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TRANS HOUSING INITIATIVE ST LOUIS

 

About THISTL 

THISTL (Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis) is a trans-led organization committed to tackling systemic injustices in housing that transgender people face in the St. Louis region.


THISTL’s Vision 

THISTL’s vision is to build equitable access to shelter, housing, and home-ownership for transgender and gender-expansive humans. We strive to end homelessness and housing instability for trans and gender expansive adults. 

 

THISTL’s Mission

THISTL empowers and advocates for trans and gender-expansive humans’ right to safe and equitable housing. 

  • We advocate and educate transgender and gender-expansive humans seeking shelter, housing, and home-ownership.
  • We train and educate organizations providing shelter and housing to transgender and gender-expansive people.
  • We are building a network across organizations to document housing disparities for transgender and gender-expansive folks, confront those disparities, and design solutions by creating new systems or reforming existing systems.
  • We facilitate decent, safe housing that is affordable to low-income transgender and gender-expansive humans.

 THISTL’s Values 

We believe in a housing-first approach to homelessness. Safe and stable housing is the foundation for improving quality of life, and everyone is deserving of that opportunity. We don’t believe people have to prove their worthiness or jump through any hoops in order to deserve housing.


We believe in queer liberation that can only be achieved through solidarity across movements. We resist interlocking systems of oppression and reimagine communities that empower and support everyone. Fighting for racial justice is a vital part of working towards housing equity.


We believe in radical love and acceptance for ourselves and others. We meet each other where we are, because all of us have growth we can do, and all of us have gifts we can offer and needs. 

About Us

Charlie Blake (they/them)

Charlie Blake (they/them)

Charlie Blake (they/them)

Charlie a Midwest native who spent many years wandering far and wide before moving to St Louis in 2018. They are an interdisciplinary scientist, an artist, and a banjolele player. They started working on housing issues as a Metro Trans Umbrella Group volunteer. Charlie is very handy with a hammer as well as a spreadsheet and hopes to put these skills to good use through their volunteer work.

Maxi Glamour (they/them)

Charlie Blake (they/them)

Charlie Blake (they/them)

Maxi is an internationally known multidisciplinary artist and community organizer based in St. Louis. Maxi uses their work and platform to discuss sociopolitical issues with an underlying tone of absurdist humor that blends social justice and high fantasy.  Maxi believes trans-housing justice is the most significant intersection of alleviating oppression of wealth inequality and transphobia.  

Charles Unique (he/they)

Charles Unique (he/they)

Charles Unique (he/they)

 

Charles  can best be described as a gender anarchist who is driven by their passion to dismantle oppressive systems. As a long time resident of Saint Louis, Charles brings a diverse background of experience advocating for the rights of marginalized communities. They currently work as the Eviction Defense Organizer for Homes 4 All St. Lou

 

Charles  can best be described as a gender anarchist who is driven by their passion to dismantle oppressive systems. As a long time resident of Saint Louis, Charles brings a diverse background of experience advocating for the rights of marginalized communities. They currently work as the Eviction Defense Organizer for Homes 4 All St. Louis addressing the immediate needs of tenants facing eviction.
They have three fire signs and are excited to bring that same fiery energy to THISTL.

Beth Gombos (they/them)

Charles Unique (he/they)

Charles Unique (he/they)

Beth has been involved in uplifting the transgender community since 2013. They graduated with a BFA in Cultural Anthropology from SIU Edwardsville in 2016.  They are transgender, genderqueer, nonmonogamous, pansexual, and have been growing their community development skills for over 15 years. They are handy with tools and community outrea

Beth has been involved in uplifting the transgender community since 2013. They graduated with a BFA in Cultural Anthropology from SIU Edwardsville in 2016.  They are transgender, genderqueer, nonmonogamous, pansexual, and have been growing their community development skills for over 15 years. They are handy with tools and community outreach. Beth has worked at the Trans Queer Flat  and the Metro Trans Umbrella Group
 

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