Cash for KB: Recovery Fund
KB Boyce needs your help as they recover from a heart attack.
KB is a creative, radical and outspoken Black trans leader in the NY and Bay Area queer creative community for the past four decades.
Our community knows how to value and protect our Black, queer, trans elders even if our society does not. KB is a Black, trans, visionary artist and that does not pay the bills.
They are not one to ask for support when they know how many other folks in our community also need resources, but it is time for our community to step up and show KB the love, care and financial support they need to stay strong, safe, and to recognize them for the enormous amount they have done for our community.
KB has been at the heart of the queer creative community, for more than four decades, since they first appeared onstage at CBGBs at the age of 14. You may know them as legendary drag king Tuffy 'Tuffinstuff,' from their work as a sound engineer at music venues across the bay, or as a musician making and performing music with some of the best bands in the country. As the founder and head of the groundbreaking Queer Rebels, they have given a voice, platform and launching pad for Black and POC QT artists across the country for a decade.
You may not know some of the other ways they have given back to our community, including working with Black queer elders in a literature circle, as a teacher to kids at the Girls Rock music camp, and as an outspoken advocate for racial and Black trans justice. All of us have received the benefit of their years of quiet work.
The heart attack was (thankfully) minor and they will recover fully, but recovery takes time and brings medical bills, lost work, and lifestyle changes in order to make sure that they stay healthy. KB was in the process of changing housing before their heart attack, and their health condition makes that more challenging.
Your donation will help KB:
--> Cover medical costs their insurance won't pay for, including portions of hospital stay, surgery and medications
--> Make up for income loss as they recover
--> Support transportation and food costs (KB doesn't have a car)
--> Pay for packing, moving, and transitioning to stable, long-term housing
--> Continue their visionary work as the founder of Queer Rebels, which bolsters and amplifies the work of BIPOC all over
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