Everyone has a free fifteen minutes of their day, and here, we’re trying to give you something to fill that time with, activism. Below you can use those fifteen minutes to read and learn more about trans rights and experiences in America. Every week we will be posting our fifteen minutes of activism for a different cause, comment below additional resources we can add to this post and movements or causes you’d like us to feature next!

(1 MINUTE)

JUSTICE FOR DOMINQUE FELLS

“June 9th, another black trans woman named Dominique ‘Rem’mie’ Fells was murdered and thrown in a river. The violence against black trans women needs to stop. We cannot allow for the murder of this young woman to go unpunished…”

SIGN

(4 MINUTES)

Violence against the transgender

and gender non-conforming

community

This piece outlines the levels of violence against the Transgender community. While grueling, we believe that reading this is essential to understanding transgender rights in America.

( 3 MINUTES )

What It’s Like To Be Trans

with Eisha Love

( 10 Minutes )

“Indya Moore Just Wants to Be Free”

Interview by Elle Magazine

A must-read piece, this interview is with revolutionary Indya Moore, the first Trans cover star for the magazine and one of Times most 100 influential people.

“ “I don’t know how to have fun,” she begins, explaining that trying to survive while embracing her identity has been such a relentless struggle, she hasn’t had time to concentrate on anything else…”

Read now

HAVE SOME MORE TIME?

Watch this documentary about trans representation in the media on Netflix

Or this short film expanding on Eisha Love’s experience as a trans woman of color in Chicago

Looking for a series to binge? Check out Pose, on Netflix.

Set in the 1980s, Pose looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world

If you have the means to do so, we encourage donating to the causes below

Trans Clipper Project - Helping alleviate gender dysphoria through clippers

Trans Justice Funding Project- Supporting grassroots, trans justice groups run by and for trans people.

Trans Life Line - connecting trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.

Find more causes to donate to here

https://www.bustle.com/p/15-trans-rights-organizations-to-donate-to-right-now-40031

15 Minutes of Activism: Trans Rights