Learn what Black Trans Advocacy Coalition and the Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) are doing to support Black transgender and other Black LGBTQ+ people.

1. Black LGBTQ+
Nonprofit Leadership
Featuring:
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
Oklahomans for Equality
June 21, 2022

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3. The goal of this event is to highlight the Black and
LGBTQ+ voices of TechSoup nonprofit members and to
educate our TechSoup community about the histories
of Juneteenth and Pride and the people that exist within the
intersection of these identities.

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Observing Juneteenth and Pride
Juneteenth commemorates the date in
which enslaved people in Galveston,
Texas were formally notified of the end
of the slavery - June 19, 1865, two
years after the Emancipation
Proclamation was signed. The
observance recognizes Black liberation,
celebrates freedom, and calls attention
to current issues faced by the Black/
African-American community. The
observance became a federal holiday in
the United States in 2021.
Illustration by Ebin Lee

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Observing Pride and Juneteenth
June 28, 1970 is generally
considered the date of the first
Gay Rights march in New York,
Christopher Street Liberation
Day. These marches were a
direct response to riots in
LGBTQ+ spaces, most famously,
the Stonewall riot in New York in
1969. Today there are hundreds
of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations
around the world, many of which
are held in June.

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LGBTQ+ employees of TechSoup in
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and diversity of sexuality and gender
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intersectionality with other identities
while creating alliances.

8. Today’s Panel
Carter Brown
He/His
Executive Director
National Black
Trans Advocacy
Coalition
blacktrans.org
Kao Morris
He/His
BIPOC Program and Digital
Media Coordinator
Oklahomans for
Equality
okeq.org
SahLeem Butler
He/His
Employment Access
Specialist
National Black
Trans Advocacy
Coalition
blacktrans.org

9. National Black Trans
Advocacy Coalition
Advocating for Trans &
Non-binary Communities
INVESTED IN BLACK TRANS LIVES

10. BLACK LGBTQ+
NONPROFIT
LEADERSHIP
Presented to Techsoup
By Black Trans Advocacy
Coalition
Blacktrans.org
June 21, 2022
12pm PT/ 2pm CT
A conversation on the intersectionality of
Black Trans identity in nonprofit leadership
for Black liberation

11. National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
CARTER & ESPY
BROWN
2011
Founders

12. The Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC), is a national social justice organization working to overcome violence and injustice in the
world through the power, value and love of all people.
Founded in 2011, BTAC is the only black trans led social justice organization developed to collectively address inequities faced in the black
trans human experience.
Our motto “Become The Change You Want To See In The World!

13. OUR MISSION
Help improve the Black transgender human experience by overcoming
violence and injustice in the world through the power, value and love
of all people!

14. Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC)
Black
Transwomen
Inc. (BTWI)
Black Trans International
Pageantry System (BTIPS)
Black Transmen
Inc. (BTMI)
Golden Flames
(Elders)
Black Trans Mx
Inc. (BTMX)
Anchors
(Spouses)

15. OUR LEADERSHIP
Centering Black Trans Lives
We ARE the community
that we serve

16. 20% of Black Trans
People Experienced
Unemployment
34% of Black
Trans People
Experienced Poor
Health Care
42% of Black Trans
People
Experienced
Homelessness
EMPLOYMENT HOUSING
HEALTH
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?

17. • Job Readiness
Preparation and
training
• Connection to
trans-affirming
employers
• Free HRT Health
Care
• Financial
assistance
• Linkage to
Trans-friendly
public and private
shelters
• Emergency
assistance
EMPLOYMENT HOUSING
HEALTH
What We DO

18. If you have come here to help
me, you are wasting your
time. But if you have come
because your liberation is
bound up with mine, then let
us work together.
- Lilla Watson, activist, academic
and artist.

19. Education &
Advocacy
Annual
Conference
⚬ Education and training for
trans competency
⚬ Racial and gender justice
⚬ Centers Black Trans People
⚬ Leadership Training
⚬ Community building
⚬ BTAC.Blacktrans.org
Healing & Empowerment

20. blacktrans blacktrans
POB 118282
Carrollton, Texas 75011
Mailing
+1 855 – 255 - 8636
PHONE NUMBER
btac@blacktrans.org
EMAIL
http://blacktrans.org
WEBSITE
BLACK TRANS ADVOCACY COALITION

21. Oklahomans for Equality
2022

22. Oklahomans for Equality
● Oklahomans for Equality / OkEq (formerly Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights / TOHR) was founded
in 1980 by a small group of people concerned about human rights and equality for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
● OkEq opened Oklahoma’s first LGBT Community Center in October 1996. The Center quickly became
the focal point for the community and subsequently moved to two larger locations over the years. In
October 2005, thanks to the success of the Pyramid Project capital campaign, OkEq purchased an
18,000-square-foot facility to house the permanent home for the community. The Dennis R. Neill
Equality Center opened on Jan. 23, 2007.
● OKEQ Health Clinic, Trans Support Group, Legal Services, Equality Business Alliance, Art Gallery,
Library, Computer Lab, Youth Program, Behavioral Health Services, Shelter, History Project Room,
Event Space, Lynn Riggs Theater, and more.

23. OKEQ Programming
● Queer Black Voices is a
monthly series that highlights
Black Queer Oklahomans and
gives them a space and
opportunity to tell their stories
and journeys
● IndigiQueer is a space created for
queer and two-spirit
native/indigenous persons.
IndigiQueer aims to empower our
indigenous community through
cultural learning, connection and
tribal involvement.

24. Supporting Local Orgs
Supporting other events and organizations i.e. Black Queer
Tulsa, CarefreeQueer, Oklahoma Center of Community Justice,
OKEQ Chapters and more.
Collaborating = Key to progress

25. Celebration of Self

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