Luckie is a beloved Black trans yelder (young elder) whose life work is to build bridges and create resources to take care of others. Now it’s time for us to care for Luckie who needs our help with medical bills and wellness support following a recent injury and grief of a devastating family loss due to COVID-19.
Our goal is to raise $5,000 by the end of February, which will support Luckie in a four to-sixteen week unpaid work leave, medical and health care bills, prescription costs, transportation costs for medical visits and food delivery support. These funds will also support Luckie with basic needs such as hygiene products, self-care items including but not limited to, anti-slip mats, teas and tinctures.
Luckie is first a dad and husband. You may know Luckie as a passionate advocate and creator of Invisible Men, a group focused on lifting up and building community among trans men and nonbinary transmasculine people of color. Luckie is an important connector across LGBTQI community groups and organizations and a steadfast advocate for transmasculine people and trans parents. You may also know Luckie as:
- a member of Gender Justice Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Transgender Advisory Council; AND
- a proud member & Historian of Brown Boi Project; AND
- an HIV Commissioner and a community advisory board member for UCLA’s Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services ; AND
- a recipient of the Lou Sullivan Award for his work centered around transmasculine individuals in the HIV/AIDS arena; AND
- 2018 Mr. Quest, a community advocacy award with APAIT.
Luckie is a crucial voice in health education and organizing, trans justice, and the movement for black lives. In 2019, he was the Assistant Strategy Director for the historic 2019 National Trans Visibility March. In 2020, he was the designer of the “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER” art installation on Hollywood Blvd.
We know Luckie as a beloved part of our Transmasculine Health Justice LA team, a group of health researchers and educators, cultural workers, activists and artists that works to address inequities in health and health care. TMHJ-LA is just one more example of the kinds of work that Luckie has helped make possible in Los Angeles, often behind the scenes.
Luckie has been through so much lately and it’s taken an emotional, mental and physical toll on him and his loved ones. We invite you to join us to give back to someone who’s given so much of himself to his community. This February, please consider donating to the wellness and well-being of a black trans man in need.
With care, Luckie’s Transmasculine Health Justice Support Team
Cydney, Ezak, Gia, Héctor, Jaden, Jovan, Sid & William