transanta

✨ You’ve helped answer almost 10,000 letters from trans youth in need—what an incredible community! 💌 Your support, from fulfilling gift registries to keeping @transanta running, has truly changed lives. Let’s keep the love going! 💕 Donate today to uplift young trans voices and make a difference. 🏳️‍⚧️ Support a heartfelt letter and buy gifts off a registry or make a tax-deductible donation and give directly. Together, we can spread even more joy! 🌟 🔗 transanta.com/donate

Hey, Kyle here, I’m one of the co-founders of Transanta. Transanta is a cute name, but it isn’t really about Christmas. It’s about the importance of being seen, it’s about trans joy and trans futures. It’s about deepening the connection that trans youth feel with their larger community, and to their own lives. There is so much suffering in the world, there are so many crises and issues that demand our attention. It can feel very overwhelming and I know personally I often feel powerless to help. But this is a very hands on, direct way you can make a significant impact on the lives of trans youth: a minority group that faces significantly higher than average rates of emotional and physical abuse, homelessness, not to mention mental health struggles due to the constant onslaught of transphobic rhetoric both from intimate family systems and society at large. So please, join me in showing trans youth just how much love and joy exists in this world! Buy gifts from the registries, or make a tax-deductible donation directly to Transanta today. Use the link in our bio or go to buy.transanta.com to shop from registries! When you add a gift to your cart, make sure you select the gift recipients address at checkout! And only shop from one registry at a time, so things dont get mixed up! You can also go to transanta.com/donate to make a tax-deductible donation, and help keep the lights on in our workshop! We couldn’t do any of this without your support.

@transanta is a trans-led project running out of non-profit @alliesinarts. Founded in 2020 by Indya Moore, Kyle Lasky, and Chase Strangio, @transanta was born of a desire to center trans care, joy and giving at a time of escalating violence and attacks on the trans community. @transanta is a mutual aid social media campaign that connects anonymous gift-givers with trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care, or otherwise without crucial support they need to thrive. @transanta exists to show trans youth that they are loved and supported, and that they have a family of people around the world who care for them, believe in them, and want them to succeed. Research shows that trans youth with supportive families have a 52% decrease in suicidal thoughts—@transanta aims to broaden our understanding of family and structural support so that our entire community can experience affirmation and love even when those close to them may hurt or fail them. Ultimately, our capacity for love, care, and connection can disrupt some of the structural limits on our survival opportunities and create more space for people to thrive and continue rich trans legacies of social and political transformation. TWO WAYS TO GIVE 1. Buy gifts directly for trans youth from their gift registry links → link is in our bio! 2. Donate money to @transanta and support the future of our project → transanta.com/donate (these donations are tax-deductible!) HOW DOES IT WORK? 1. Trans youth send in their letters and gift registries to @transanta; 2. @transanta posts the letters and links them to the registries; 3. Santas all over the world use the registries to buy gifts which are sent directly to the recipients without any personal information being shared! WHO CAN BE A SANTA? Anyone with the means to buy a gift, leave a loving and supportive comment, or donate directly to @transanta to support the future of our project!

Bri, 18: "Hiiii, My name is Bri and I have a cat named Millie and she is my baby! I love FNAF and splatoon, (HEAVY on the FNAF)! I am also a cosplayer :3 but I am working towards the goal of getting my cosmetologist license!! Thank you for the time you took to read my letter!!"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Amelia, 17: "Hello, My name is Amelia, and I am a 17 year old gender fluid teenager who is just trying to get by. I hope you can understand my hand writing, I tried my best with my fingers to come off as coherent and wrote very carefully since english is not my first language. But anyways, I still want to thank you all for even giving me the opportunity to have you read my letter and I hope it helps in telling my story. I wish you all happy holidays"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Angel, 16: "Thanks for reading my letter, makes my day... hope y'all have a great holiday.."⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Kaleb, 17: "Hi I'm kaleb I'm an autistic disabled transgender teenager, I live in a accepting household but besides friends and my parents support in my state is not great, I also struggled to get my biological father to support my transition he no longer speaks to me and my mom does her best but i don't want to ask her for too much as she's a mom of 3, I will be starting college next fall and hope to get somethings to help with it"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Hannah, 18: "Hannah, 18, She/They This is my first time drawing either creature from this angle and with this level of detail, and I'm kinda proud of how it turned out :3"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Noah, 18: "Hello! My name is Noah and I am 18 years old. I live at a group home for trans youth! I also have bunny rabbits and I can draw cute puppies 😊"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Chrissy, 19: "Hello, cherubs! My name is Chrissy and I use they/them pronouns. I identify as non-binary and have been out since I was about 14 years old. I am currently 19 and have found myself homeless after being kicked out of my abusive home. I have lived in an impoverished and loveless home for the majority of my life. I was rather fortunate in getting housing at school and am very lucky to still have my two guinea pigs, Chippy and Brownie. They are my world, my babies, and the two things that have been kept me going through my life. I have learned their every quirk, every need. I love them to death. They are two recent additions to my life but they mean the absolute world and are genuinely the sweetest babies. Some of my wish list includes some things that have been financially hard for me to get for my guinea pigs. Any help is appreciated and the guinea pigs pictured in my collage send all their warmth, love, and little wheaks. Thank you for reading this and thank you for supporting me, a non-binary homeless college student who is working their absolute hardest to support me and my babies."⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Subverted, 17: "I'm subverted, I am a huge trekkie & a huge fan of capybaras (Capys are my special interest) :-) I'm a pretty ironic person, even though I struggle with a lot of social cues that make that obvious. I consider myself to be closer to spock, than most people, like I was born to be mini full human spock. Live Long & Prosper!"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!

Jinx, 15: "Hello, I’m Jinx. I’m 15 Years Old, it would really make my Christmas this year as a trans foster kid to get some of the band shirts & camera I have on my list, maybe even the onesies too. My favorite bands are Nine Inch Nails, Pierce the Veil & Type O Negative. I have a dream of being a frontman of a rock band someday with a couple of friends, as the music industry is my special interest but rock & metal music are my hyperfixations that have arose from that. I really like guitar! I play the guitar, drums & piano. It’d be amazing to get an instrument this year maybe too. I also love to do art & I left a recent painting of mine below. Thank you, Transanta & Donators making this possible for all trans youth around the world. Happy Holidays, Much love! Jinx"⁣ ⁣ Be a #transanta — follow the link in our bio and then click on the post for this person and you can buy gifts to be sent directly to them! Make sure you select the "Gift Registry Address" when checking out!