The Trans Day of Visibility fundraiser by Mercury Stardust (a.k.a. the “Trans Handy Ma’am”) is ongoing.
Written by SAMANTHA RIEDEL
Transgender TikTokers are celebrating Trans Day of Visibility by raising over $1.5 million for gender-affirming care around the world.
Mercury Stardust — a DIY TikToker and trans advocate who calls herself the “Trans Handy Ma’am” — raised $120,000 last year in a livestream for the mutual aid nonprofit Point of Pride, which maintains funds for surgeries, hormone therapy, and free binders and gaffs. This year, Stardust and cohost Jory, a.k.a. AlluringSkull, set themselves a goal of raising $1 million in a planned 30-hour live stream…and then smashed that milestone less than six hours after starting the stream Thursday evening.
The fundraiser has raised more than $1,551,000 at time of writing, broadcasting on Stardust and Jory’s TikTok and Twitch channels. The presenters, along with Point of Pride cofounder Aydian Dowling, have collaborated with other streamers like Dylan Mulvaney and Mama Tot to reach as many people on their platforms as possible, with a new goal of $2 million; if the new goal is reached, organizers have promised a special mystery celebrity guest. The stream is scheduled to end at midnight today, March 31.
According to Dowling, 100% of the funds raised will go back to trans people in need, with much of the total going to the nonprofit’s HRT and surgery funds. The Oregon-based organization serves trans people outside the U.S., but requires that all surgical procedures be performed domestically. Dowling also said that his group will be able to send out thousands of binders, for which they receive around 30 requests every day.
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