🏠 July updates: helping keep our shelter safe and welcoming 💜

Hi everyone! 🌈

Thank you for supporting Center T and especially our shelter project. Your donations help us maintain a safe place for transgender and non-binary people who had to leave their homes because of unsafe conditions, discrimination, or crisis situations.

Before our August break, we want to share what your support helped make possible.

In July:

💊 We helped trans people find trans-friendly medical specialists and get support with healthcare questions 65 times.

🏠 Our shelter in Armenia hosted 7 residents who needed a safe place after being forced to leave their homes or countries.

💗 We held 4 “Oasis” support groups for trans and non-binary people living in Russia, with 54 participants. We also held a regular meeting of our support group for loved ones of trans people.

🔋 Our Discord community continues to grow — it now has 845 members.

✈️ Our migration support team provided 30 individual consultations and 2 detailed case reviews, helping people explore safer ways to relocate and adapt.

💬 Our media team published 53 posts with news, educational materials, interviews, and community updates.

⚖️ We also launched free legal consultations, and in the first month our lawyer helped 85 people with questions about documents, healthcare access, discrimination, safety, and legal risks.

All of this work is connected. When someone leaves an unsafe situation, they often need more than just a ticket to another country. They need somewhere safe to sleep, time to recover, information, emotional support, and people who understand what they are going through.

That is why our shelter matters. 💜

🛏 Helping our shelter become a real home

Right now, we are working on improving the everyday conditions in the shelter.

Some residents currently sleep on folding beds. They are useful as a temporary solution, but they are not comfortable for long-term living.

Our current goal is to raise funds for:

🟡 a bunk bed
🟡 single mattresses and mattress protectors
🟡 storage containers
🟡 basic household items and furniture
🟡 small things that make a shared space feel more like home

Every contribution helps create a safer, calmer, and more comfortable place for people who are rebuilding their lives.

💜 Support our shelter through Buy Me a Coffee.

If you would like your donation to go toward a specific item (for example, a mattress, kettle, or storage containers), you can leave a note with your donation — we will do our best to use it for that purpose.

🌿 A small August pause

From August 1 to August 31, Center T will take a planned team break to rest and recover after a very intense year.

Some projects will temporarily pause, but the shelter residents will continue receiving support. We still need to cover food, household expenses, and everyday needs during this time.

Your support helps make sure that even during a break, the people who rely on the shelter are not left without care.

Thank you for standing with us and helping create safer spaces for trans and non-binary people. 💜