makes our overall target goal $500.**


Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have made the decision to target trans youth simply for existing. Gov. Abbot has directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to start investigating all trans youth in Texas and prosecute their gender-affirming parents for child abuse. Teachers, nurses, doctors, day care employees, and health care professionals must now inform the state if they believe a child is receiving gender-affirming treatment. If they fail to report a trans youth to the state, they may face criminal penalties under Texas’ reporting statute, including up to one year in jail.


These policies, and the culture of hatred they promote, will have dangerous, even deadly, consequences for trans people and their families. Please protect and support trans youth by donating whatever you can to these organizations. This particular group of 12 organizations is by no means an exhaustive list of trans youth supporting orgs in Texas, just the best ones I could find that are able to accept donations via the ActBlue platform. There are many other orgs who fundraise directly or through other platforms and I encourage you to seek them out as well. If you cannot afford to donate at this time, please use your voice to speak out against these cruel and harmful measures.


Thank you.


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ORGANIZATIONS:


--Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) (https://www.transtexas.org)


--The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org)


--Equality Texas (https://www.equalitytexas.org)


--ACLU Foundation Of Texas (https://www.aclutx.org)


--Out Youth Austin (https://www.outyouth.org)


--Organizacion Latina Trans Texas (https://www.latinatranstexas.org)


--Support Your Sistah at the Afiya Center (https://www.theafiyacenter.org)


--National Center for Transgender Equality

(https://transequality.org)


--Fiesta Youth

(https://www.fiesta-youth.org)


--Thrive Youth Center

(https://thriveyouthcenter.org)


--The Mahogany Project Inc

(https://themahoganyproject.org)


--Lambda Legal

(https://www.lambdalegal.org)

 

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