Help me counteract JK Rowling's actions through charitable donations
January 29, 2023 2:47 PM   Subscribe

In addition to getting rid of all HP books and merch, what orgs should I donate to in order to counteract JKR's heinous crimes against trans folks and the people of Scotland? Especially interested in anything that would be a really big F.U. to her and her bigotry. Thx.
posted by The Adventure Begins to Grab Bag (7 answers total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
How about the small trans library based in glasgow and dublin providing trans authored books and mutual aid to trans people? It's book themed and partly based in scotland which i associate with rowling plus small trans run orgs seem directly the opposite of terfs somehow
posted by mosswinter at 2:58 PM on January 29, 2023 [7 favorites]


Mermaids, an organization that supports trans and gender-nonconforming young people, attracts a lot of ire from the British TERF cabal.
posted by babelfish at 3:02 PM on January 29, 2023 [11 favorites]


Coming in to second Mermaids.
posted by socky_puppy at 3:25 PM on January 29, 2023 [1 favorite]


Maybe LGBT Youth Scotland?
posted by penguin pie at 4:00 PM on January 29, 2023 [1 favorite]


Gendered Intelligence
posted by Pallas Athena at 7:06 PM on January 29, 2023 [2 favorites]


Mermaids for sure. Also Stonewall Scotland.
posted by plonkee at 4:51 AM on January 30, 2023


Mermaids does good work, and Rowling and her crew have threatened them directly. They're mostly in indirect advocacy: spreading information and teaching schools and parents to treat trans kids better.

If you want to give direct material aid to trans people (money to prevent homelessness, cover transition costs, help people escape abuse, etc), then for whatever reason there aren't a ton of stable organizations in that space, and your best bet is to look at crowdfunding. Search #transcrowdfund on your social media platform of choice, and if you want, add Scotland to narrow it regionally.

Both are valid forms of support. But FWIW, direct aid OVERWHELMINGLY comes from other trans people. That means we're balancing the burden among ourselves, but we're not lessening the burden. Having cis people pitch in lessens the burden, and is a tremendous help to the community.
posted by nebulawindphone at 6:04 AM on January 30, 2023 [5 favorites]


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