Monthly Donations
Each month we will donate a portion of our PDF sales to a different charity or organisation dedicated to supporting marginalised communities in Scotland. We do our best to check that all our chosen charities are trans-inclusive.
January: Equality Network
A leading national charity working for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex equality and human rights in Scotland.
February: Saheliya
A specialist mental health and well-being support organisation for black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and girls (12+) in the Edinburgh and Glasgow area.
March: Refuweegee
A community-led charity that provides a warm welcome to forcibly displaced people arriving in Glasgow.
April: Hwupenyu Health and Wellbeing Project
A charity that provides support for Black ethnic communities in Scotland living with chronic health conditions.
May: Scottish Women’s Aid
The lead organisation in Scotland working towards the prevention of domestic abuse.
June: Homeless Network Scotland
A network of organisations working to prevent homelessness and end rough sleeping across Scotland.
July: East and Southeast Asian Scotland
Scotland's first non-profit dedicated to mobilising democratic civil participation of East and Southeast Asian people in Scottish society whilst fighting inequalities, systemic barriers, and racism faced by ESA communities.
August: Friends, Families and Travellers
A UK-wide organisation that seeks to end racism and discrimination against Gypsies, Travellers and Roma and to protect the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
September: Five for Five
A monthly pot split between five transfem groups or individuals working within the UK.
October: Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights
A Scottish strategic racial equality charity, focused on working to eliminate racial discrimination and harassment and promote racial justice across Scotland.
November: TIE Campaign
Scotland’s LGBT Inclusive Education charity, taking an educational approach to tackling homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic bullying and prejudice in schools.
December: Zero Tolerance
A Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women by promoting gender equality and challenging attitudes that normalise violence and abuse.
All descriptions and terminology taken from the organisations’ own websites.
When I Was Me Donations
Each month that When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria was in print, we donated 50% of all profits from sales of the book to charities or organisations that support young transgender people in the UK. See below for our list of past donations (these donations are not endorsements or indications of affiliation). When I Was Me is now sold out!
Oct 2021: LGBT Youth Scotland
Nov 2021: AKT (England)
Dec 2021: Allsorts (Southampton)
Jan 2022: Breakout Youth (Sussex)
Feb 2022: Cara-Friend (Northern Ireland)
March 2022: SAYiT (Sheffield)
April 2022: Mosaic Trust (London)
May 2022: Youth Cymru (Wales)
June 2022: LGBT+ Service Nottinghamshire
July 2022: X-Plore (Devon)
Aug 2022: none
Sept 2022: The Kite Trust (Camridgeshire)
Oct 2022: none
Nov 2022: The Proud Trust (Manchester)
Dec 2022: Outreach Youth (Suffolk)
Jan 2023: none
Feb 2023: Derbyshire LGBT+
March 2023: LGBT Youth Scotland
April 2023: THE Action Youth (Liverpool)
May 2023: Young Person’s Advisory Service (Merseyside)
June 2023: Lancashire LGBT
July 2023: Hart Gables (Teesside & East Durham)
Aug 2023: Support U Affinity (Reading)
Sept 2023: LGBT Foundation (Manchester)
Oct 2023: LGBT Youth Scotland