Grand Rapids Trans Foundation
Supporting & celebrating the Trans community in Kent County, MI. ✨
Website: https://grtransfoundation.org
Linktree: linktr.ee/grtransfoundation
- Tomorrow (Sun, 6/29) is a full day for us! Join us for our final Pride events of the season! 🩵 Dunes Resort's Trans Pool Party! 21+. $5. 🩷 Byron Center Pride Fest hosted by Break Room Therapy! All ages. Free. 🤍 Apt Lounge's monthly Amazeballs Bingo! 21+. Bingo cards may be purchased.
- 56 years ago, an uprising at the Stonewall Inn in NYC changed the course of history.✊ Stonewall was not the first LGBTQ+ uprising against police brutality. See: Pepper Hill Club Raid, Hazel's Inn, Cooper's Do-Nut Raid, Black Nite Brawl, Compton's Cafeteria Raid, and Black Cat Raid. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
- This Sunday: AMAZEBALLS BINGO! ✨ Bingo w/ CASH prizes, performances, + supporting a local Trans org... all within the AC splendor of Apt Lounge? You'd be silly not to show up. 😁 ★ Dymond Denae is hosting. ★ CASH ONLY. ★ Bingo + instant games (Bananas!) More details can be found in our Linktree!
- Dear Trans & Nonbinary community! 🏳️⚧️ We are looking for YOUR participation to help us to identify safe and affirming providers and spaces in West MI! Take survey here: tinyurl.com/Trans-Survey... Survey may take 10-15 minutes. This survey will close on August 14, 2025.
- Happy Pride! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 GR Pride Festival this weekend was a blast! However, the long days in the roasting heat took a toll on our staff's energy level, so we will be closing our office tomorrow (Monday, 6/23) to recover! Regular office hours will resume Tuesday, June 24th.
- We are so excited to see you this weekend at GR Pride Festival! 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 The weather is supposed to be HOT, so be sure to show up properly hydrated and sunscreen'd! 🔥 Our booth is number 102(see map)! GR Trans Foundation is a proud sponsor of Grand Rapids Pride Center's Pride Festival 2025.
- Today's SCOTUS decision in the "US vs Skrmetti" case is disappointing and dangerous, but Grand Rapids Trans Foundation and Grand Rapids Pride Center will continue to fight for Trans self-determination. Stay strong. We all deserve the freedom to shape our own futures.
- Happy Pride, Trans lovelies! Things are rough right now, but we urge you to continue to find joy, lean into community, and live into your best & brightest selves. We need you here! Thank you for this excellent write-up and feature, Ellen Knoppow and DFP! www.freep.com/story/opinio...
- Join us as we GET LOUD this Pride, with a Trans Pride Parade & Protest! Be colorful, bright, and proud! All Trans, Nonbinary, and allies are welcome. Plan to bring your own flags, signs, and noisemakers. (But please no "booming" noisemakers or snare drums.) Event page can be found in our Linktree!
- "Cheers, Queers!" is TONIGHT! Come out for our monthly Trans and Queer meet & greet! It's cute, casual, and inclusive. Come reconnect with old friends (and meet some new ones)! ✨ 🌈 No purchase necessary 🌈 $2 off all beverages for attendees 🌈 Food will be available for purchase 🌈 18+ only
- Who's coming out to Bingo tomorrow?!✨ This event is SUCH big and fun energy, hosted by the incredible DeeDee Chaunte! Bingo, prizes, and some electric performances by special guest performers! 21+. $5 cover at the door gets you up to 8 rounds of bingo. And some 50/50 raffles! Come support GRTF!
- Where we'll be this Pride Month! Come say hi! 🏳️⚧️
- Happy Pride Month, from all of us here at GR Trans Foundation! 🏳️⚧️ Check out this message from our Executive Director, Ximón Kittok (they/them)! Protect Trans kids. Support Trans futures. Liberation demands action. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤍🤎🖤
- Our FLOURISH event last night was magical, heartening, and delicious! 🌱🍄✨ Thank you to everyone who attended! A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beautiful sponsors: Asada, Rebel, Fox Naturals, Let's Stay Home Cocktail Kits, and More or Less NA Bottles and Beer! We couldn't have done it without you! 💖
- Who's joining us this Sun for AMAZEBALLS BINGO at Apt Lounge?! ✨ Bingo, instant games, cash prizes, incredible performances, good drinks, lots of fun-- oh, my! AND raising funds for a good cause! ★ Cocky Divine will be calling bingo this month! ★ CASH ONLY. ★ 21+ Hope to see you there! ✨
- We are expanding "Cheers, Queers!" to TWICE a month, with the second one being a Non-Alcoholic Meetup at Lotus Brew Coffee / Dry Bar! ✨ Join us as we launch next week on May 29! "Cheers, Queers!" is a vibrant and casual meet & greet for the West Michigan's Trans & Queer Community!
- We were honored & thrilled to send some of our team to Equality Michigan's 2025 LGBTQ Capitol Day this past week! Over 200 people from around Michigan converged in Lansing to advocate for our rights and our dignity. The energy was incredible! #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPeopleBelongInMichigan
- Our staff will be joining hundreds of others in Lansing today (Wednesday, 5/14/25) to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community! The office will be closed. We will reopen on Thursday (5/15)!
- Join us TOMORROW (Sat, 5/10) for Queerly Embodied, an amazing FREE event at Catalyst Training Center, which will include some movement & breathwork classes, free gender-affirming haircuts, binder fittings, nail-painting stations, and snacks! Can't wait to see you! 🌈
- TODAY is the last day of early-bird pricing for FLOURISH, an evening to benefit GR Trans Foundation. 🌱🍄✨ Starting tomorrow, the price will increase. This is an elevated, magical evening of socializing, premium selections of food & drinks, live music, and raffle prizes! tinyurl.com/Flourish-2025
- Hope you can join us for "Cheers, Queers!" on May 8! "Cheers, Queers!" is a vibrant and casual meet & greet for Michigan's Trans & Queer Community, hosted once per month at Brewery Vivant. Bring a friend or come solo – all are welcome! No purchase necessary. 18+ only. 🌈🌈🌈
- Join us TONIGHT at 6:30pm for Amazeballs Bingo! ✨ This month's event is hosted by the fabulous Jasinya Maria Sanchez, and supports GR Trans Foundation! A reminder that it’s cash only, with bingo cards available at just $1 per panel (or $5 for 6), with a 50/50 prize split for each game.💖
- You're invited to FLOURISH, an elevated, magical evening that you won't want to miss! 🌱🍄✨ Socializing, premium food & drinks, live music, & raffle prizes! Our theme will be "Ecosystems of Care & Community." Early bird pricing: $70 thru May 6. tinyurl.com/Flourish-2025 ✨We'd love to see you there!
- Join us Sunday for AMAZEBALLS BINGO! Good games, prizes, drinks, & performances! Raising funds for GRTF. ✨ Cash only ($1 per bingo panel; $5 per bingo 6-panel; $1 instant games). We will be playing 8 rounds of bingo! Prizes are a 50-50 cash split. Hope to see you there! ✨
- ✨PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD✨ For a limited time only, we have emergency funding for urgent needs re: housing, utilities, medical, and groceries. Apply ASAP! To be eligible, you must 1) be Trans / Nonbinary and 2) live in Kent County, MI. BIPOC & Disabled folks encouraged to apply! tinyurl.com/GRTF-help
- Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Dear Trans & Nonbinary people everywhere: never doubt that your beauty, brilliance, creativity, authenticity, and resilience make the world better. We love to see it! Keep putting your best and fullest selves out into the world. We need you here. 🩷🩵🤍
- Who is joining us at 6:30pm for Amazeballs Bingo?! Kicking off a monthly 21+ bingo night at Apartment Lounge (last Sunday of every month), featuring 50-50 prizes, performances, instant games, good drinks, and a lot of fun! CASH ONLY. Hope to see you tonight! EVENT: www.facebook.com/events/20592...
- ***ANNOUNCEMENT: RALLY IS POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 6*** Today's rally has been postponed due to severe weather. Please join us next weekend instead!
- There are still more events happening for TRANS WEEK OF VISIBILITY! Check Linktree for details. 3/29: Children's Reading Hr (12:30-2:30p) 3/29: Trans Social Time (3-6pm) 3/30: Trans Day of Visibility Rally (1-3p) 3/31: TDOV Celebration w/ Kayden Coleman! (6-8p) 4/1: Move & Mingle (7-9p)
- New monthly Amazeballs Bingo collab with Apt Lounge, every last Sunday of the month, starting 3/30 from 6:30-8:30pm! Get ready for laughs, prizes, drag, and some serious bingo action. Cash only, 50/50 prize split, 21+. We hope you'll join us! Event in Linktree!
- Join us on 3/31 for our #TransWeekOfVisibility keynote speaker for Trans Week of Visibility: Kayden Coleman! 🏳️⚧️ Kayden is a Black Trans educator, advocate, and "Seahorse Dad." ✨ A catered reception with local affirming resources will follow. Event details in our Linktree!
- Tomorrow! Join us for a Trans Empowerment Assembly, with special guest Justine Lindsay (who debuted as the first Trans woman NFL cheerleader for the Carolina Panthers), and then stick around for food and community conversations! This event is open to the public. Event details in our Linktree!
- Balm Tattooing (@sun.medicine @utopianexperiments @velocirabbits.tattoo @tiffytuffington @emku_tattoo) are hosting a Spring Equinox flash night this Friday from 6pm-midnight, with a portion of proceeds benefiting GRTF! Walk-ins only. Come get some new ink for a good cause! Questions? DM artists. ✨
- ** URGENT ACTION! ** 3 public comment portals have opened for passport feedback. (Recently, updating gender marker on passports was halted, putting Trans folks at risk.) @transequality.bsky.social has scripts to work from! Let's flood these portals and let our voices be heard! tinyurl.com/p9bfmens
- Join us TONIGHT for some bingo at Rumors Nightclub with the talented DeeDee Chaunte! $5 cover to get in the door, then bingo is free to play w/ community-sponsored prizes, fun performances, donations gathered for GRTF, + some 50-50 raffles near midnight! We hope to see you there! 😍
- Thank you to GRCC's "The Collegiate" for this lovely write-up! We will continue fighting for the dignity, safety, and joy of Trans people everywhere. Stay strong, friends. ✨ thecollegiatelive.com/2025/02/gran...
- We've created a Trans Community Calendar on our website! grtransfoundation.org/events If you host a Trans-centered or LGBTQIA-centered event/group in West MI, please reach out! We have a calendar key to indicate which events are official GRTF events (✨) and which are community organized (✔️).
- Our friends over at GVSU's Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center are hosting "The First Jew in Canada: A Trans Tale," about Jaques LaFargue, on March 27! This is one of the many free events that will be happening for Trans Week of Visibility this year! #TransWeekOfVisibility #TDOV #TDOV2024
- Join us for bingo at Rumors this upcoming Wednesday night for bingo, prizes, performances, fundraising, and more! $5 cover, but otherwise free to play bingo! Hosted by the incredible DeeDee Chaunte. 💙 FB Event with more info: www.facebook.com/events/95183...
- @lambdalegal.bsky.social just hosted a really excellent informational session about passports! We highly recommend watching this for the latest information. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIg7...
- Do you know Miss Major? She's a Black Trans activist from Chicago and a veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Miss Major has been advocating for Trans liberation for over 50 years. Want to learn more about Miss Major? Visit missmajor.net! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistoryMonth #MissMajor
- Happy Valentine's, Galentine's, and/or Palentine's Day! Trans community: you are loved. ♡ Find ways to share the love today! One way is to support the tangible life-affirming programs for Trans people by making a donation today (link in Linktree)! Thank you!
- Wish you could meet more Trans cuties in your area? Want to make new Trans friends? Announcing our second annual T4T Speed Dating Night, with both romance & friendship tracks! Feb 21. (Trans / Nonbinary / non-cis only.) More info and RSVP link in our Linktree (see bio)!
- ✨NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT✨ We are excited to announce our new TRANSportation Program, offering free transportation-related support (renewable monthly bus fare, Ubers) to the local Trans & Nonbinary community of Kent County, MI! Sign up: grtransfoundation.org/transportati...
- Black Trans history is Black history! This month, we honor the work of Black Trans advocates from the past and present. Do you know the Black Trans icons in this picture?
- Top row (left to right): Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax, Little Jimmy Scott Middle row: Zanele Muholi, Yance Ford, Carter Brown, Lucy Hicks Anderson, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray Bottom row: Jevon Martin, Janet Mock, Raquel Willis
- Grand Rapids Trans Foundation will be maintaining our presence on Facebook and Instagram, but applaud those of you who have chosen to divest from those platforms. We'd love to stay in touch with you here on Bluesky! Give us a follow to stay in the loop. ✨
- We are dedicated to supporting and celebrating the local Trans community in Kent County, MI. Give us a follow!
