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OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE: TO HELP TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PAY FOR TRANSITION-RELATED COSTS.
GENDERBANDS 101
Genderbands was founded in March of 2015 as a way to fundraise for founding President Ian Giles' top surgery. In June of 2015, the organization broadened its efforts and restructured into its current state. Genderbands is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that serves the transgender, gender non-conforming, and other gender-diverse communities. The organization is largely volunteer-run and executes programming, services, and events on both a local and international scale. Genderbands operates primarily through the support from partnerships, direct sales, and the solicitation of donations.
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OUR EFFORTS
OUR VALUES
Generous | Inclusive | Representative | Determined | True | Unapologetic
NON-DISCRIMINATION
Genderbands prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national or cultural origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or health status.
ACCESS
Genderbands strives to ensure equal access to all events and functions to all members of the LGBTQ+ and supportive communities by creating policies to ensure such access.
ANTI-RACISM
Genderbands recognizes the liberation of people of color as central to dismantling all forms of oppression. We also believe that standing against racism is crucial to LGBTQ+ work, and as such identify promoting anti-racism as an integral part of our mission.
IAN GILES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | THEY/THEM