This pride is a sad one. As queer rights are being stripped away left and right, limiting legislation is being added in every state, and LGBTQ+ people are being told that who they are is not only bad, but it’s also unnatural and illegal, this pride is a somber one and queer people need support and resources more than ever. Pride is about being both a celebration of joy as well as fighting back against those who want to tear us down for who we love. Donating your time, energy, and money to LGBTQ+ organizations, especially trans positive ones, are great places to start this Pride with helping do your part to make sure being queer both stays legal and help those who are queer to stay healthy and protected. Here is a list of places to donate your time, energy, resources, and coin if you’ve got it that are doing just that: taking care of queer folk.
Thirteen Places Other Than Just The Trevor Project to Donate Your Coins This Pride
Written By: Grace Mintun
Date: June 17, 2025
Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska via Unsplashhttps://transequality.org/ - “Our policy experts, litigators, and community organizers work at all levels of government to ensure trans voices are not only heard, but embraced in rooms where they've long been ignored. As a trans-led nonprofit, we also help our community navigate the realities of law and policy through vital tools, knowledge, and services.”
https://www.thetaskforce.org/ - “The National LGBTQ Task Force is dedicated to achieving freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their families through proactive, targeted, change-inducing initiatives. As a progressive racial, economic, and social justice organization, the Task Force is working to help build and sustain a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and achieves equity for all.”
https://www.sageusa.org/ - “SAGE leads in addressing issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning and other self-identifying members of the community (LGBTQ+) aging. In partnership with its constituents and allies, SAGE works to achieve a high quality of life for LGBTQ+ older people, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater understanding of aging in all communities, and promotes positive images of LGBTQ+ life in later years.”
https://familyequality.org/ - “Family Equality exists to create a world where everyone can experience the unconditional love, safety, and belonging of family. Our mission is to ensure that everyone has the freedom to find, form, and sustain their families by advancing equality for the LGBTQ+ community.”
https://glaad.org/ - “Founded in 1985, GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance. Serving as a storyteller, media force, resource, and advocate, GLAAD tackles tough issues and provokes dialogue so that authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized. GLAAD strives to protect all that has been accomplished and helps create a world where everyone can live the life they love. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD ensures fair, accurate, and inclusive representation that rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and envisions a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.”
https://www.hrc.org/ - “The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. Mobilizing equality voters nationwide, educating the public and the community about lgbtq+ issues, and advancing pro-equality policy and litigation.”
Rainbow Railroad - “We help at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety. In countries around the world, LGBTQI+ people face violence and oppression simply because of who they love or who they are.”
“Pride is about being both a celebration of joy as well as fighting back against those who want to tear us down for who we love. ”
Friends of Ruby - “We support two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and all gender non-conforming youth (aged 16-29) by providing free counselling, housing and social services.”
The Network/ La Red - “The Network/La Red is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, kink, polyamorous, and queer communities. Rooted in anti-oppression principles, our work aims to create a world where all people are free from oppression. We strengthen our communities through organizing, education, and the provision of support services.”
https://www.arprismfoundation.org/ - “We are specifically interested in improving the lives of young transgender people of color, as this population is among the most exceptionally marginalized in both healthcare settings and more broadly in general society, particularly here in the rural south. Our board and staff have tremendous combined expertise in transgender healthcare and a thorough understanding of the shortcomings of the existing system when it comes to the diverse needs of the equally diverse LGBTQ+ community. While increasing access to healthcare is at the top of our priorities, we are also focused on creating pathways to fulfill other basic needs including overcoming barriers to legal aid services and developing supportive community spaces, physically and virtually.”
Photo by charliewarl via UnsplashWhile money is important, and money talks in some ways that words can’t, remember that the best places to donate are not non-profits, but people. Look in your community and see who needs your time, money, and resources, and expend yours towards them. The best place to start is with your community and work from the grassroots all the way up. There are people struggling in your backyard. Help them first, then reach out past where you can easily reach. I saw this quote on Reddit and I agree: “What it really comes down to isn’t how much money you donate to a trans organization, or donating to a list of trans organizations per day, what matters is how do you personally help trans people in your daily life? If you have trans friends and family in your life? How do you support them emotionally, physically, mentally and financially? Sometimes directly supporting trans people you see asking for donations on Social Media…[are the] better ways and smarter ways of supporting trans lives and sometimes it’s way more direct than donating to a trans organization.” If these organizations are the only way you can donate, then do that, but I would implore you to try to dig deeper this year as trans communities are being hit harder than ever by limiting legislation and hate crimes.
Speaking up for marginalized communities is good, but following that up with action is where the real work is. Use your voice, your time, your energy, and your coins to make a difference this Pride. You never know who you may help.
“While money is important, and money talks in some ways that words can’t, remember that the best places to donate are not non-profits, but people.”
https://www.lnfy.org/ - “Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that provides services to LGBTQ+ Youth experiencing homelessness.”
https://www.transanta.com/ - “Transanta is a mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift-givers with trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care, or otherwise without crucial support they need to thrive.”
Queer Trans Project - “A Black-led and Trans-led organization in Jacksonville, Florida. Our mission is dedicated to providing gender-affirming resources to empower queer and trans individuals nationwide, equipping them with the confidence and power to drive social change in their communities. We center on urgently delivering essential supplies and assistance to help combat dysphoria and promote dignified, safe, private, and empowered living.”
Photo by Alex Jackman via UnsplashWritten by: Grace Mintun
About the author description: A writer and Twitch streamer dedicated to promoting kindness and breaking down stigma around mental health and disabilities!
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https://www.them.us/story/orgs-fighting-back-anti-trans-legislation
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/g32917782/best-lgbtq-charities-to-donate/
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/trusted-charities-supporting-trans-people/
https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/LGBTCenters ?
https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/lgbtq-organizations-to-donate
https://thegivingblock.com/resources/lgbtq-charities/
https://greatnonprofits.org/categories/view/lgbtq
https://www.givz.com/blog/lgbtq-charities
“Donating To Trans Orgs is a Great Thing but it Isn’t The Activism You Think It Is!
Yes, donate to trans organizations like the *Trevor Project, *local trans organizations in your state or country, donate to *Planned Parenthood and for reproductive rights for trans people and women, especially the black and brown trans, but keep in mind this doesn’t absolve you of any criticisms, nor is it a cure all for trans people. It’s an incredible *START to what we should be doing.
Donating to organizations in the grander scheme of it all isn’t going to give the trans community the rights they need or want, although these organizations can speak in general for a marginalized community, HOW ARE YOU SPEAKING UP ABOUT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES?!
What it really comes down to isn’t how much money you donate to a trans organization, or donating to a list of trans organizations per day, what matters is how do you personally help trans people in your daily life? If you have trans friends and family in your life? How do you support them emotionally, physically, mentally and financially? Sometimes directly supporting trans people you see asking for donations on Social Media i.e. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and more, it would be helpful to share their gofundme, PayPal, Cashapp, etc. on your social media, hell why not post them here in this sub too? It would be helpful to directly pay that trans person asking for donations, (the excuse “giving strangers money” shouldn’t apply here if you genuinely care about the houseless and trans people, especially the houseless trans people.)
All these things are good, but it doesn’t make anyone a better leftist (which people genuinely think they’re better than people because they donate,) it doesn’t help 100% in the way you think it will donating money to The Trevor Project although they are a great organization to donate for. I’m just saying there’s better ways and smarter ways of supporting trans lives and sometimes it’s way more direct than donating to a trans organization. Something this sub should consider.” - Mud-Waste on Reddit
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