$3000 for sports and supplies to build a computer for two children, ages 13 and 15, whose activist parents authored a children’s book about gender-nonconforming youth that is being banned widely by right-wing politicians. The entire family has received hate mail and threats of doxxing as a result.
$3000 for music and arts programs for two 18 year-olds whose mom, an OB-GYN and pro-choice activist, is serving an excessive sentence of prison time and probation for spray painting the outside of a “crisis pregnancy center” (fake abortion clinic).
$7500 for tutoring and sports for five children, ages nine to 14, from two families fighting for transgender rights. In response to the public-facing activism of the parents and their children, they received hate messages from around the world and were swarmed and shoved by violent counter-protesters. One family had to relocate to an asylum state for trans youth.
$4500 for tutoring, soccer and tuition for three children, ages 12 to 15, from two families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
$2000 for school tuition for the 18-year-old son whose family had to flee their home country after his mother and sisters were brutalized for the mom’s work against female genital mutilation.
$1000 for educational supplies for a 17-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.
$1200 for two CIF awards for the two siblings, ages 19 and 20, whose mother was abruptly dismissed from her job and targeted online for suggesting that her elementary school students sing a song about rainbows and love for all.
$9900 for childcare, tutoring and therapy for seven children, ages three to 18, from three families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
$2100 for educational and sports supplies, including a CIF award, for the 17 and 19-year-old children whose family faced harassment after their mother held school personnel accountable for wildly inappropriate behavior towards her daughter and other female students.
$1500 for organizing support for a 16-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.