Author: Lavender Phoenix

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

Dear LavNix Community, I am sending my most heartfelt greetings to you. As many of you already know, my name is Tina, and I’m humbled to officially step into the Executive Director role of LavNix.  First, I’d like to acknowledge what’s happening in Minnesota and extend solidarity to people on the ground resisting unchecked brutal

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Image: Yuan at Trans March in 2019, alongisde Jasmin & Sammie.

First Look Into New Transitions

Dear beloved community, One of the first things I did as LavNix’s Executive Director was speak to a small group of our elders—Vince Crisostomo, Lori Lai, Doreena Wong, Dino Duazo, & Gisele Pohan—about what it meant to them for us to change our name to Lavender Phoenix. I smiled as Doreena said she co-founded Phoenix

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The more relationships we build, the stronger we are.

🎉Apply to the Summer Organizer Program today! Every year, LavNix embarks on a paid intensive summer fellowship to develop the next generation of transgender and queer Asian and Pacific Islander social justice organizers. At LavNix, we know trans and queer APIs are targets of interpersonal abuse, state violence, and systemic oppression. These forces have only

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2025 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/24!

Do you want to work with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika communities?Do you have a commitment to social justice, liberation, and collective transformation?Are you ready to learn concrete organizing skills and build movements for change? The APPLICATION for Lavender Phoenix’s Summer Organizer Program is OPEN! Applications are due February 24th, 2025! PURPOSE: Every

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The future we want needs us.

Dear community, In August, when Lavender Phoenix celebrated our organization’s 20th birthday, we watched a personal video sent from Cecilia Chung, one of our beloved elders. She said 20 years is not a short time—but, apparently it’s not a long time either. She shared her grief for the renewed, historic onslaught of violence trans folks

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Our fight is far from over

Hello community, What a year this has been! I joined the Lavender Phoenix staff team in January this year, and it’s been a whirlwind journey. We have honored LavNix’s 20 year history through a sweet community celebration. We have built power  with young people organizing against the ongoing genocide in Palestine. We have supported our

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