Hearts on a Wire

03/17/2026

NEW MEETING TIME!!!
Mondays 6pm.
alternating in person and hybrid

03/11/2026

OH LOOK! issue 42 of hearts on a wire is available online!!!

https://www.heartsonawire.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/HOAW-42.pdf

01/17/2026

11/04/2025

In addition to personal reflections and creative expressions of our incarcerated members, Hearts on a Wire's 41st issue features articles highlighting the importance of collective action and support from outside to address the needs of incarcerated trans and nonbinary individuals facing discrimination and violence, and includes personal stories of self-advocacy around housing, dress code, medical care, and name changes.

10/14/2025

This is a huge loss for our community.

It is with profound sadness that House of gg announces the passing of our beloved leader and revolutionary figure in the TLGBQ liberation movement, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. Miss Major, 78, passed away on October 13, 2025 in the comfort of her home and surrounded by loved ones in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her enduring legacy is a testament to her resilience, activism, and dedication to creating safe spaces for Black trans communities and all trans people–we are eternally grateful for Miss Major’s life, her contributions and how deeply she poured into those she loved.

Miss Major–known as ‘Mama’ to many–was a Black, trans activist who fought for more than fifty years for trans, gender nonconforming, and LGB community– especially for Black trans women, trans women of color and those who have survived incarceration and police brutality. Major’s fierce commitment and intersectional approach to justice brought her to care directly for people with HIV/AIDS in New York in the early 1980s, and later to drive San Francisco’s first mobile needle exchange. As director of the TGI Justice Project, she’d return to prisons as a mentor to her ‘gurls’ inside. In 2019, she would be powerfully guided by spirit and her vision in search of a family gathering property. House of gg was born out of her dream to build a center that would empower, heal and be a safe haven for Black trans people and movement leaders in the Southern US–a space for our community to take a break, swim, enjoy good food, laugh, listen to music, watch movies, and recharge for the ongoing fight for our lives.

Miss Major fought tirelessly for her people, her love as vast and enduring as the universe she knew herself to be a part of. She was a world builder, a visionary, and unwavering in her devotion to making freedom possible for Black, trans, formerly and currently incarcerated people as well as the larger trans and LGB community. Because of her, countless new possibilities have been made for all of us to thrive—today and for generations to come. (Continued in comments)

07/01/2025

Brandi, a formerly incarcerated member very active with hearts on a wire's outside collective, is asking for help affording the dispositions of her uncle's remains.

We are sorry for her loss. Please consider helping her out.

I am doing a go me fund my uncle Robert passed away this afternoon from heart att… Kirstie Shaffer needs your support for Robert Longenberger in need of help.

03/19/2025

Transgender Day of Visibility Toolkit:

TDOV is a day to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of transgender and gender non-conforming people, while also raising awareness about the challenges they face.

Goal: To celebrate trans lives and support them through an ever-changing political climate.

Relevant Accounts, Links, and Hashtags

Twitter:




Facebook: Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations ()

Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs ()



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01/27/2025

The Christmas issue of hearts and a wire is now on line:

https://www.heartsonawire.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HOAW-39.pdf

01/27/2025

The Christmas issue of Hearts on the wire is now online