The airwaves are flooded with ads to donate to non-profits, you know the ones with this tearful ads.
Well I got a couple for you…
They are hurting! In this anti-trans world they are suffering.After a year of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a lifeline for trans and nonbinary people faces cuts
Nation
If you are a person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe place to talk, there are hotlines and online resources that can help.
PBS News Hour
By Hannah Grabenstein
December 14, 2023The nation’s only mental health hotline designed specifically for — and almost entirely staffed by — transgender people will pause operations for the last two weeks of the year, and will decrease its hours of operation when it returns in 2024. As corporate donations have fallen, the Trans Lifeline has faced a major budget shortfall, leaders at the nonprofit said.
According to an announcement released on its website, the Trans Lifeline will also temporarily pause its microgrant program, which distributes small funds to trans people who may need financial assistance, including for things like changing their name and gender on official documents.
The lifeline started this year with a $6.1 million budget, a sum that its leadership was confident would be reasonable based on gradual but sustained growth. In the past few years, the lifeline received substantial corporate donations, Bunny said.
“Word among the nonprofit campfire, and especially among queer and trans nonprofits, is that we’ve all seen our funding fall precipitously this year,” said Bunny, the Trans Lifeline’s director of operations who goes by a single name.
“Some nonprofits have had to shut down completely, others have had to do massive layoffs. It’s just a really hard landscape out there right now.”
As Republican politicians ramped up anti-trans rhetoric this year, and state legislatures passed dozens of bills limiting the rights of trans youth and adults, the organization saw corporate funding slow to a trickle, Bunny said.
They need financial support, they need community support, they need your, and they have mine.
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