Community Mutual Aid 

  • NYC Mutual Aid Hub – A decentralized network of neighborhood-based mutual aid groups across all boroughs.
  • Emergency Release Fund – Pays bail for trans people held in NYC jails and ICE detention.
  • House of Pentacles – A Black trans-led film and media training program focused on storytelling as liberation.
  • Astoria Food Pantry – A volunteer-run, queer-led mutual aid pantry launched during COVID by non-binary organizer Macaela Sears, distributing ~450 grocery bags weekly in Queens 
  • Transgender Equity Fund – Stonewall Community Foundation – Offers grants to NYC-based trans-led groups and initiatives focused on racial and gender justice.
  • Trans Justice Funding Project – A national fund that supports grassroots trans justice work—especially Black, brown, and migrant-led collectives in NYC