Hey fam, it's Amara.

Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

This month, the Translash team is taking some time for some much needed rest and relaxation.

That gives us time,

though, to replace some of our favorite episodes that we think are well worth a second listen.

And one of those, which is actually one of our most popular as well, is an enlightening episode about the power of mutual aid, featuring two incredible people who are working

to get funds directly into the hands of members of our community.

First we spoke to artist and founder of For the Girls, Asane Armand, about their mutual aid

work for the Black trans community.

People who are trans know deep down who they are and what they are and what they

need, right? And a huge barrier to really self-actualizing is financial access. A huge barrier to

self-actualizing is access to great affirmative care. Then we talked to the journalist, educator, and podcast host, Tuck Woodstock about the

gender reveal mutual aid and grant program.

$500 is sometimes sneered out, especially by non-trans people, and they'll say like, oh,

this is a micro grant, and I'm like, look, $500 can, like, really change a lot of trans

people's lives.

And so if it's not a lot to you, maybe you could give us $500

and we'll give it to someone else for whom that means a lot of money.

Now, these two conversations were shockful of trans joy, like brimming over.

So let's just get right into it.

I'm now joined by artist, organizer, and party curator extraordinaire Asani Armand.

Asani is the founder and head doll in charge.

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