Trans Bloom

We’re opening submissions for Q***r Ecologies — a group exhibition exploring relationships to land, identity, and how we live in connection with the world around us.

This show is rooted in the understanding that nature doesn’t follow rigid categories.
It transforms, adapts, and depends on interconnection. We’re asking: what can q***r ways of relating to land teach us about how to live, survive, and care for each other?

We are especially excited to receive work from BIPOC, trans, and two-spirit artists.

📆 Deadline: June 1
📍 Exhibition: August, Ukiah, CA
🔗 in bi0, or:
https://www.transbloom.org/qee2026

As the year turns, we’re pausing the way the land does — to rest, to compost what’s been lived, and to notice what took root.

This year at Trans Bloom, over 200 people gathered across camps, retreats, stewardship days, and creative convenings. Together, we offered more than 1,000 volunteer hours and raised $31,000 in community support. We learned with the land, soaked and rested, opened the ranch, made art without urgency, practiced mutual aid, and listened — to each other and to the forest itself.

These eight moments are not separate wins. They’re threads in the same fabric: trans and BIPOC people making space for rest, creativity, strategy, and survival — together.

As we look toward 2026, there are real ways to help shape what comes next:
• Give today — we’re just 5 new donors away from reaching our year-end goal. If you can, please give and share.
• Offer your time — we’re welcoming support with social media, land stewardship, event logistics, and fundraising.
• Join our organizing team — help steward this work from the inside.
• Partner with us — host an event on the land or invite Trans Bloom into your Bay Area gathering.

Thank you to everyone who showed up in ways big and small. If you were part of any of this, you’re part of the story. If you’re just finding us, there’s room to grow together.

Also thank you to all of our partners this year who nurtured and supported us in realizing bold visions: GenderJustice CA, Emergence, Q***rly Complex, Trans March, and Q***r Rebels.

Also, deep gratitude to the funders who made so much of this possible, including
Horizons Foundation, Mendocino Community Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project, and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Rooted in resilience. Still becoming.



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In a year of crisis, trans joy is resistance. In the face of escalating violence, BIPOC and Trans healing, creativity, and belonging isn’t optional — it’s urgent.

Every volunteer clearing brush, every artist performing, every donor giving what they can: are continuing a lineage of resilience that has carried our people through generations.

This Giving Tuesday, will you be one of the 15 who step up to help us double our supporters? Whether it’s $5 or $500, your gift helps us grow the spaces where we can breathe, create, and imagine futures beyond survival.

https://www.transbloom.org/donate

Registration Open for Trans Creator Camp—a long weekend (Sept 5–7) for trans and BIPOC artists, organizers, and culture-makers to dream big, play hard, and co-create what’s next.- https://mailchi.mp/cce06ec739cb/help-amplify-people-of-colors-voices-this-trans-day-of-visibility-17714517

Get Dirty, Get Fed, Get Free 🌱 - https://mailchi.mp/99ac4d286b7e/help-amplify-people-of-colors-voices-this-trans-day-of-visibility-17711960

I had the deep joy of attending San Francisco’s Trans Day of Visibility event with , one of Trans Bloom’s incredible advisory board members.

In a world that often tries to erase us, being in community—laughing, crying, dancing, and holding space together—felt like a powerful act of resistance and renewal. It was especially meaningful to be there with so many visionary trans leaders from across the city, all showing up in their brilliance to build something beautiful together.

A huge shoutout to Niko Storment for organizing such a deeply thoughtful and affirming event. Trans Bloom was honored to be one of many community partners, and it filled my heart to witness the care, creativity, and collaboration flowing from every corner of the park.

Visibility, for us, means more than just being seen—it means being supported, celebrated, and connected. And being in community with other trans-led groups reminds me that we are not alone in this work. We’re building something bigger than any one of us.

✨TOMORROW: Mx. Artist — ALCHEMY OF RESISTANCE✨

Join us for an evening of transformation, creativity, and collective magic at Mx. Artist: Alchemy of Resistance, our BIPOC and Trans Artist Mixer in SF from 6-9pm tomorrow! 🌙🖤

Come early to enjoy free tarot readings by from 6-7pm

Stop by our Glam Station to get in the spirit with costumes, face jewels, and a stunning collaboration between Cha Cha and -acrylic nails featuring original artwork by trans artists honoring our trancestors. 🔥💅

Indulge in our art station to create poems, drawings, & letters we’ll see into the future.

Visit our interactive apothecary to get witchy transmade gifts transmuted from fairy crops.

This is more than an event—it’s a portal. Come gather in joy, in power, and possibility. Sponsored by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Horizons Foundation, and 465 Space.

🗓️ Mx. Artist: Alchemy of Resistance
465 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA
Thurs, March 27th, 6-9pm
$0-20 Sliding scale

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Spring’s Possibilities from Time Traveling Alchemists to Beaver Baes - https://mailchi.mp/68a29967b546/help-amplify-people-of-colors-voices-this-trans-day-of-visibility-17711619

📜✨ Calling Alchemists of Art! ✨📜

Step into a night of magic and creativity through electrifying performances, ritual, and collaboration hosted by Trans Bloom and Q***r Rebel Productions.

Trans youth of the world have created a spell to send a book of trans culture into the future. 🌀🔮 Add your page to the book by sharing a poem, drawing, spell, or message & pick a treat from the enchanted apothecary. 🌿🕯️Will you answer the call? The spell is already in motion…

Featuring:
- Interactive apothecary
- Costumes
- Photo Booth
- Performances by Black Benatar, KB Tuffy Boyce, Themme, & DJ Inéz

Co-sponsored by Q***rly Complex, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and the Horizons Foundation
Design by

465 Collective: Space in SF is our venue, and it's wheelchair accessible with a ramp. Masks welcome. Send accessibility inquiries & requests to [email protected]

RSVP at https://bit.ly/AlchemyOfResistance

Mx Artist: Alchemy of Resistance, a BIPOC and Trans Artist Mixer Details