![]() Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) ![]() MPJI seeks to eradicate the systemic, community, and physical violence that prevents Black trans people from actualizing freedom, joy, and safety. The institute does this by organizing, advocating, and creating an intentional community to heal, develop transformative leadership, and promote collective power. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of Black transgender people. Their programs include community outreach, drop-in, and housing services. To help achieve that vision, BSH provides compassionate harm reduction and upward mobility services, advocacy, and community engagement that is respectful, non-judgmental, and affirms individual power and agency. The organization envisions a world in which every transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (TLGBQ) person is able to live a healthy, self-determined, and self-sufficient life free from stigma, violence, and oppression. ![]() This project uses storytelling and survivor leadership to illuminate the needs and wisdom of survivors at this vulnerable intersection that has not been widely discussed.īaltimore Safe Haven provides housing and opportunities for a higher quality of life for transgender people in the city of Baltimore living in survival mode. fact, a 2011 study of more than 1,000 transgender people found over 50% had experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives, and of those who were adult sexual violence survivors, 72% had also survived child sexual abuse. Mirror Memoirs is an oral history project centering the narratives, healing and leadership of LGBTQ survivors of color in the movement to end child sexual abuse. The organization’s offerings include advocacy and policy work, leadership development, economic/workforce development, legal services, Re-entry, anti-violence response, PREP/PEP, Drop-in center, transitional housing, ESL classes, and more. TLC’s primary focus is to change the landscape of access to services for TGI people and provide comprehensive guidance toward resources that will improve the quality of life of TGI people. The agency has become a nationally recognized organization with representation in 10 states across the country. The Coalition was formed by Trans Latina leaders advocating for the needs of Trans Latina immigrants residing in the United States.
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