Building the Inclusive Future We All Deserve
Trans Empowerment Project is a grassroots nonprofit building real, lasting support for disabled Two-Spirit, Trans, Intersex, and Gender Expansive communities of color, through direct aid, justice-rooted training, and the radical belief that we all deserve to thrive.
$200 funds one micro-grant. $1000 fuels five lives.
Become a Sponsor
It only takes $17/month to ensure that one of our community members receives a microgrant!
Requests for aid are climbing
We received over 1420 applications for emergency assistance funding across 3 micro-grant cycles in 2025.
In 2026 we’ve already seen over 1200 applicants apply for just 1 cycle.
That’s not an accident. It’s a consequence of the attacks against our lives.
Creating Safety
TEP not only provides microgrants. We also create community connections to help our folks find the resources they need and deserve, in order to be able to live their best lives.
Every applicant gets an invite so that we can ensure no one has to do this alone, ever again.
Liberation Lab
The place to experiment, build, and grow power
Train Here. Lead Everywhere.
In 2016, we watched decades of hard-won equity get erased almost overnight. The attacks haven’t stopped since. And yes, it’s exhausting. That’s the point.
TEP exists because our community kept telling us the same story: isolation, dysphoria, depression, and the crushing feeling of fighting just to exist.
We decided to stop fighting for permission and to start building the future we deserve. One where 2TIGE-BIPOC people don’t just survive; we thrive. Out of spite. Out of solidarity. Together.
Liberation Lab is TEP’s training space — built for organizers, allies, educators, and anyone ready to turn good intentions into real action.
Every course is justice-rooted, community-centered, and taught by people who live this work. When you get trained here, you’re not just leveling up your skills. You’re directly funding support for the 2TIGE-BIPOC community.
Start where you are. We’ll meet you there.
They want us overwhelmed. We're getting organized.
Across the country, politicians and bigoted billionaires, are targeting Trans lives, healthcare, schools, public spaces, and our ability to exist safely in our own communities.
We could keep counting every attack. Or we can count something else.
- The people organizing clothing swaps.
- The neighbors putting resources directly into Trans hands.
- The Street Teams making our presence impossible to ignore.
- The people learning how to organize, bringing others with them, and building power where they live, work, and play.
Our power doesn’t live in bill trackers or bathrooms.
It lives in us.
You don’t need to be an “activist” to organize.
You only need to care enough to show up, learn something, and to do something with that learning.
TEP organizers take real action in their communities, from hosting clothing swaps and distributing resources to joining campaigns, building local teams, sharing stories, and creating visibility for 2TIGE people everywhere.
We’ll give you tools, training, campaigns, and people to organize alongside.
You bring yourself.
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Events
october, 2026
Recent Updates
Supreme Court Reviews State Bans on Transgender Student Athletes
The Supreme Court is reviewing state bans on transgender girls in school sports. The outcome could have major implications for LGBTQ students nationwide. Idaho was the first state to totally ban Transgender student athletes from school sports in 2020, with West...
Getting #LouderWithLove (Again)
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...
Home for the Holidays: 10 Things You Can Do To Show Up For Your Trans Loved Ones
The comfort, safety, and humanity of your 2TIGE loved one(s) are not optional because you feel awkward or uncertain.
Silence Isn’t Neutral — It’s Deadly. It’s Time for White Women to Speak Up.
When Charlie Kirk was killed, America’s public stage erupted in sympathy. Flags were lowered, NFL teams held moments of silence, talk show hosts wept on camera, and GoFundMe pages filled with donations for his wife and children. But I couldn’t help asking: Where was...
Spells and Shenanigans is LIVE!
✨ Spells and Shenanigans is LIVE! ✨ Our magical month-long fundraiser has officially begun! Across Twitch, incredible creators are coming together to raise funds for Trans Empowerment Project while bringing you fun, Halloween vibes, and chaotic good energy. Whether...
Spells and Shenanigans Is Brewing: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
🔮 What Is Spells and Shenanigans? This October, we’re conjuring something magical. Spells and Shenanigans is a month-long Twitch charity event where streamers join forces in teams to raise $40,000 in funds for life-changing programs supporting the 2TIGE...




