Assalamu Alaiykum,

We are so excited to announce that MASGD will be collaborating with Yaffa for a fundraising campaign to support trans Muslims most impacted by genocide. Through this campaign, Yaffa will be distributing funds externally to support trans Muslim transnationally with living costs, and so much more!

To begin this campaign, it will be starting at a goal of $5,000. In order to best reach this goal, we are launching a Eid-ul-Fitr Auction Fundraiser. This Auction-Fundraiser will be open from Thursday, March 19th to Tuesday, March 31st (on Trans Day of Visibility!). We will be auctioning off artworks, skill-building lessons, or services from our community members. All funds raised will go to this Givebutter campaign. However you are more than welcome to donate directly or even after the auction ends (March 31st, at 11:59pm EST).

Eid Al-Fitr Mubarak ✨🌙 !!

At MASGD, we see Eid as a riot and a culmination of our Ramadan. We enact this through launching a fundraiser for trans Muslims most impacted by genocide, shifting to weekly jummahs, and announcing new fellowships, programs, and events to delve deeper into our organizing work and priorities as Trans Muslims. Oftentimes, Eid is an out-of-touch party where nuclear biological family members crowd around a feast. No outsiders are allowed, chosen family is never considered, and none of the necessary liberation work is being done. Specifically, in this celebration, trans Muslims are oftentimes excluded, we don’t have that privilege of apolitical celebration — especially our trans Muslims most impacted by genocide (those in active war zones, facing artillery barrages, and manufactured starvation). We don’t have access to affirming trans and Muslim community as many mainstream spaces perpetuate continuous harm to our community members (see our Substack essay HERE). We ask at this time: what does it mean to have a Trans Muslim Liberated Ramadan and Eid? What does it mean for a trans Muslim person to truly engage in a revolutionary Eid? What does a revolutionary Eid look like, one that helps us build a liberated world?

We utilized Ramadan (like many of y’all) as a time to prepare and perfect programming, campaigns, and actions that are in alignment with our values — all of which we’ve been extremely excited to announce to you all during Eid!! Just as we see Jummahs and Ramadan as teach-ins and preparation periods, we see Eid as a working-class uprising for those who’ve been in disciplined study throughout the month of Ramadan. We’re so excited for you all, inshallah, to join us for our Eid-ul-Fitr programming and the Auction Fundraiser 💖.

Dreaming and Building a Trans Muslim Utopia,
Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD)

Support Trans Muslims Most Impacted by Genocide

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