Item #301

Black Trans Lives Matter Tee

From Standard & Strange

In 2020, as of June 9 , there have already been at least 16 violent deaths of trans and gender non-conforming people in the U.S., five of whom were Black. The Human Rights Campaign reports that there were at least 130 homicides of transgender people between 2013 and 2018, about 80% of whom were trans people of color. Black transgender and gender non-conforming people also experience unemployment at four times the rate of the rest of the U.S. population, extreme poverty at eight times the rate of the general population, and homelessness at more than five times the rate of most Americans . To help combat these crises, 100% of our total profit from this shirt campaign will be donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute , which does a lot of work for and by trans folks of color, and includes fellowships for community organizing and for artists; and the Okra Project , which pays Black trans chefs to provide food directly to Black trans people facing food insecurity. We had a local genderqueer artist and friend of the shop provide the artwork for this shirt. The style for this work is similar to that of their street art , which focuses primarily on gender, feminism, and social issues. Here is their statement on the process and the work: I chose four people to represent here, the most recent Black trans people who experienced violent deaths, many of whom also experienced slow investigations, deadnaming, and other acts of disrespect after these crimes were committed. The people repres