TRACTION
@tractionpnw.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ Bringing trans+ and allied people together through service, events, media, and engagement. Join us in fostering joy, compassion, and community power! 🌈💖 linktr.ee/tractionofficial
Project Open Arms has been helping trans+ people relocate to sanctuary since 2023 and requests for aid just keep increasing. You can help by donating and volunteering. CONGRATS "Irena!" [Names & details changed to protect privacy] #transjoy #transrightsarehumanrights #projectopenarms #tractionpnw
We sat down with the legendary Jude Patton: healer, historian, and one of the first trans men to medically transition in the U.S. Our elders are living archives of courage. Full episode: youtu.be/80E-dV3X140 #TransHeartbeat #TRACTIONPNW #JudePatton #TransHistory #TransElders
The illegal attempt of the federal government to dictate who receives medical care and what kind of medical care they receive, has been paused. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n... #transrightsarehumanrights #genderaffirmingcare #medicare
If you haven't already seen this article (or another related article) in the Washington Post, check it out. Journalist Casey Parks follows the story of Project Open Arms transplant Crow, and explains the funding squeeze trans-led organizations like TRACTION are experiencing since the last election.
Project Open Arms helps trans+ people relocate to sanctuary. We've been at it since 2023 and requests for aid just keep increasing. You can help by donating and volunteering. To learn more, visit tractionpnw.org/open-arms/ Meanwhile - CONGRATS "Andy!" [Names and details changed to protect privacy]
To every trans kid who saw the SCOTUS news today: You are not a debate. You're a kid who deserves to lace up and belong, and you do belong. We're thinking about you. Here in WA, you can still play, & we mean to keep it that way. We see you. We love you. We're not going anywhere. 🏳️⚧️ -TRACTION
Wishing you happy final days of PRIDE MONTH! Stay Proud. 🏳️⚧️ 💪🏽 Follow along and help @tractionpnw.bsky.social continue the fight for Trans+ Liberation every day.
Y'all! This week we're talking to the incredible LOVE LATONIA, from Mississippi. bit.ly/transheartbeat From building community in her own apartment to opening the first trans drop-in center in Jackson… She is out here making history. #TransHeartbeat #TRACTIONPNW #AwakeningLove #BlackTransJoy
Trans soldiers have always existed. #TransHeartbeat #AlbertCashier #TransVoices #tractionpnw #transjoy #TransHistory
April was our most challenging month yet. Project Open Arms continues to grow thanks to 66 dedicated volunteers & interns creating pathways to safer lives for trans+ folk across the U.S. Please help & GiveBIG May 5 - www.wagives.org/organization... #transrightsarehumanrights #tractionpnw #givebig
Thank you to everyone who cheered and whistled from the audience! Thank you to the storytellers & ASL interpreters. Thank you to donors, tech, and volunteers! Moving Stories: Trans+ Tales of Hope & Homecoming was wonderful. #tractionpnw #transjoy #transrightsarehumanrights
New episode! bit.ly/transheartbeat If social justice and real talk light you up - this one is for you. #transgender #transrightsarehumanrights #socialjustice #lavenderrightsproject #tractionpnw
Happy Trans+ Day of Visibility! We're celebrating every kind of trans+ story today - from the bold & public, to the confidential & quiet. It's a good day to tell the two-spirit, nonbinary, tranny, genderqueer, trans+ person in your life that they are the GOAT. And they are loved.
Take action to stop the SAVE Act: action.transequality.org/a/reject-tru... #stopvotersuppression #makeyourvoiceheard #transrightsarehumanrights
This is nuts. And it’s also one of the reasons I committed to doing relocation support work with project open arms at @tractionpnw.bsky.social
Rachel Martin@racheljo.bsky.social · 6mo agowww.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
AUDITIONS OPEN FOR TRANS+ STORYTELLERS! TRACTION is seeking storytellers for “Moving Stories: Trans+ Tales of Hope and Homecoming,” MARCH 31, a live storytelling event about crossing borders, finding safety, and building home together. $250 honorarium & coaching. 🔗 tractionpnw.org/stories
AUDITIONS OPEN FOR TRANS+ STORYTELLERS! TRACTION is seeking storytellers for “Moving Stories: Trans+ Tales of Hope and Homecoming,” MARCH 31, a live storytelling event about crossing borders, finding safety, and building home together. $250 honorarium & coaching. 🔗 tractionpnw.org/stories
Name and ID Change Clinic 🎉 by Trans WA ✨Tues February 17th from 4-7pm ✨Location: On Zoom or in-person at Minority Vets Community Center An appointment is required so visit transwa.org/nidc to sign up! If you have any questions, email services@transwa.org
Y'all ready for WA State's Trans Advocacy Day on FEB 16, 2026? If you can join us, register here >> www.genderjusticeleague.org/trans-advoca.... Trans Advocacy Day is a powerful opportunity to ensure WA lawmakers hear directly from our community about the issues that impact our lives.
We started Trans Heartbeat last year with Mya Byrne's "Trans State of the Union." Seems fitting to launch '26 with a check-in. It's a conversation filled with music, insight, and the steady heartbeat of trans resilience. Watch, listen, give it a 'like' and 'follow': bit.ly/transheartbeat
We're big fans of this incredibly talented choir. Seattle-area, it's your turn to audition!
STANCEchoir@stancechoir.bsky.social · 8mo agoAuditions are open! stanceseattle.org/join Slots are very limited. If you don’t get in this term, you will be on the waitlist and almost definitely get in the following season. #seattle #transjoy
On the latest episode of Trans Heartbeat meet TRACTION co-founder Michael Woodward and the first Project Open Arms recipient, Elle Woods. Full episodes and transcripts: bit.ly/transheartbeat
StormMiguel Florez on before & after TIME magazine declared the “trans tipping point” a decade ago. #transtippingpoint #transfilmmaker #missmajorgriffingracy
Our Annual Meeting is Sunday Dec 28. You're invited! This virtual gathering is great way to learn more about how we're making a difference and how you can help. RSVP: givebutter.com/AnnualMtg25
Hosted by Michelle Matlock, Trans Heartbeat celebrates and affirms trans existence, empowers responses to the rising tide of transphobic rhetoric, and showcases trans power. Keep listening! Keep creating! Keep shining! #TransMusic #TransJoy #TransArtists www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEA...
Cathy Renna - Celebrating our Trancestors at the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor
YouTube video by TRACTION - trans community action
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