AYNI is a Queer, Trans and BIPoC led herb farm, growing plant medicine guided by lunar rhythms on Haudenosaunee and Mohican lands in Hillsdale, NY. We grow herbs and offer educational programming that sustains ecological abundance to help us weave a tapestry of bioregional herbalism and climate-smart growing techniques in the Mahicantuck River Valley. With this grant we will be able to offer free access to our Fresh Herb CSA program for queer, trans, Black and Indigenous people. Each share includes 4-5 fresh herb bundles that support gender euphoria, rest, grief, HRT, immunity, pleasure, and digestion. Folks will also receive a detailed zine with information, recipes and inspiration on how to (re)connect with the plant medicine they receive.

Amount Funded: $3,000
Learn more at: @AyniHerbFarm

Sexuality Educator Eli Scriver is in the process of writing and creating a book of transgender pleasure anatomy. The project includes the most recent research on the effects of surgeries, HRT, social relationships, and psychosexual development on the erotic pleasure of transgender folks. It also includes trans-inclusive anatomical diagrams for healthcare providers, sexuality educators, and trans folks! Anecdotes from a diverse cast of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people will enhance the breadth and depth of experiences that the project encompasses.

Amount Funded: $1,500
Learn more at: @eli.scriver

Queer Kid Stuff is committed to spreading queer joy and we are so excited that we will be able to continue that mission this holiday season by sending out FREE queer-full joyful coloring pages and words of affirmation to trans and nonbinary kids through the TTI microgrant program!

Amount Funded: $2,000
Learn more at: @queerkidstuff

The Trans Closet is a mutual aid organization providing free clothing, gender-affirming accessories, and other resources to community in Hudson Valley. We are a small, entirely volunteer organization, by and for trans people, working to increase clothing access, combat economic injustice and public discrimination, support trans self-expression and gender euphoria, and cultivate healing spaces for trans, nonbinary, and questioning people to explore and express their identities and build community. Fast fashion and capitalist/cisnormative clothing stores don’t take into account the beautiful variety of trans bodies and gender expressions. We will use these grant funds to purchase gender-affirming items that are harder to find in stores, direct resources for our community, and supplies to modify and alter clothing to fit trans bodies joyfully. This funding will allow the Trans Closet to hold community events that cultivate trans joy and survival.

Amount Funded: $3,000
Learn more at: @transclosethv

A.B.O. Comix is thrilled to introduce a pilot art swap program for currently-incarcerated LGBTQ artists. With the intention to form a more tight-knit community amongst queer & trans system-impacted artists, we will facilitate a mentorship program where artists will be able to share their creations and receive feedback from other prisoners nationwide. This program will consist of a series of bimonthly art swaps between artists at different facilities paired off and sent each other’s art to respond to with written feedback or an art piece inspired by the work. Since prisoners are forbidden from corresponding directly with one another, our organization will serve as a go-between between artist pairs. Through TPP art swaps, we will facilitate a vibrant, joyful community between trans and queer people who are surviving largely on their own at their prison facilities.

Amount Funded: $3,000
Learn more at: @a.b.o.comix

Black Transmen Can Cook is currently working with aspiring chefs/authors to tell their stories about their life in the kitchen and create a cookbook called Transmen Can Cook. We are inviting Transmen of all ages, colors, and backgrounds to share this labor of love together. By creating this first-of-its-kind cookbook we will not only create delicious recipes to share but also create spaces that we learn from each other.

Amount Funded: $2,500
Learn more at: @blacktransmencancook