Brown Boi Project

01/09/2025

Horizons is proud to observe and honor the trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people who have been targeted simply for living their authentic lives. We reaffirm our commitment to funding organizations in the SF Bay Area providing services to trans people and trans people of color. We're also happy to highlight and share our trans-primary grantee partner organizations doing the critical work in our community:

Brown Boi Project
Brutha's Rising,Inc.
El/La Para TransLatinas
Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
Lyon-Martin Community Health Services
Parivar Bay Area
Peacock Rebellion
Trans March
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
TGI Justice Project (TGIJP)
Transgender Law Center

Read more: https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/tdor-sharing-sf-bay-area-resources/

01/09/2025

Are you in Vegas for Creating Change 2025? So are we! 📍

Alumni are invited to join us for a private dinner on January 22nd at 6:30p. During our time together we will catch up on each other’s lives, share BBP updates, and find ways to plug in. 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾

Space is limited, RSVP by filling out this form ASAP 🫶🏽
https://bit.ly/BBPVEGAS

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12/16/2023

Much love to the legendary Chef Fresh! They created incredible meals that kept us nourished and energized throughout our Liberatory Masculinity Retreat. Thank you

12/16/2023

During our time in Tucson, AZ we volunteered at The Outlaw Project. Big thank you to Executive Director, Monica Jones for hosting us and cooking up an incredible community breakfast!

The Outlaw Project is based on the principles of intersectionality and prioritizes the leadership of Transgender Women, BIPOC, non-binary, migrant and s*x worker folks. Outlaw works on the following priority areas: emergency housing, economic justice for self sufficiency; harm reduction and health promotion; community-led solutions to violence, mitigating the impact of oppression because of criminalization, decriminalization of s*x work and the removal of other repressive laws and policies.

Follow Outlaw Project’s Instagram to keep an eye out for their volunteer work days!

[Image Description: A photo of the August 23’ Liberatory Masculinity Retreat cohort and community members of the Outlaw Project. There are 16 people outside standing in front of a home being built. Folks are holding up “We Stand with Monica Jones” shirts and Outlaw Project signs.]

12/16/2023

Shout out to the November 23’ cohort from the Liberatory Masculinity Retreat! 16 facilitators, community builders, and cultural workers engaged in our longstanding practice of creating praxis spaces and sanctuaries that explore non-oppressive masculinities rooted in love and liberation.

“I've never felt so seen and cared for like I was on this retreat. I gave myself permission to be cared for, fed and take up space to be Me”

Our approach engages Healing Justice as a necessary anti-violence strategy for self care and community well being. This includes embodied practice, emotional labor, political development, ancestral connection, deep reflection and self work. We are in admiration of the sacred expressions of masculinity we witnessed!

Show them some love y'all

09/27/2023

The time has come 📢 Our application for the Liberatory Masculinity Leadership Retreat is live! 🥳

👉🏾 Since 2010, BBP has created transformative retreat experiences that advance an intersectional approach to divesting from patriarchy through personal development and capacity building grounded in racial and gender justice.

👉🏿As such, this leadership retreat is a focused experience for people of color working with masculinity through local groups, organizations, or other community-based initiatives. We invite community builders, organizers, artists, facilitators and advocates of all genders to apply! Apply here: bit.ly/BBPLMR

You can find more details about the retreat in the application + you are welcome to contact us at [email protected]

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09/05/2023

We at Brown Boi Project are proud to announce that we are launching The Pilot! A leadership program for transgender and gender variant youth of color in South Florida ages 14 - 18.

The Pilot is a social justice based program that focuses on financial wellness, emotional well being, and self actualization. This program aims to deepen our collective understanding of gender, engage in collective thought partnership around what freedom can look like in our lifetime, and build authentic relationships in a place that has been recognized as one of the most dangerous states for transgender and gender variant people in the United States.

The Pilot is a 6 month program from October 7, 2023 - March 2, 2024. Participants will meet on the first Saturday of each month. Youth will be paid for their participation. Application deadline is September 15, 2023 11:59 PM EST. Apply today at tinyurl.com/BBPYOUTHPILOT



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The second image has the same aesthetic as the first but has information about the facilitator of the program, logan meza. The text reads “logan meza (they/them) is a south florida based artist and cultural organizer experienced with movement work, direct actions, and youth leadership development.” It also includes their email address [email protected].

07/28/2023

The BBP crew is headed to Seattle, WA and we want to kick it with Alumni in the area. If that's you, email or message us to get in touch!

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12/07/2022

We’ll be closed from December 16 - January 2, 2023 to engage in study as a team. We’re reading Liberated to the Bone by bodyworker and cultural worker Susan Raffo. This book addresses the intersections between healing our physical bodies and healing from the ways our social relations are often shaped by violence. We expect this text and others to continue informing the on-going study and development of our new Liberatory Masculinities framework. We are so excited to share more about this in the new year! See you then!

12/07/2022

Check out our 2022 December Newsletter! This newsletter is an update about what we’ve been up to – and also an offering of care resources to support all of us as we navigate the winter season.

With Joy and Celebration,
The BBP Team

This year has been challenging, from anti-trans legislation showing up across the country to the attacks on reproductive self-determination – we know that to hold multiple marginalized identities in this country is to be targeted. We also know that we are individually powerful and collectively uns...