There is SO much we can do to take concrete actions to honor and support transgender and gender diverse people.
We are proud of all we have accomplished in Rhode Island as leaders and partners on key issues from abortion and voting rights to sex worker rights and codifying the ACA basic health patient protections into state law. But let’s be clear that there is still a lot of work to do.
We know that the same people who obstruct abortion rights seek to obstruct gender affirming care as well. This hate springs from the same oppressive impulse that generates racism and misogyny. We need to come to the aid of our trans and LGBTQIA friends, to ensure that every person in our states gets to be who they are, love who they love, control their own bodies, and build their own futures.
We announce a RI community action to defend the rights of trans and gender diverse Rhode Islanders focused on bodily autonomy. Bodily autonomy is about each of us having the right to show up as our whole, authentic selves and to strive for our dreams and our potential without judgment or harassment. We all deserve safety, dignity, and the freedom to make decisions about our own lives and families.
Attacks on gender diversity are raging across the nation – not only laws that limit access to gender-affirming health care. We are talking about transgender people wondering if they can use the bathroom, shop at a store, go to school or work without being harassed, harmed or even criminalized. This is not ok and it is not the kind of community we want to live in so we are doing something about it and hope you will be with us again!
The people who spew hate are showing up. The people who push regressive, racist, anti-trans agendas are making their voices heard. The Womxn Project and TWP Education Fund are ready to show up and speak up, too. Are you with us?
Learn more about the organizational collaborations we are involved with and the bills these groups are forwarding.
This bill was introduced last week and is led by sponsors: Sen. Dawn Euer (S2262) and Rep. John Edwards (H7577) and multiple colleagues, and it’s designed to protect doctors who provide gender-affirming and reproductive medical care from the laws of other states that have banned access to this type of healthcare.
The Womxn Project team has been lobbying for the bill inside and outside of the RI State House, with the full strength of the organization going into the community activations needed to get people educated and engaged for it’s passage. Learn and read more
Spring-Summer 2024
Yard Sign Public Art Intervention
Spring-Summer 2024
Empowered to Advocate Community Conversations
Learning how to promote public policies supportive of gender diverse people in their local communities and at the state level of government.
• Partners: Thundermist Health Centers, Youth Pride, PVD Public Library, South County Huddle, Narragansett Public Library, Mental Health Association of Rhode Island, Newport Pride
November 2023
A peaceful counter-protest in response to a hate group rally at the State House.
• Images
• Press Coverage
• Partners: Haus of Codec, Newport Pride, Coyote RI
October 2023
“Speak Up for Trans Youth” – a community action meeting
Pushing back against right-wing attacks
• Images
• Press Coverage
• Organizational Sign-Ons
July 2023
You are Loved, Justice Includes Care Billboard
Providence, RI- close to all the Government Administrative Buildings
November 2022
Trans Day of Joy: A day of resilience, love, and acceptance.
• Images
• Press Coverage
• Organizational Sign-Ons
September 2022
Trans community protests at the Cranston Library
• Press Coverage
• Partners: TGI Network, LGBTQ Action RI, Youth Pride Inc, Sage, Haus of Codec, and the Democratic Women’s Caucus.
July 2020
Projections for the end of a Vigil March
• Images
• Working with: Dyke and Trans POC March
(Earlier that month we also did projections on the RI State House during COVID that marked the begining of PRIDE month. Images can be found at the same link.)
The road to liberation is long and there is real work to be done for us all to live with health and dignity. There will be struggles in the days ahead, but we will do what we always do – we will speak up, organize, tell our stories and push for change. We will continue to come together not only to leverage our collective strength, but also to be there for each other.
