Trans Rights are Human Rights: This is the Way
Recently, the hype around the second season of The Mandalorian has been colored by the unfortunate ignorance of one of the major castmates. Their rhetoric has included, amongst other things, the dismissal of pronoun importance - particularly in the trans community.
Luckily, there are more of us.
As a loving, inclusive Star Wars community, we encourage everyone looking forward to the upcoming adventures of Mando and The Child to help out our neighbors in the trans community by supporting the Transgender Law Center.
The Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. They employ a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.
The GoFundMe was spearhead by Maggie Lovitt of the Star Wars Friends Podcast, with the assistance of Eric Eilersen of Youtini and The Living Force Podcast and Candace Kaw of The Geeky Waffle.
“Despite a lot of the unfortunate things that have happened in the Star Wars community, I will always say it is one of the most giving communities that I've been part of,” said Lovitt. “Just look at the history of fundraising campaigns over the past four years.”
The page was live the afternoon of September 13, 2020. Within an hour we met our first goal of $1000.
What better way to show that the heart and soul of a galaxy far, far away than by showing support to those being shunned at a time when they are most vulnerable? Every single bit helps, and at the end of the day, let’s flood the Star Wars community with support, love, and vibrance for all gender identities.
Because that is the way.
