Transgender Foundation of America
Fiona Dawson as our primary speaker…. Kevin Anderson as our emcee….
We look forward to spending the night with YOU and YOURS at the
25th Houston Transgender Unity Banquet
Saturday November 4, 2017 doors open at 6:30 pm
Houston Marriot North 255 North Sam Houston Pkwy E Houston TX 77060
www.unitybanquet.com
Some of the comments we have received from our fantastic donors ….
“With love, be well my sisters.”
“Thank you for helping trans and gq people survive and recover after the massive flooding.”
“TEA! just TEA! is thinking of you and hoping all are safe.”
“Peace peace peace and so much love to all of you!”
“With love, from Canada.”
“For trans hurricane relief”
“Be safe. From California”
“<3”
“In love and struggle”
“Harvey”
“In honor of Penny Jo, Heather, and Amie”
“Solidarity! <3”
“Just want to say hi to Scout from TAP. Hope you are doing well, friend. -Andrew at Victoria”
“sending love”
“it’s not a lot but i hope it helps”
Everything helps … especially the fact that you care!
“Good luck.”
“Thank you for all your work transgender and intersex persons. I hope this little amount can help someone recover and stay safe during this terrible situation. Much love to you all.”
“My heart is with you, as you work to keep people safe and comforted during this time. I hope this little bit helps and that you feel the love and support from strangers far away.”
“Sending you love from VA.”
“Keep up the good work!”
“From a Texas ex-pat. Wishing blessings, peace, and safety on all those you are helping.”
“Hurricane Harvey”
“For those affected by Harvey”
“Sending love to the trans community of TX from MD! <3”
“Thank you “
“:-)”
“From Minnesota to Texas. Hope this helps some.”
“<3”
“Thank you”
“cos solidarity via symbolic donation is as ez as 123…”
“I’m a trans woman from Illinois and I appreciate the work you are doing!”
“I don’t have much to give but I’m sending my positive energy! Stay safe y’all “
“y’all doing good work :)”
“Hurricane Harvey”
“Thank you so much for the work you do. Sending love and prayers from Los Angeles.”
“Please use this to help trans and queer people displaced by Hurricane Harvey.”
Thank you , and we will.
“Sending cold hard cash instead of thoughts and prayers. I wish I could help more! Please also give someone a hug for me and tell them they are loved.”
“For Hurricane Harvey response”
“Thank you for doing this important work. Love from Canadian friend”
“Please keep my identity and donation anonymous. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.”
Absolutely! … In fact, we have already forgotten who you are … ok, we haven’t really forgotten, we just won’t tell anyone.
“Sending love from Colorado.”
“We were very fortunate, to have lost nothing. My husband and I (both transgender) are happy to do this small thing to help our brothers and sisters.”
“We love you from Mississippi”
“The band Lower Dens posted on FB about y’all. Thank you for working hard to protect people in need.”
We will send them a thank you note!
“Send my love and support to all of the people affected by Harvey. I hope you all stay safe and dry.”
“Thank you”
“Thank you for being there for this community “
“My love and thoughts and positive energy goes out to y’all. Stay safe and cared for.”
“Sending prayers. Be safe.”
“Sending love from Philadelphia.”
“Stay safe y’all. Thanks for providing a way for us to help.”
“thank you!”
“blessed be”
“Be blessed. My prayers are with you. Love you all so much xo”
“thank you xoxo”
“Transgender relief fund for Harvey. God bless”
“Sending love and strength <3”
“Trans Floridian living in Washington wishing everyone a speedy and safe recovery.”
“Thank you for your hard work helping people!”
“Hope it will help a little during this disaster. Trans people deserve the same help as anyone else. Love to you all”
“<3”
“FOR HURRICANE RELIEF FOR TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON AREA”
“Thank you for the work you’re doing to assist marginalized people in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.”
“Thank you for your work!”
“Sending you love and solidarity, thanks for your work, and thoughts of strength, resiliency, and justice from Olympia, Washington.”
“My heart is going out to my fellow QUILTBAGgers. I don’t know you but I love you all. <3”
“Best Wishes from Colorado Springs”
“We love you”
“For Harvey flood relief”
“Keep doing the good work! Fighting the good, hard fight.”
“Thank you so much for the work you are doing. You have my support. “
“Donating in conjunction with my spouse. We send you much love from Iowa. <3”
“Thank you for the work you are doing!”
“Thanks for the good work you’re doing.”
“Solidarity from Kentucky. Thank you for the work you are doing!”
“Spectrum South stands with LGBTQI Houston”
“Hi I’m Ola. Thank you for setting this fund up for our folks. Let me know how else I can help as I am also in the Houston metro area.”
“Sending much love and support. Thank you for your work! Also, I didn’t see a privacy policy online; so, please note my request: do not sell, trade, or share my information with other groups or orgs and or send print mail. Many thanks!”
Request noted and will absolutely be honored. And, we will add our privacy policy ….
“Please do not add my address to any paper mailing lists. Email is fine though.”
Request noted and will absolutely be honored.
“This was raised from a fundraiser we did selling a workbook on diversity, equity and inclusion. Solidarity and blessings.”
Thank you!!
“Please make sure these funds go directly to a person in need!”
“Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief”
“Houston loves you “
… our donors are really amazing!
Wednesday…
The truck will be at Narragansett Town Beach from 6-8 this evening – come look at the waves!
The shop will be open 1-9 today…
Today and tomorrow (Thurs) we will be donating 10% of ice cream related sales to two groups doing relief work in Texas.
Donations will support Austin Pets Alive! – they are helping hundreds of animals right now – check their page – it’s mind boggling! Donations will also support TFA Houston / The Trans Disaster Relief Fund.
Thank you for coming in!
Speaking about the Trans Disaster Relief Fund, Buck Angel urged the trans and supportive communities to support trans, intersex, and genderqueer community members survive Hurrican Harvey, “We must care for our own right now.”
Recent attacks by lawmakers have resulted in heightened hostility against local trans people. The Trans Disaster Relief Fund, will be used to help our historically underserved community recover from this catastrophic event. If needed, the fund will also assist with burial costs for community members who’ve lost their lives in this historic disaster.
The Texas Gulf Coast trans community is facing a catastrophic and ongoing natural disaster resulting from Hurricane Harvey which made landfall as a category 4 hurricane, becoming a massive and slow-moving tropical storm resulting in historic-levels of flooding. Numerous members of the trans community are displaced and have lost everything.
Help the Gulf Coast trans community affected by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey:
The Texas Gulf Coast trans community is facing a catastrophic and ongoing natural disaster resulting from Hurricane Harvey which made landfall as a category 4 hurricane, becoming a massive and slow-moving tropical storm resulting in historic-levels of flooding. Numerous members of the trans community are displaced and have lost everything.
September 16, 2017 is around the corner and we are excited to share another year with YOU in community! Click here for tickets and sponsorship!
We will share a meal, celebrate victories, listen to speakers, and dance the night away!
See you soon!
The Presidential Tweets banning transgender individuals from the U.S. military are disappointing, but not surprising. As with many of the President’s twitter announcements, they are poorly thought out, lacking in fact, and intended entirely for short-term partisan political gain.
Transgender individuals have proudly served in our country’s Military since the earliest days of our nation and will continue to do so. The president’s ban is a ban on open service, not a ban on service.
During the Obama administration, the Defense Department undertook an extensive study of the cost and effect of transgender individuals openly serving in the United States military. The conclusion was that the U.S. Military could easily accommodate open service by transgender individuals and that the cost would be minimal and possibly offset by increased efficiency and reduced mental health problems. This fact based study led to the implementation of policies that encouraged transgender individuals to openly serve in our nation’s armed services.
The President tweeted. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” These “tremendous medical costs” are much less than one Trump golfing weekend and the “disruption” simply does not exist.
Unfortunately, the Trump policy will have an undeserved negative impact on many transgender individuals who are currently proudly and openly serving their country. All those serving in our military deserve our respect and appreciation. It is disgraceful for the commander in chief to attack those serving under him for purely political reasons. It is these actions of the commander in chief that threaten our nation’s security, not the brave service of transgender individuals.
The TransAdvocate is investigative news and nuanced commentary from a boots-on-the-ground trans advocate perspective. What sets the TransAdvocate apart is its commitment to publishing contextual pieces based upon original investigative effort. In other words, we don’t simply repeat the news from other media sources, we report the news as discovered through actual investigative work and fact-checking. Also take a look at TransAdovate Brazil!
Thank you Pride Houston! Meeting you at our table and walking in Pride was day to never forget!
