Devin Michael Lowe is a Black Jamaican-American of trans experience based in New York City. He is a budding artist in the independent movie scene, producing short films and documentaries and acting on camera, as well as a model for trans and Black urban apparel.

In addition to his creative ventures, Lowe is an activist. He is a Community Media Organizer for Black Trans Media (on Twitter @BlackTransMedia), a project that aims to curate social media posts and host (currently online) events that brings Black trans communities together and value their contributions to the work towards racial and gender equality.

More notably, Lowe is the founder and CEO of the Black Trans Travel Fund. The fund is a grassroots effort to provide financial and material resources to Black trans women in the New York and New Jersey area to ensure they have access to safer travel options. When even mainstream famous Black trans women are attacked on the street for being themselves–as Laverne Cox herself recently was–access to safer resources for getting around like the Black Trans Travel Fund provides is imperative to Black trans well-being.

Since its inception in 2019, the fund has grown to provide assistance for 150 trans women per month in two states, and plans to go national and international. On their site, BTTF provides ways to contribute to the fund and how to apply for funding.

Devin Michael Lowe is a prime example of someone challenging and empowering trans communities, someone who values Black trans survival and excellence and is worth aspiring to as a trans person and listening to as a cis ally. You can read more about him on his professional site.