Editors Picks | December 2024

With the election of Donald J. Trump imminent, or already passed depending on when you read this, these are our picks for organizations you can get involved with or give to that are protecting democracy as well as ones protecting those most under threat right now:

• ACLU Colorado: Historically, whenever important rights are being protected, it’s the ACLU who’s doing it. ACLU’s Colorado chapter does really important legal work taking the cases that have defined the civil rights movements. I shudder to think of where we’d be without the ACLU.
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains: Whether it’s providing sexual health checkups or screenings for STIs or helping trans people get prescriptions for their hormones— and yes, sometimes for abortions, deal with it —Planned Parenthood is there for you when you need them most. They are under serious threat right now but, as the organization always says, these doors don’t close.
• BLM 5280/SURJ: Black Lives Matter 5280 and the adjacent organization SURJ which gives white allies a place to organize for racial justice, are doing important work in the community all the time. White supremacy is on the rise and racial justice is going to be an even bigger challenge in the years to come.
• Transgender Center of the Rockies: There are so many services that the Transgender Center of the Rockies offers that I don’t have space to list all of them, but they include counseling, STI testing, and Marsha’s Closet which is a space where trans people can try on new clothes in a safe environment. It also happens to be the first place that I told anyone in person that I was transgender. I always encourage people to support the work they do.
• The Trevor Project: I can personally attest that I’ve heard a lot of queer people talking about losing hope after Trump was elected again, and The Trevor Project’s important work to prevent LGBTQ+ suicides, including their 24/7 crisis line for LGBTQ+ youth, is going to become even more important.