HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit Game Bundle - $25 for 30 games
HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit Game Bundle - $25 for 30 games
HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit Bundle by Sandy Pug Games and 19 others
Trans Rights are under assault all across the United States as the new administration continues a brutal project of oppression, exclusion, and denial of care to people everywhere.
Distribute Aid is developing a network of supply chains, medical aid, distribution partners and kit development across 11 states that aims to provide direct care and medical support to thousands of trans people, with the goal of scaling up to cover the rest of the country during 2025.
100% of the proceeds of this bundle go directly toward Distribute Aid's efforts to supply kits of 1 year's necessary medical equipment into the hands of trans people in needs for free.
Each kit comes with a sharps container and enough syringes, needles, bandages, and alcohol wipes to last a year. For people living in states where it’s difficult to access syringes and needles, this will help reduce needle reusing and sharing.
If you aren’t interested in the games and prefer to donate to the campaign directly, you can do that here.
This is great and I'm glad they're so close to their goal, but this gives me pause:
That's a lot of trust of local partners to properly distribute supplies to local trans populations 😅
It would be nice to know who these distribution partners are.
Unfortunately, I would think the distribution partners remain anonymous. The states where these things are distributed will make the supplies illegal for this purpose. You would want the distributors anonymous so that they are not immediately stopped or caught in a sting when the law flips, if it hasn't already.
That's great, but as a trans person who uses injectable HRT who lives in one of the states they are targeting distribution, I can tell you the local "partners" are often not trustworthy. But my perceptions could be wrong, and I'm sure it will still help people - I just wish there was a better way to account for needs and to meet them more reliably (rather than relying on the luck of running into one of the local distributors and them being willing to help you). Remaining anonymous also makes it difficult for trans people in those states to know where to go to access a kit, for example.
You can contact them on Bluesky at @distributeaid.org if you want to ask them for more details about their partners and distribution methods. If you don’t have Bluesky they also have a contact email at hello@distributeaid.org