For the 4th Day of TransGiving, the TransAdvocate has picked The Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN)!  TYSN is a partnership of youth and community members who work together to support trans youth in Minnesota. TYSN empowers trans youth to address issues affecting their quality of life and we think that's awesome! TYSN's mission is to promote racial, social, and economic justice for trans youth, with the freedom to self-define gender identity and expression. TYSN hosts activities and support meetings that help… Read more.

The Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY) is a youth-led organization that's worked with trans youth since the 1980s. BAGLY has a queer youth speakers bureau and youth led HIV/AIDS education program. Furthermore, BAGLY is where the nation’s first prom for LGBTQ youth happened. BAGLY teaches intersectional feminist ideals. As part of BAGLY's Leadership Development programming BAGLY staff, adult volunteers, youth leaders, and youth members work to recognize dominant group identity (white/male/gender normative/adult), make connections between oppressive behaviors and dominant groups. Making… Read more.

This is the second in a series on backing your community. During the month of December, the TransAdvocate will feature 12 AMAZING trans nonprofits/causes that deserve your support. The Gender Book is one of those super amazing projects that you should support. It's an illustrated book - similar to educational children's books, with no age limit. It's about 90 pages long, and can be read in one sitting. The book covers highly nuanced subjects in a way that makes… Read more.

This is the first in a series on backing your community. During the month of December, the TransAdvocate will feature 12 AMAZING trans nonprofits/causes that deserve your support. The Trans Center in Houston, Texas is unlike anything else you are likely to see. More than a simple meeting hall or social service agency, it is all that and more. The center and its programs are run by the trans community itself. That means that the social services (therapy, homeless… Read more.