For the cost of some mediocre corporate Pride merch, support empowering spaces for Midwest LGBTQIA+ youth
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Each year, we create space for community, connection, education, and empowerment for more than 2,000 LGBTQIA+ students through programs, such as MBLGTACC. These spaces are a critical mental health intervention for queer and trans folks who find their very existence under attack.
A record number of anti-trans bills have been introduced in 2023. The work being done by LGBTQIA+ nonprofits is vital to supporting and protecting queer and trans youth.
That is why this Pride Month, we have set a goal to raise $5,000 in grassroots support. All month—and on Give OUT Day, June 28th—please consider supporting the Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity. As an all-volunteer organization, 100% of your donation goes directly to programming and infrastructure to support queer success in the Midwest.
Support the Institute AND LGBTQ-inclusive business
We're also delighted to announce our Pride partnership with Transfigure Print Co., an LGBTQ+ inclusive screen printing collective that creates for the queer community. This June, they will donate 10% of the proceeds from any merchandise with their "Protect Trans Folks" broken chain design.
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Transfigure offers printing services, as well as sell their own inclusive and affirming clothing online. To date, they have raised over $70,000 for a multitude of organizations, mutual aid funds, and collectives that benefit the trans and queer community.