Trans Advocacy Coalition of Oklahoma

02/21/2025

We are not free until all of us are free. We wouldn't be where we are today without the inventions, minds, and power of black people. Here are some Oklahoma black led organizations that you can support, learn from, and learn about.

Black Q***r Tulsa- a community for BIPOC q***r and trans folk in the heart of Tulsa. Their mission is safety, awareness, inclusion, and community.

The Black Wall Street Times- "Access is the New Civil Right" is their slogan, and their mission is to build a more informed, equitable future in news by amplying black and marginalized voices.

Blackspace Oklahoma- their initiatives range from helping to save Black landmarks to pop-up movies. They build black power and black joy through their programs and projects. Centering black culture is one of their goals as well.

Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce- they empower Black and minority-owned businesses and economic interests across central Oklahoma by sharing resources, building relationships, and advocating for equal opportunity and equitable outcomes.

Fulton Street- a coffee shop and a bookstore combined! They are on a mission to increase intergenerational literacy and build better community. They center the stories, narratives and lived experiences of people of color and marginalized communities.

Greenwood Cultural Center- Their mission is to preserve and promote the proud history and future of the African Amnerican community and the historic Greenwood District. They aim to tell the whole truth about the 1912 Race Massacre and Black Wall Street in general.
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02/17/2025

Normally, TACO reports on 2S and trans deaths specific to Oklahoma, but this one needs visibility from all over.

A 24 year old trans man named Sam Nordquist, in New York, was tortured and abused for weeks by several people, which led to his death. His remains were found on February 13th. This is beyond cruel. This is what trans people- especially BIPOC trans people- fear most, and we cannot imagine the horrors Sam experienced. Nobody deserves a fate such as this.

We fight for your justice, Sam, and we fight for our continued liberation to protect others. You will not be forgotten.

To his family and friends, we are deeply sorry for your loss.

Rest in peace.

02/16/2025

It's aromantic spectrum awareness weekend! You are seen and you are valid.

What is aromantic? Aromanticism is a romantic orientation, which describes people whose experience of romance is disconnected from normative societal expectations, often due to experiencing little to no romantic attraction, or sometimes feeling repulsed by romance or being uninterested in romantic relationships. Aromantic is a spectrum. Everyone's aromantic person falls differently on the spectrum 💚🤍🩶🖤

02/15/2025

WE WILL NOT BE ERASED! WE WILL NOT BE ERADICATED! There is no LGB without the T, without Two Spirit, q***r, intersex, and MORE. We are all oppressed together, and we all deserve healthcare, our history known, our movements recognized, and our lives lived authentically!

Martha P. Johnson was a BLACK TRANS WOMAN at the Stonewall Riots, and she deserves to be known as herself. Her identity and her work as a black trans woman will not be erased from history. She and every other q***r, trans, queen, and gender non-confirming patron of Stonewall deserve to have their true self preserved in their legacy.

Thank you, NYC, for showing up and protesting for the T+ at Stonewall National Monument!

02/14/2025

Dear Valentines, our lovely trans and q***r community, we love you! May your day be filled with love of any kind. Take care of yourself by practicing self care you don't usually indulge in (bubble bath anyone?) Or phone a friend you haven't said hi to in a while, maybe have a meal with family. The possibilities of love are limitless. Blahaj wishes you a happy Valentine's Day as well! ❤️🦈

02/08/2025

Today, it has been a year since indigenous teen Nex Benedict (he/they) died. Their death was ruled a su***de, which goes to show how deep the bullying problem in Owasso Public Schools went and still goes (according to the investigation report that was done on the school). Owasso needs to address its bullying problem and protect ALL students.

We need to do better for our trans youth, especially for our BIPOC trans youth. They are our most vulnerable; with oppression stacked against them in even more unfavorable odds. We need to stand united for our youth, no matter the color, the gender, the sexuality.

We will still remember. We still hold space for him. We fight on for them; we fight on for all the trans people who have lost their lives before their time.

Trans youth: you are seen, loved, valid, and things will get better.

Rest in power, Nex. We wish you could have been here, you deserve to still be here.

02/07/2025

Mourning our relative, Aubrey Dameron.

02/06/2025

The remains of a Cherokee trans woman named Aubrey Dameron were found today after six years of being a missing indigenous woman. Our hearts go out to her family and indigenous relatives.

Aubrey's disappearance in 2019 is part of a larger pattern of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and, specifically, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIP).

If you're wondering how you can help, consider donating to Aubrey's family here:
https://gofund.me/9fe621cc

Let us not forget Aubrey and all MMIP. Let there be JUSTICE.

02/06/2025

Wanna be involved in showing trans visibility, joy, and resistance for Trans Day of Visibility in Tulsa? TACO wants you! Drag, poetry, musicians, or speaking out, we welcome you. Being trans or q***r is a must for this, so we can uplift those voices that are so often spoke over.

Email us with the subject line "TDOV ARTIST" at [email protected] with details such as: your name, pronouns, and what type of art you'll be performing (such as drag, poetry, etc), what kind of AV equipment you'll need to perform, and if possible, a short video example or written speech/poem example of your work.

01/31/2025

With so many protests popping up lately, and many of us now answering the call to engage in our communities, we'd like to remind everyone to take the time to research who they are working with.

Action has a purpose and plan, and ways to follow that momentum forward to ensure it results in real change. By all means, please engage however you can, and protests are needed. What's just as needed is our discernment with how and who we engage with. Here are a few questions to ask before you march.

01/24/2025

🚨 ACTIVISM ALERT! Bartlesville City Council is considering restrictions on drag performance, in a move that will certainly cause ripples across the state. NOW is the time to be visible and show the world we will not be silent! Thank you to .oklahoma for organizing this and creating an awesome graphic!

If YOU or your org in Oklahoma would like support organizing or getting the word out about something happening in in our community (eg Trans, Two Spirit, Intersex, Non-binary, Non-conforming, Drag etc) please tag or message us or consider adding us as a collaborator on your posts! We can't afford to go alone right now, we need AS MANY people and orgs as possible to collaborate if we are going to effectively fight disinformation and oppression.

Image description: Call to action. Monday, January 27th. Tell Bartlesville City Council drag is not a crime. City council meeting at Bartlesville City Hall at 5:30PM. 401 S Johnstone Ave, Bartlesville, OK. If you live in Washington County, OK, arrive early to sign up to speak at city council meeting. Visibility protest. 11AM to 4PM on sidewalks & steps of Washington County Courthouse. 420 S Johnstone Ave. Bartlesville, OK. End image description.

01/22/2025

A message to our community

01/19/2025

📢 ACTION ALERT! Bartlesville City council seems to be taking aim at drag performers and anyone deemed to be gender non-conforming. There is a good chance that this will be the first in a large domino effect, as conservatives push the window and see how far they can go. Wanna help fight this? Join our server - https://transadvocacyok.org/discord or the link in our bio, comment on this post, and share with everyone you know 🪧

Thank you for making us aware of this! 🫡

01/14/2025

⚠️ With the inauguration looming, several of our most active members & leaders are moving on - either to other projects, or out of state entirely. In order for TACO and GUAC to continue supporting trans visibility, activism, joy, and resilience, we NEED new folks to step up, NOW! If you've been looking for a sign to get more involved in the q***r community, this is it!

🗓️ The deadline to join is NEXT MONDAY, (January 27), with the TACO and GUAC elections on the next day, on TUESDAY JANUARY 28.

🌈 As always, ALL are welcome and wanted: Community members (Trans, Two Spirit, Non-binary, Intersex, and Gender Creatives of ALL kinds), AS WELL AS our dear friends, family, and supportive allies.

🪻 As always, we ESPECIALLY encourage under-represented folks: Those who are Black, Indigenous, Two Spirit, People of Color, Trans Men, Drag Performers, Folks with Disabilities, Youth, Elders, and ANY AND ALL folks with intersectional identities of any kind.

🤩 Interested in learning more or nominating yourself or someone else? Join our discord server at the 🔗 in our bio or here: https://transadvocacyok.org/discord

01/01/2025