[Sign Up] Louder With Love Fundraising Stream

Campaigns, Campaigns, Community Captains, Streaming, volunteering

If you’ve been online at all lately, you already know this:
everything feels loud. And not in a fun way.

The hate is loud.
The fear is loud.
The doom scroll never shuts up.

And for 2TIGE (Two Spirit, Trans, Intersex, and Gender Expansive) folks, that noise isn’t just annoying — it seeps into our bodies, our nervous systems, our sense of safety. It makes rest feel impossible and joy feel irresponsible.

So we’re choosing something different.

From Feb 17–22, we’re bringing back Louder With Love — a Twitch-based fundraising week rooted in joy, care, and showing up for each other without pretending things aren’t hard.

Not toxic positivity.
Not “good vibes only.”
Just… love, but loud enough to actually matter.

What Louder With Love Looks Like in Real Life

Louder With Love is simple on purpose.

Streamers show up on Twitch and do what they already do — play games, chat, create — and we invite their communities to help fund real support for Trans Empowerment Project and the 2TIGE folks we serve.

You can:

Run a dedicated fundraising stream
Add a donation goal to a regular stream
Raid, boost, or hype someone else’s stream
Or just help spread the word

We provide optional overlays, graphics, chat commands, and support so no one has to build this from scratch.

This isn’t about doing the most.
It’s about doing something, together.

Let’s Be Honest for a Minute

We already have a few streamers signed up. They’re great. We love them.

And, we need to say this plainly, but that won’t be enough.

Our streaming program needs to bring in about $90,000 this year to keep Trans Empowerment Project running at the level our community needs. Louder With Love is the first of five fundraising events we’re rolling out to try to get there. If this one doesn’t land, everything else gets harder.

We can’t get there on small streams alone, no matter how much heart is in them.
We need creators with bigger audiences to help us — even if it’s just for one stream.

How & Why We’re Inviting Streamers to Get SAFE

As part of Louder With Love, we’re inviting streamers to become SAFE-certified through our SAFE Stream training.

SAFE stands for Supportive, Accountable, Fair, and Empowering.

It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being honest. About saying, “If harm happens here, I won’t ignore it.”

SAFE-certified streamers get:

A badge or certificate they can display
Language to explain what SAFE means to their community
A way to signal care without making big promises they can’t keep

For 2TIGE folks who are constantly weighing whether a space is worth the risk, that signal matters.

Why We’re Asking You to Show Up

We don’t love having to say this part, but we’re not going to dance around it.

If we don’t hit our fundraising goals this year, our capacity shrinks even further; or we close our doors completely. And the people impacted first are the ones who already have the least room to absorb another loss.

We’re not asking anyone to save us.
We are asking people with reach to show up with us. Because love, rooted in resources, is the only way we will keep our doors open this year.

Want to Join Us?

📅 Feb 17–22
🎮 On Twitch
💜 Join at the level that makes sense for you

👉 Sign up here:
https://linkto.transempowerment.org/LWL26

We’ll bring the tools.
You bring your voice.
Let’s get #LouderWithLove together!

A Note for Creators with 10k+ Followers

This part’s for you.

We know your inbox is full. We know you get asked to support causes all the time. And we know saying yes to everything would burn you out fast.

So here’s the honest version.

One stream from a creator with your reach can do what dozens of smaller streams simply can’t. It can fund weeks of community support. It can keep training programs running. It can mean the difference between “we’ll try again later” and “we’re still here.”

We’re not asking for a long-term commitment.
We’re not asking you to carry this alone.
We’re asking for one moment of shared effort.

If you care about building safer internet spaces.
If you care about Trans folks having places to land.
If you’ve ever wondered how to use your platform without it feeling performative…

This is a way to do that.

Join us for Louder With Love, Feb 17–22.
Even one stream helps more than you know.

👉 https://linkto.transempowerment.org/LWL26

Getting #LouderWithLove (Again)

Campaigns

What Is Louder With Love?

Louder With Love is a community-powered campaign rooted in a simple but radical idea: we don’t have to amplify harm to acknowledge it—we can choose to amplify love instead.

Every day, we’re bombarded with bad news, hateful rhetoric, and policies designed to keep marginalized communities in survival mode. Social media rewards outrage, fear, and trauma, creating a constant doom scroll that exhausts our nervous systems and isolates us from one another. Louder With Love exists to interrupt that cycle.

By getting #LouderWithLove, we intentionally flood our feeds, our streams, and our real lives with joy, gratitude, kindness, and collective action—without denying reality, and without centering despair.

Why It Matters (Especially Now)

For 2TIGE communities, the weight of legislative attacks, misinformation, and violence is not theoretical—it’s lived. Doom scrolling doesn’t just hurt our mental health; it keeps people stuck in crisis mode, unable to rest, organize, or imagine something better.

Louder With Love is not about toxic positivity or ignoring harm. It’s about choosing joy as resistance, care as strategy, and love as a renewable resource. When we shift what we amplify, we shift what feels possible.

Why We’re Bringing It Back

We launched Louder With Love before the world was ready to listen. Now, people are burnt out, disconnected, and searching for ways to help that don’t require them to be angry all the time.

We’re bringing Louder With Love back because:

Joy is a survival tool.
Community care is not optional.
And love, when practiced collectively, can fund real support for people who need it.

This relaunch centers fundraisers, streamers, and everyday folks who want to do something—even if that something starts small.

How to Show Love With Us

Showing love doesn’t require perfection, a big platform, or endless capacity. It requires intention.

You can show love by:

Hosting a fundraiser or adding a donation goal to your stream
Sharing joy-forward content that uplifts your community
Practicing kindness offline through providing mutual aid, community check-ins, and care driven events
Committing to being safer, learning to be anti-racist, and holding yourself accountable, by creating more love in shared spaces through completing our safe pledge

Every action—big or small—helps move our community out of crisis and into connection.

5 Game-Changing Insights from Our Ally Academy Training

Ally Academy, Programs

In a world where understanding and empathy are more crucial than ever, our recent Ally Academy training called Privilege and Power -Understanding Your Role in Oppression offered a wealth of insights. Whether you’re a seasoned advocate or just beginning your journey, the highlights below will inspire and empower you to make a difference. Dive into the top five takeaways to transform your approach to allyship and community support.

1. Privilege: The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had!

Privilege isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a tool for change. Recognizing your privilege is the first step in using it to uplift others. As Heather Knoxville, COO of Trans Empowerment Project, emphasized, “Privilege exists. There’s nothing wrong with having it; it’s what you do with it that matters.” By understanding and leveraging your privilege, you can amplify marginalized voices and drive systemic change.

2. Intersectionality: The Secret Sauce to Effective Allyship

Understanding intersectionality is key to being a true ally. It’s about recognizing how various identities—like race, gender, and ability—intersect to shape unique experiences. As the training highlighted, “A white 2TIGE man and a Black 2TIGE woman both experience discrimination, but only the latter also faces anti-Black racism.” Embrace this complexity to better understand and support those around you.

3. Power Mapping: Your Blueprint for Change

Feeling overwhelmed by systemic oppression? Power mapping is your answer. This strategic tool helps identify decision-makers, influencers, and allies to effectively challenge harmful policies. Whether it’s a school board implementing an anti-2TIGE sports ban or a workplace overlooking 2TIGE employees, power mapping reveals where change is possible and how you can contribute.

4. Redistributing Resources: Small Actions, Big Impact

Supporting the 2TIGE community doesn’t always require grand gestures. Simple acts like donating to 2TIGE-led funds, hiring 2TIGE individuals, or recommending them for opportunities can make a world of difference. As Jack Knoxville, founder of the Trans Empowerment Project, noted, “Even two or three dollars can make a huge impact.” Your contributions, no matter the size, help create a more equitable world!

5. Speak Up: Your Voice is a Catalyst for Change

Silence is complicity. Whether on social media or in personal conversations, use your voice to challenge discrimination and support the 2TIGE community. Whether you have influence over 5 or 5 million, your own social media accounts are wonderful platforms and catalysts you can use today to plant seeds of change.

Your words have power—use them to foster understanding and drive progress!

By embracing these insights, you’re not just becoming a better ally; you’re joining a movement towards a more inclusive and equitable future. Let’s continue to celebrate diversity, promote healing, and uplift every voice in our community. Together, we can make a difference.

Gender Jargon – List of Terms to Know

FAQs, Transition Support

2TIGE – Two-Spirit, Trans, Intersex and Gender-Expansive

2TIGE-BIPOC – Two-Spirit, Trans, Intersex and Gender-Expansive Black and Indigenous People of Color

Agender – Lacking gender; included in the definitions of non-binary because it falls outside of the binary gender system.

Assigned Male At Birth (AMAB)/ Assigned Female At Birth (AFAB)- Someone who was assigned a gender at birth but identifies with the opposite gender

Assigned Sex – The determination of a person’s sex based on the visual appearance of genitals at birth.

Bigender- Someone who experiences two specific genders at the same time or separately and are not limited to the binary.

Cisgender – A person’s gender identity corresponds with their assigned sex at birth.

Expression- is the external appearance of one’s gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics, or voice, which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either feminine or masculine.

Gender Expansive – Gender expansive refers to individuals whose gender identity, expression, or experience falls outside the traditional binary understanding of male or female. This term embraces a wide range of gender diversity, recognizing that people may identify as a combination of genders, no gender, or a gender different from the one assigned at birth.

Gender Expression- is the external appearance of one’s gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing body characteristics, or voice, which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either feminine or masculine.

Gender Spectrum –The gender spectrum refers to the understanding that gender is not limited to a strict binary of male and female, but rather exists as a broad range of identities and expressions. This concept recognizes that gender can be fluid and multifaceted, allowing individuals to experience, identify with, and express their gender in ways that go beyond traditional categories. The gender spectrum embraces the diversity of gender experiences, affirming that all gender identities are valid and deserving of respect.

Genderfluid- Someone whose gender identity and/or expression that fluctuates over time.

Intersex- Someone who has genitals, chromosomes, or reproductive organs that do not fit within the rigid definitions typically assigned as female or male in the binary system.

Non-Binary– Someone who does not exclusively identify as male or female.

Sexual Orientation- a person’s feelings of attraction ( emotional, psychological, sexual and/or physical) towards other people.

Trans / Transgender -It is an umbrella term for individuals who identify differently than the sex they were assigned at birth

Two-Spirit- Two Spirit is a term used by some Indigenous cultures in North America to describe individuals who embody both masculine and feminine qualities, or who occupy a unique gender role within their community. It is a sacred, spiritual identity that goes beyond Western understandings of gender and sexuality. Two Spirit people often hold special roles as healers, mediators, or keepers of tradition. The term is specific to Indigenous peoples and cannot be separated from its cultural and historical context. While similar to modern concepts of gender diversity, Two Spirit is deeply rooted in Indigenous worldviews and traditions.

What’s the Difference Between Sex and Gender?

FAQs, Transition Support

Many of us have grown up using “sex” and “gender” as though they are interchangeable terms, and while for a majority of people, they may be, these two traits are not actually the same.

Sex is a label that refers to your biology: sex chromosomes (XX, XY, or otherwise), hormone levels (estrogen, testosterone, and others), and reproductive organs (internal and external, primary and secondary). Some people do not exactly fit into our ideas of what “male” and “female” are, and these people are intersex.

Gender is more about how we feel inside and how we connect with societal expectations. For instance, the way we act, the pronouns we use, and the clothes we wear are often pieces of the gender puzzle, constructed by society. While gender is often assigned at birth, that assignment is based on their physical sex traits and the medical provider’s assumption.

These designations are often referred to as AFAB (Assigned Female at Birth) or AMAB (Assigned Male at Birth). When the gender one was assigned doesn’t match how they truly feel inside, they often identify as Transgender.

For cisgender people, their sex and gender may match up without any noticeable difference. But for those in the Trans community, we recognize the gap between the gender we were assigned at birth and who we truly are.

This gap, or difference that we feel is known as gender incongruence, and what typically designates someone as Trans.

Being trans isn’t bad, new, or a mental issue. It’s simply a natural outcome of the real difference between sex and gender.”

Despite what you may have previously been made to believe, gender is not binary. It is a spectrum of existences and all people, regardless of which gender they are, deserve to live their best lives.

Check out the video below to hear more about the science behind the gender spectrum:

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