We are heartbroken to share this with you: The Department of Justice abruptly terminated our two largest grants on Tuesday, April 22. We lost over $500,000 in funding, effective immediately.
These grants funded two major projects: A comprehensive toolkit for service providers on working with transgender victims of crime and a project to address anti-trans hate violence and its impact on our communities. Maybe you’ve seen some of the work that we’ve been doing over the past couple of years.
To learn more about these two projects, check out:
- Trans Survivor Toolkit Listening Session Reportback
- State-Sanctioned Anti-Trans Hate Violence
- Surviving Hate: A conversation on preliminary survey findings
Trans/nonbinary communities are under attack. State sanctioned hate and interpersonal violence are on the rise. Federal policies are making it even harder for trans survivors to get the affirming support and care they need and deserve.
Our work matters. Our communities matter.
We are not going anywhere.
To trans/nonbinary survivors – we see you. We care about you. We remain steadfast in our commitment to you, your access to services, and your healing – in whatever ways healing looks for you.
To service providers – we know you want to help. We will continue to get you the resources, education, and community that you need to provide the caring, trauma-informed, culturally responsive services that survivors want and need.
To everyone – we are in this together. The attacks do not begin or end with trans communities. Immigrants, Deaf people, disabled communities, people of color, trans/nonbinary people, survivors, incarcerated people, and many more are all being hurt by the callous disruption of services and vicious federal policies and executive orders. We are committed to working together to create a world where no one experiences violence, and everyone has the healing resources they want and need.
We need your help to do this. We have lost over half of our funding. Here’s how you can help:
- Donate.
- Share this with others.
- Educate your community about the cuts to services and the impact of anti-trans policies.
- Share FORGE resources, social media, and blogs.
- Take care of each other.
- Reach out to us if you know of grants or funding opportunities.
- Stay connected. We’re still here. Keep asking us questions, learning with us, and being a part of our communities.
Thank you for being part of our network of change and healing.
With care and gratitude,
The FORGE team