Letter to our community of followers
Trans*Enough was starting from the idea that you are enough, as you are, right now. We believed that however you identify is right for you, and that you didn’t need surgeries or hormones or outside approval to make it so.
We started with the mission of celebrating individuals who identify as transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming. We worked to engender mutual respect between many diverse communities and allies, and towards the creation of an environment where every person may live their life with the dignity that is their due. We sought to provide and maintain safe space for individuals to explore and dialogue about their experiences, and offered interactive spaces where individuals could freely express themselves. Trans*Enough also partnered with individuals and organizations to strengthen our community in an effort to enable all people access to those tools which help them attain their personal goals and come into themselves.
The make up of Trans*Enough has changed dramatically over the years. The original founding members were Del Rapier, Executive Director, and Nik Rapier, Creative and Content Manager. In the beginning we brought lots of original content, including content from several monthly columnists. We created TransFaces, which provided a visual representation of the diversity of trans* communities. However, over the years, interest in contributing to a 100% volunteer organization declined. And we totally understand! It’s hard to put in all the work of creating new and original content for no pay. In 2011, Del Rapier became the sole foundation of Trans*Enough. Over the remaining years, Trans*Enough has had various behind the scenes contributions from a variety of amazing folks. As Del has been pursuing their academic goals of getting their doctorate in clinical psychology, keeping up with the day-to-day operations of Trans*Enough has become more and more of a challenge. We began to lose the ability to continue bringing you original content and instead focused on our third goal of partnering with individuals and organizations, and in effect became a source for bringing together trans* content from a variety of outside sources. We feel that, without the ability to be an active source of new and original content, Trans*Enough is no longer living up to the whole of its original goals.
Because of these reasons, it is with a heavy heart that we at Trans*Enough have made the decision to come to an end. We have been humbled and honored by all of the support we have received over our four-year run. We have greatly enjoyed getting to know so many of you and watch the various communities grow and change. We have struggled with expanding our own definitions of what it means to be trans* (or trans) and deeply valued that struggle. We have been blown away by all of the political and personal victories trans* people have gained over these years. We have also been deeply disappointed by all the losses trans* communities have sustained. The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance reminds us that we still have so far to go.
Effective today, we will be closing down our Facebook page. Over the next week we will be closing down our Twitter page. We will be leaving up our website as an archive of our history. We will not be renewing our transenough.com URL, which will expire later next year. At that time, you will be able to reach this archive by going directly to http://transenoughblog.tumblr.com/.
Thank you to you all for four amazing years!
