Hey you. Would you like to help throw an international party for trans folks?

You know how the last few years have like... super sucked? Especially the last year and a half? They are trying so hard to make trans people miserable enough that we go back into hiding, and I refuse — and I bet you do, too — to let that happen.

So we made a decision at WLMN. Trans Day of Joy, celebrated every August 19th, doesn't have a home right now. We're going to give it one. Every single year, from here on out.

Here's why this day matters to me. We already have a Day of Visibility, because we must be seen. We have a Day of Remembrance, for the people we lose each year to an unnecessarily violent world. This one? This one is for celebrating that we're alive. The most human parts of transness — the funny, the tender, the ordinary, and especially the joyful.

This year's theme is "From Sunup to Sundown," and the day is packed: quizzes, games, and interviews with 10 community members whose stories will fill our yearly magazine — a real, printed keepsake of think pieces and joy you can hold in your hands.

The honest part: we need to raise $8,000 by July 31 to make it real. That money hires the folks who'll build and run the day, covers the servers and tech to host everyone, and buys enough promotion to drown out the people who only want to see our misery. More is better. But $8k is the line between idea and event.

If you believe trans folks deserve more than survival — that we deserve actual happiness — then help support the Trans Day of Joy with a donation. Donations over $100 get a free copy of the yearly magazine (you can also buy it POD later if you want).

August 19. Sunup to sundown. Let's throw a party together, right?

Mettā,

Evey Winters

Trans Day of Joy 2026

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