<div><br />
</div><iframe media_type="0" media_id="7VkW-HgaX2E" class="youtube-replace" title="YouTube video player" style="margin-bottom:20px;width:560px;height:315px;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7VkW-HgaX2E/?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"></iframe>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>A few weeks ago, Pittsburgh LGBTQ Charities responded to concerns of a LGBTQ family being targeted by a neighbor. The specific focus at that time was targeting their 15-year-old Black trans daughter by hoisting a 9-foot transphobic sign in their backyard facing her bedroom window. Previous encounters included implicit threats to their then 17-year-old Black heterosexual son about calling the police for 'recycling inappropriately' with a reference to the murder of George Floyd and so much more.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>One part of the response, crafted with the family and Ke'Juan specifically, was to send a message to the community - PLC partnered with Commonwealth Press to create yard signs reading &lt;em&gt;Protect Trans Kids.&lt;/em&gt; We ordered 50 signs and distributed in the neighborhoods near the family so they would see them as they went about their daily business.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Response was great and has continued to grow. There are now requests for close to 300 signs total. Volunteers have been distributing, starting with Northside locations and moving outward. No one is charged, but donations offset the production costs. Each sign is about $12 or 50 signs for $580. These are NOT a fundraiser, but any excess funds left after the signs are done will go to other programming around Ke'Juan's wishes. Right now, donations go to produce more signs. PLC invested the original $580. Donors have invested another $1630. as of today &lt;strong&gt;we need $1300&lt;/strong&gt; to meet the signs requested via our project. That's not allowing for a single sign be distributed to other spaces or public thoroughfares, etc.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>So we are increasing our expectations and planning to produce a total of 500 signs. That will require $6000 total.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Individual donations are probably not going to keep up with demand for the yard signs. We need to think bigger and broader - who in the community *should* be investing in the message that trans kids need and deserve support? Political candidates? Community groups? Private business? Local governments? Civic groups? Foundations? Affluent neighbors?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>So we are establishing a crowdfund at GoFundMe for this particular project and asking you to help with the heavy lifting of requesting donations, both individual and from groups. Share the links with your community groups, your book clubs, your faith community, your political committee, and your neighbor/relative who can write a check for $580 without breaking a sweat, something most of us cannot do. I know a very few folks like that and I've reached out to ask. Can you do the same thing?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>You can also donate via Venmo and Paypal or check
</div>
<div>Venmo <button data-competitor="competitor-link" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">PittsburghLGBTQ</button>
</div>
<div>Paypal <a href="https://Paypal.me/PittsburghLGBTQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PittsburghLGBTQ</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>You can <a href="https://bit.ly/ProtectTransKidsSigns" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Request a sign at this link</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Read more about Ke’Juan and her family at:
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/north-side-family-alleges-transphobic-harassment-from-neighbor/Content?oid=21744186" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">North Side family alleges transphobic harassment f</a> rom neighbor – Pgh City Paper, May 24, 2022
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/no-contact-order-given-in-north-side-transphobic-harassment-case-final-ruling-to-come/Content?oid=21909340" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">No-contact order given in North Side transphobic h</a> arassment case; final ruling to come – Pgh City Paper, June 23, 2022.
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/06/qa-with-a-pittsburgh-dad-trying-to-protect-his-multiracial-lgbtq-family-from-an-abusive-neighbor/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dads Q and A</a>
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/06/community-qa-kejuan-15-talks-about-her-identity-her-family-and-enduring-harassment-in-her-pittsburgh-neighborhood" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KeJuan Q and A</a>
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/06/community-qa-chris-16-talks-about-his-identity-his-family-and-enduring-harassment-in-his-pittsburgh-neighborhood/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chris Q and A</a>
</div>
<div>Message from Ke'Juan <a href="https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/06/community-qa-chris-16-talks-about-his-identity-his-family-and-enduring-harassment-in-his-pittsburgh-neighborhood/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">via video</a>
</div>

Fumie Yoshihiro

Anonymous

Jezebel Sagardia

Laura Canuelas Torroes

Alison Hiester

Amy Quinlan

Adrienne Parkes

Carly Corris

Paul Bowden

Chani Martin

Nathaniel Kralik

Laura Zeilo

Mallory Ulizio

Sierra Bienz

Erica Brusselars

alison Hiester

Amy Dembosky

Send Trans Kids a (Yard) Sign - Pittsburgh

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Test campaigns

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Send Trans Kids a (Yard) Sign - Pittsburgh

Still $13,368 to go. Help us build momentum.