About Us
Gender Justice League is a Washington State gender and sexuality civil and human rights organization based in Seattle, Washington.
In 2012, GJL was started by a group of long-time trans, queer, and allied activists who were looking to increase the community’s capacity to address cissexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, and the homo, bi, and queer phobias that trans and gender diverse people face.
Gender Justice League has focused on elevating civil and human rights for trans and gender diverse people by creating community through advocacy efforts and shared leadership development. Recognizing that only 4% of employees in the major LGBTQ+ organizations are trans, and that trans people face nearly double the unemployment rate of cis people, GJL’s gender justice model seeks to empower trans people to combat the structural oppression, discrimination, and violence that we face in our daily lives.
What We Do
Trans Pride Seattle
SafeHouse & Financial Assistance
ADVOCACY
trainings, consultations, & speeches
GENDER JUSTICE AWARDS
SPECIAL EVENTS
EVERY DOLLAR SUPPORTS TRANS PEOPLE
Gender Justice League works through education, advocacy, mutual aid, and grassroots community building to shift both culture and policies about gender and sexuality. Every dollar amplifies the work of our dedicated staff and volunteers.
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Mark your calendars for Friday, Sept. 2nd! 🏳️⚧️
Our Trans Pride organizing body has made the difficult decision to reschedule Trans Pride for Friday, September 2nd. After getting a late start organizing this year—while also navigating a leadership transition, hiring, and ongoing COVID-related challenges—we believe it would be better to have a successful event in September than a rushed event in June. Pushing the date back also allows us to explore other venue options which will allow for greater accessibility and security. Additionally, as COVID cases are currently rising, we hope that a September event will be safer and allow for more participation from community members who are higher risk.
We thank the community for your understanding, and are looking forward to seeing you for a fabulous Trans Pride this year!
With pride,
Gender Justice League / Trans Pride Seattle
#transpride #transrightsarehumanrights #seattle #washington
If your organization or group would like to be considered to table at Trans Pride Seattle this year, please fill out our form at tiny.cc/TPSTABLE 🏳️⚧️
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Trans Pride Seattle
Interested in tabling?
Tabling space is limited! We prioritize trans-led organizations, followed by LGBTQ+ & POC specific organizations, trans-owned small businesses, and services that are utilized by trans & gender diverse people in the Puget Sound Area.
Fill out form: tiny.ccTPSTABLE
#Transpride #TransRightsAreHumanRights
We are currently seeking performers for Trans Pride Seattle! Whether you're a DJ, singer, dancer, poet, comedian, or something that defies categorization—if you are interested in performing at TPS, please fill out the form at tinyurl.com/PerformTPS by 6/3 🏳️⚧️
#transpride #seattle #olympia #transrightsarehumanrights #transgender
RSVP at tiny.cc/TPSGJLFB for this year's #TransPride Seattle! We can't wait to see you 🏳️⚧️
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Gender Justice League presents TRANS PRIDE SEATTLE. Friday, June 24, 2022. 5:45 PM march at Broadway & E. Roy Street, 6 PM festival at Broadway & E. Denny Way.
Good news: we're still accepting applications for our next Executive Director! Submit yours by the new May 30th deadline at tinyurl.com/yf3c23jy
#transrightsarehumanrights #transisbeautiful #washington #seattle #olympia
We are calling on Washington State Governor @jayinslee and the Democratic Majorities in the Washington State House and Senate to immediately call a special legislative session and to pass Safe Harbor & Sanctuary laws protecting any person who flees to the State of Washington to avoid prosecutions or civil penalties.
See comments for full text on slides, or see the full post at tiny.cc/5422GJL
#roevwade #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #reproductiverights #transrightsarehumanrights
Tomorrow, @townhall_seattle presents @Danicasample—the nation’s first openly trans person elected to U.S. state legislature—sharing inspiration to transform and own our personal narratives, in conversation with Samantha Allen! Register at https://bit.ly/384Xa9v
#transgender #trans #transgenderrights #transrights #transpride #transrightsarehumanrights
Starting tomorrow night, we’re holding open virtual meetings every Thursday evening (5-7 PM PST) to plan Trans Pride Seattle—and you’re invited! We will meet every Thursday from 4/28 - 6/23 to plan for accessibility, talent, and more.
To receive the link to join, please send us your email via the form at tiny.cc/GJLTPS22
Looking forward to organizing together!
We're hiring! Apply by April 29th to join our team and help fight for liberation for trans & gender diverse people in Washington and beyond: careers-page.com/gender-justice-league ❤
After 10 years in various roles across GJL, Elayne has announced her departure as Executive Director. Read her goodbye letter at tiny.cc/EKWDPRT.
Visit genderjusticeleague.org/careers for more information on our search for our next ED, and apply before the April 29th deadline!
Help us make this years Trans Pride Seattle a success by joining our planning committee! Help plan for accessibility, talent, and more. To honor participants' time and contributions, we are providing a small stipend. To join us, email Sarah Abshire at Sarah@GenderJusticeLeague.org with your first & last name and email address.
See you soon!
#TransPride #TransIsBeautiful #TransRightsAreHumanRights
BIG NEWS: Trans Pride Seattle is coming back in-person this summer! After a difficult few years without in-person community spaces, we are so excited to see your (masked) faces again. We are planning for a scaled-down, but mighty Trans Pride celebration on Friday, June 24th, 2022.
If you’d like to help plan Trans Pride: we are currently welcoming folks onto our planning committee to help plan for accessibility, talent, and more. To honor participants' time and contributions, we are providing a small stipend. To join us, email Sarah Abshire at Sarah@GenderJusticeLeague.org with your first & last name and email address.
See you soon!
#TransPride #TransIsBeautiful #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Today on #TransDayOfVisibility, we're reflecting on the double-edged sword of visibility. Although it can be important and powerful in some ways, visibility can also lead to hostility and violence—especially for trans BIPOC, trans people with disabilities, and other marginalized intersections of our community. More than visibility, we need a change in the material conditions that perpetuate transphobia & transmisogyny, racism & anti-Blackness, ableism, and other systems of oppression!
Photo by Andi Deroux at Trans Pride Seattle 2018
#TDOV #TDOV2022
Happening virtually, tomorrow night from 9-10 pm!
Repost from @utopia_wa:
"In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility our Tugu after dark for the month of March will feature the members of our Tautua Trans leadership cohort. We will have real and raw conversations around Transness and the intersectionality's we collectively hold not only as Trans people, but as indigenous people of the pacific that have cultural identities such as Vakasalewalewa, Fa'afafine, Mahu, Leiti and much more. We will dive deep into the many social constructs designed by the western-colonized world that serve as barriers for trans women of color specifically. One of those barriers are the unrealistic beauty standards that Trans women particularly have to live up to. Dating cis men, defining the womenhood of a Trans Binary woman and much more. Grab your popcorn and get your mug ready because we have some good tea to serve!"
#TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TDOV2022
Join in tomorrow virtually or in-person in Seattle or Tacoma! #transdayofvisibility
Repost from @pugetsounddiversityalliance:
"Join us online, in Tacoma, or West Seattle on Thursday March 31st from 6-8pm to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility!
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Come spend time with community and celebrate each other.
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We will be celebrating in 3 locations this year; online, in Tacoma at the Rainbow Center, and in West Seattle at Youngstown Coffee co at the community space.
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Thanks to @rainbowcntr
We will be providing refreshments and snacks.
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If you'd like to join us, all events can be found in our Linktree.
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DAPS in-person COVID guidelines:
-KN95 or N95 masks required
-Booster, same day neg test results, or Omicron within the last 3 to 6 months required.
-Contact tracing
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#DiversityAllianceOfThePugetSound #TDOV #RainbowCenter #YoungstownCoffeeCo @youngstowncoffeeseattle @rainbowcntr "
Help @blackandpinkseatac get their list down to 0! Find a penpal using the link in their bio.
Repost:
"Get a pen pal by going to the link tree in our bio and clicking “find a WA pen pal”
We have got a lot of people inside needing people to talk to. Tell your friends, and sign up for a pen pal.
Help us get this list down to 0!!
Image description: on the left, a branch filled with cherry blossoms. To the right, the words “we currently have 50 queer / trans incarcerated people needing pen pals. Sign up today. Build queer community rooted in care” over an indistinct Pink and blue background.
NOTE: folks outside of the US, we have had trouble in the past getting people outside the country set up, as the mailing becomes really complicated. If you are outside the US and interested in supporting, dm us."
We have been fortunate in Washington State to not have had any anti-trans bills pop up this legislative session, but other states haven't been so lucky. Let us take this opportunity to encourage others across state lines to speak up for trans people in their home states.
Graphics reshared from @thechrismosier
#trans #transgender #letkidsplay #takeaction #transrightsarehumanrights
Reshared from @trippin.world:
"We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
From children, women and elderly persons to Black students, the LGBTQ+ community and those who are disabled, we have put together a list of resources for you to support some of the country's marginalised people. This list also includes resources to support people in Ukraine not within these groups.
Please share and comment anything else that would be useful for the community.*
Donations to @ukraine.Pride:
PAYPAL +14152799995
MONOBANK
4441 1144 5311 1369
IBAN
UA123220010000026205315732562
SOFIIA LAPINA
Donations to Ukrainian Women's Guard:
@ukrainianwomens_guard
IBAN:
UA 29 300528 0000026002000008262
Beneficiary:
UWG
Fight for Right:
https://eng.ffr.org.ua/projects
Everybody Can:
https://everybodycan.com.ua
Resources for African/Caribbean students in Ukraine: https://mobile.twitter.com/korrinesky/status/1497589436904660992
Africans Leaving Ukraine:
@nigeriansleavingukraine
United Help Ukraine:
https://unitedhelpukraine.org
Voices of Children:
https://voices.org.ua/en
Sunflower of Peace:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/507886070680475/2099553790222204/
Fundraiser to Support Hospitals in Ukraine:
https://4agc.com/fundraiser_pages/e9aca7e4-13d5-4e67-b6bd-548f94822793#.YhjmJ5PP0bn
List of bomb shelters in Ukraine:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1nv3QreO1QS5_AmRRNLHXu7u99sKJ6JRR&ll=50.364516118496184%2C30.749041696555572&z=10
*We have taken on board our community feedback and expanded our list of resources in the caption below:
Fundraising to support Romani People:
https://chuffed.org/project/ukraine-help-roma-access-humanitarian-aid
Support for Jewish People:
Project Kesher
https://www.projectkesher.org/
https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/c8f502e9-b5c6-402f-9643-27891faae4f3
South Asian Communities:
https://twitter.com/TheWarden04/status/1497037222847336448
https://twitter.com/opganga
https://twitter.com/eoiromania
https://twitter.com/hashtag/indianstudentsinukraine "
Trans and queer people, BIPOC, Disabled people, poor people, and sex workers are targeted by all laws that increase criminal penalties. Contact your legislators and sign on to stop the expansion of criminalization in WA at tinyurl.com/NoNewCrimes
Re-posted from @nonewwashingtonprisons:
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Slide 1: Yellow maze/labyrnth patterned border. Slide reads "ALL ROADS LEAD TO CRIMINALIZATION. tell WA legislators to stop expanding crime legislation! tinyurl.com/NoNewCrimes @nonewwashingtonprisons
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Yellow maze design. Slide reads: Every year, dozens of bills are introduced in WA that add new crimes and increase sentences, police, and prison budgets, and prosecutors’ power. Some of the bills come from Republicans and some from Democrats. But they all have one thing in common: They seek to solve social problems by arresting more people and locking people up for longer. tinyurl.com/NoNewCrimes
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Orange maze design. Slide reads: We are tired of our lawmakers growing this racist, harmful system. Black and indigenous people, communities of color, poor people, people with disabilities, and queer and trans people are relentlessly targeted by any law that increases criminal penalties, no matter what the bill’s sponsors and supporters intend.
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Orange maze design. Slide reads: Read our call to action for the full list of criminalizing bills under consideration in WA, including some that pretend to be progressive, and some that are specifically about criminalizing protestors. (tinyurl.com/NoNewCrimes)
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Red orange maze design. Slide reads: This year we say stop expansion of the criminal system in WA! We know creating more crimes does not make people safe. To make our communities safer, we need resources. We need more housing, childcare, healthcare, arts, education, and environmental protection. We need care. NOT MORE CUFFS. NOT MORE CAGES.
Slide 6:
Red maze design. Slide reads: Join the campaign to stop the expansion of criminalization in WA! SIGN ON AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANIZATION: tinyurl.com/NoNewCrimes
"ATTENTION KING COUNTY RENTERS! If you’re behind on your rent and haven’t already pre-registered for rental assistance through the county’s EPRAP program, you now have until March 1st! Assistance is not guaranteed, but pre-registering gives you a chance to be chosen randomly from a pool of tenants."
For more info:
eprap-prod.powerappsportals.us/tenant
Re-shared from @solid_ground_wa