Lavender Rights Project

LAVENDER RIGHTS PROJECT ELEVATES THE POWER, AUTONOMY, AND LEADERSHIP OF THE BLACK INTERSEX and GENDER DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH INTERSECTIONAL LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES. WE UTILIZE THE LAW AS AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE TO AFFIRM OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AND SELF-DETERMINATION. OUR ORGANIZATION DISRUPTS OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS THAT TARGET BLACK GENDER DIVERSE AND INTERSEX COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LEAD TO DISPROPORTIONATE LEVELS OF POVERTY, HOUSING DISPARITIES, AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.