BRCSJ Trans Enby Justice Collective

04/01/2024

AND FINALLY;
our loud and proud music makers. These artists are just a taste of the scores of gender-diverse folks making mainstream music. Trans voices singing lyrics and making tunes directly from their hearts is so important. I want to hear it *from* us, not about us. Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

03/31/2024

NEXT:
This was the hardest group to pare down to the amount of slides allowed on insta. I don’t remember a time where words in all their forms and functions haven’t inspired or assisted me in my journey to becoming myself. Whether it be speaking, writing or singing (cough *foreshadowing* cough), language is a gift that these spellcasters share with us and use to expand our understanding, our perceptions and to allow a peek into their magnificent minds and their mechanics. Life is poetry, and I am grateful to every one of these folks for sharing theirs with us. Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

03/31/2024

UP NEXT: Trans & gender expansive artists!
Gender exploration and self expression directly correlate in so many ways, it is no surprise that there are so many out of this world creatives putting art into the world. Check out this SMALL chunk of wildly talented artists making this human experience more interesting and beautiful 💜 Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

03/31/2024

GOOOOOOOOD MORNING Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice FAMILY!
Today is and we will be posting trans and non binary folks making waves in the world.

Full disclosure, I’m agender, hate being perceived and have been sick as a dog this week, so the plan for these posts was much grander but my body and mind said take it easy kid.

So! Today will be a low-effort series because this trans person is struggling today. I encourage you to Google/talk about any and all of these people (it’s free!)

Help them be visible for their art, work, words and influence 💜💜💜

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03/22/2024

Hello and happy Spring BRSCJ family! I’m Paige! And I am delighted and excited to join the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice community as the new TransEnby Justice Collective Coordinator!
I am so looking forward to be a part of this team, and continuing the work of the Rustin Center to expand, empower and include trans, nonbinary and any and all other gender non-conforming folks in our journeys towards self-knowing, comfort and liberation.
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The TransEnby Justice Collective will also go by the nickname Lavender Rose Collective! The color lavender has a history within and related to the q***r community that follows a similar path of taking insults and alchemizing them into a tool for community, from the sneer of “having a lavender streak” to McC*arthyism to iced oat milk lavender lattes. And because we would be nowhere as a community without Black trans folks, Ethan X. Parker’s 2015 art piece for Trans Day of Resilience features a heart-hitting cry of “Give us our roses while we’re still here”, which has proven some incredible sticking power as a fiery demand to exist peacefully.
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I CANNOT WAIT to meet, organize, scheme and play with y’all. I will be hosting the Rustin Center Safe Spaces the 3rd Friday of every month. Come say hey and hang! I’ll be the one reading a chunky horror manga, crocheting, playing with tarot cards and/or body doubling for my fellow ADHD riddled q***rs 💜💜💜
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The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice is a pivotal Q***r Safe-Space, community activist hub, & educational bridge for LGBTQIA youth, intersectional families, & all marginalized folx across the spectrum, dedicated to preserving the life & legacy of Bayard Rustin by offering innovative all-inclusive support initiatives, powerful programs, & extraordinary events hosted physically at their beautiful Princeton New Jersey HQ & at various partner centers across the nation as well as virtually on www.rustincenter.org

03/21/2024

happy thursday angelic disrupters! there will be a special announcement coming tomorrow 3/22 at noontime across our socials. keep an eye out and can’t wait to meetcha! 💜✨ Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

02/24/2024

The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice is joining many other LGBT+ orgs this Sunday for a Community Vigil.
See the link for details.

Gather in strength & solidarity with friends, allies, & chosen family to honor nonbinary teen Nex Benedict of Oklahoma & the authentic joyful life they should have been able to live.
Join our Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, Garden State Equality, Out Montclair, Trans Affirming Alliance, Atlantic County Q***r Alliance, EDGE NJ, Boonton Rainbow Pride, & many other LGBTQIA organizations for a Community Vigil
Sunday 1pm at the UU Congregation at Montclair
https://www.facebook.com/events/940761034053228

02/01/2024

Studies show when trans youth can get the care they deserve, rates of suicidal ideation go down. So when we say gender-affirming care saves lives, we mean it.