Black,Trans & — EunuchDoll

“Black, Trans &” is a project conceived with the intention to not only represent black trans femmes as individuals with an endless capacity for care and humanity, but to give a multiplicity of black trans people an opportunity to speak for themselves and decide their own narratives. Scroll down to donate directly to our collaborators and listen to audio clips provided by members of community as they answer the question “What else is true?” and share their imagined legacies for our collective future.

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My name is Ivy Raheem. she/her, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. I am a visual artist / creative. My passion for art grew from my childhood and knowing that you can create something beautiful in a world where it is sometimes not. Being a black trans femme is liberating and add to the fulfillment factor I strive to reach within my life. “ as artists, we hold right to exhibit our emotions and I refuse to have mine be left unseen”

Benji Hart is a Chicago-based author, artist, and educator whose work centers Black radicalism, queer liberation, and prison abolition. Their essays and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, and their commentary has been published at Teen Vogue, Time Magazine, The Advocate, and others. They have led workshops for organizations and at academic institutions internationally, and facilitated convenings for groups like Law For Black Lives, National Bail Out, and Dissenters.

Kah Yangni is an illustrator living in Philadelphia, PA. They make heartfelt art about justice, queerness, and joy. After studying other things in school, they realized their passion was art and dove into a life of making- learning to create art with a variety of tools, like screenprinting and mural-making. Kah works with folks around the US to share hopeful visions of a more awesome, healthy world.

Originally from Jacksonville, FL, Jordyn Jay (she/her) is a community organizer, arts advocate, and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective (BTFA). Before founding BTFA, Jordyn received her Master's degree in Art Politics from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Jordyn is a firm believer in the power of art to inspire radical sociopolitical change and is dedicated to using that power for Black trans liberation.

Born in the Bronx, NY, Glori Tuitt is a Painter and Illustrator whose work seeks to recontextualize the black trans femme body within the structures of black identity, religion and pop culture.Constructing what she calls trans creation stories her practice inserts and asserts the black trans body as perpetual entity and explores the formation of identity both as interpersonal relationships and result of societal iconographies.