We're back with a roundup of organizations, community events and feel-good moments to celebrate. The holiday spirit? Yeah, we've heard of her... She shines, she sparkles and she lives for mutual aid!
Happiest of holidays to you and your chosen family. To renewed hope and boundless love in the New Year! Thank you for supporting Otherwild.
TRANSANTA x OW HOLIDAY RAFFLE
https://www.transanta.com/
@transanta
Transanta is a social media based mutual aid project that provides trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care or otherwise vulnerable living situations with crucial support. Using their instagram account they post holiday wishlists (with a corresponding amazon registry) so anonymous gift-givers can fulfill the needs of trans children and bring them some joy. It's a shining example of how uncomplicated and easy giving can be.
With proof of donation, you can be entered into our holiday raffle and win something special from Otherwild! EMAIL DONATION SCREENSHOT TO HELLO@OTHERWILD.COM
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PROJECT Q HOLIDAY PARTY AND FOOD DRIVE
https://www.projectq.me/
@project_q_
ProjectQ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Madin Ray Lopez that provides a range of vital personal care services for LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area and beyond. What began with free gender-affirming haircuts, hair color, and wigs to LGBTQIA+ folx has expanded into a thriving community hub for care and connection.
If you're in Los Angeles you can drop by their annual HoliGAY Party, it's all ages and free. They will be accepting food and clothing items for their Free Store and/or their food drive, help them reach 300 items by 12/23!
"Our mission is to use hair and self-empowerment as a form of social justice."
FOR THE GWORLS X MOI RENEE
@forthegworls
MOI RENEE T-SHIRT PRESALE
For the Gworls is a Black and Trans-led collective that fundraises to provide gender-affirming care, support and joy for Black transgender folks. They currently have some gorgeous shirts available, an homage to groundbreaking trans drag queen, Moi Renee, emblazoned with an image of her from the video below and the text "MISS HONEY THE BITCH IS BACK MOI RENEE".
Purchase one for you and all the gworls, link above!
RACHEL'S READS
OW founder, artist and certified bibliophile shares her round up of reads from 2022.
The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
Tramps Like Us - Joe Westmoreland
Never Simple: A Memoir - Liz Scheier
A World Between - Emily Hashimoto
Slaves of New York - Tama Janowitz
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust + Murder in Queer NY - Elon Green
Run Towards the Danger - Sarah Polley
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out - Jeremy Atherton Lin
Desire Lines - Cary Alan Johnson
My government means to kill me - Rasheed Newsom
All this could be different - Sarah Thankam Mathews
Since I Laid My Burden Down - Brontez Purnell
Weight of the Earth - The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz
Love Me Tender - Constance Debre
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