About Gender Justice LA:
Gender Justice LA (GJLA) is a grassroots organization that is building the the power of the transgender and gender non-conforming community here in Los Angeles (Tongva Land). GJLA is led by and for gender non-conforming, two spirit and Black, Indigenous, trans people of color (BIPOC).
We organize, hold space, provide resources and collaborate with others so that our communities can: resist oppression, develop community responses to violence, heal from present & historical trauma, and come together in ways that feel brave & affirming.
We use community organizing and leadership development to make concrete changes in the lives of all transgender (trans) and gender non-conforming (gnc) people, especially low-income Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). We are invested in building our community's collective power to fight for racial, gender and economic justice.
GJLA Organizational Values:
SOCIAL JUSTICE: Committed to organizing and uplifting gender, racial, economic and disability justice framework.
CENTERING: Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Transgender, & Gender Non-Conforming people, specifically those most marginalized.
SELF-DETERMINATION: Gender policing is a form of state violence. We push back against the criminalization of our people. We determine our own gender/genderless paths and are committed to trans liberation in our lifetime.
TRANSPARENCY: For all members, systems, campaigns and programs of GJLA to be transparent. This includes transferring & receipt of knowledge and power broadly across internal and external relationships.
HEART-CENTERED: Struggling together with love, care and authenticity to, and come together in ways that feel brave & affirming. Commitment to self care & community care practices that sustain us for the long haul.
ABOLITION: We do not work with or engage with cops, period! We believe the prison-Industrial Complex (PIC) and the carceral state at large are harmful to our existence. Our work centers those who are system impacted.
HEALING & WELLNESS: Heal from past, present & historical trauma, and come together in ways that feel brave and affirming.
ARTIVISM: We use art as a tool for social change. We integrate play through practices of imagination, and dreaming / visioning of a new world.