Sister's Keeper

***We use the phrases "Black Trans" and "Afro-Trans" to denote African-descended individuals who live their day to the day lives beyond the cisgender binary - as Black Trans Womxn, Black Trans Mxn, Black Trans Non-Binary folks, Two-Spirit, and all the other multitudes of names we give and have yet to give to our fluid Black genders.***

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Sister’s Keeper is a peer-to-peer wellness and advocacy project created by LMS as a response to the continued epidemic of violence faced by Trans African women and femmes. In the past year alone, the community has lost several of our sisters to murder, kidnapping, and abuse without justice being served. After each incident of injustice, Trans African women continue to live in fear and isolation.

 

Birthed, designed, and led by one of LMS’s beloved organizers — a community health worker, activist, and recent immigrant-asylee who has long advocated for the rights of her Trans African sisters and siblings —   Sister’s Keeper is meant to be a space for Trans African women and femmes to find safety and support in each other. It is meant to be a space for us to uplift each other in our brilliance. And then finally, it is meant to organize us together to build the collective power to advocate for our rights.

 

The first Sister’s Keeper circle happened on April 19th, and future circles will be hosted monthly virtually. It is open to Black Trans women from all around the world. Other Trans folks in the African/Black community are invited to attend - but please note that we will be centering and uplifting the needs/voices/experiences of our sisters.