Trans Rights History

This painted leather jacket by Carteréz is for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to great organizations

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute & Sylvia Rivera Law Project. Their mission statements:

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is a legal aid organization based in New York City at the Miss Major-Jay Toole Building for Social Justice that serves low-income or people of color who are transgender, intersex and/or gender non-conforming.

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