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If you love art and want to support trans people, then this might be the fundraiser for you.
Legendary photographer (and bicon) Nan Goldin launched a two-week print sale on Thursday that features two of her portraits, with all proceeds from the sales benefitting three organizations, according to art news site Hyperallergic. The money will be split among the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), and the Trans Income Project.
SRLP offers legal assistance to trans people, while the Trans Income Project provides guaranteed income to trans people, particularly sex workers. The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, which is hosting the fundraiser, is an LGBTQ+ art museum that also funds queer and trans artists, especially those of color.
Two prints of Goldin’s portraits will be up for grabs during the two-week sale. First is “Jimmy Paulette at Wigstock,” a photo of hairstylist Jimmy Paul, also known as Jimmy Paulette, in a blonde wig attending Wigstock, the legendary drag festival. The second features writer Thora Siemsen in a photo taken during the COVID-19 pandemic in Goldin’s apartment.
Each print is $250, limited to one print per customer.
In a statement to Hyperallergic, Golden noted anti-trans legislation as a factor in choosing to do the sale.
“Hundreds of anti-trans bills are threatening trans people’s safety, stability, and health,” Goldin said. “Transphobia has long plagued legislation and culture, and this print sale centers the needs of trans people, raising funds for organizations directly working with, responding to, and supporting them.”
Anti-trans legislation has become even more extreme in 2025. The ACLU is currently tracking nearly 600 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in state houses around the country, the majority of them targeting trans people. One state, Iowa, became the first in the nation to rescind existing nondiscrimination protections for trans people.
Earlier this year, the House passed the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which would ban Medicaid from paying for gender-affirming care for all trans people, including adults.
Natalie Rupp, the executive director of the Trans Income Project, told Hyperallergic that the looming threat to Medicaid will make the organization, which is based in Louisiana, an insurer for trans people who need medical services. Rupp added that the funding made from the sale of the prints would be essential in helping the TIP, which is run by Rupp and one other person, to meet its mission.
“ When we talk about taking away trans healthcare, we’re really talking about taking away the right for trans people to exist safely at all,” Rupp told Hyperallergic. “This sale couldn’t be at a better time to help us secure the safety and the right to exist for trans people in Louisiana.”
Goldin has a history of selling her work to benefit people in need. Earlier this year, she sold prints to raise money for people affected by the war in Gaza.
Both prints are available for purchase through the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art.
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