Transgender Day of Empowerment

Donate to Empower Trans Students

San Diego Pride is the proud fiscal sponsor of Trans Day of Empowerment and the Tracie Jada O’Brien Trans Student Scholarship Fund that ensures 100% of donations go directly to this vital programming.

Your tax deductible charitable donation will support the Tracie Jada O’Brien Trans* Student Scholarship Fund, which annually awards scholarships to transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse students in higher educational programs from or residing in San Diego County.

Apply Now for the 2025 Tracie Jada O’Brien Trans Student Scholarship Fun

Eligible applicants are:

–located in San Diego or from San Diego
–Transgender or outside the gender binary
–a student enrolled in a 2-4 Year institution of higher education, technical /vocational school, or graduate school

Check back in Spring 2025 for more information!

Applications are now open for the 2025 Tracie Jada O’Brien Trans Student Scholarship Fund through Thursday, March 20th. Eligible applicants include students from or residing in San Diego County who are transgender, live outside the gender binary, or are in the process of transitioning starting or continuing education at a 2-year college, 4-year college, technical school, graduate program, or vocation training program. Scholarships will be presented at the 21st Annual Trans Day of Empowerment at the San Diego LGBT Community Center on Friday, April 4th, 2025.

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Las solicitudes para el 2025 Tracie Jada O’Brien Trans Student Scholarship Fund ya están abiertas hasta el jueves 20 de marzo.
Las personas solicitantes elegibles incluyen a estudiantes que residen o son del Condado de San Diego que sean personas transgénero que viven fuera del binarismo de género o están en proceso de transición. De igual forma si van a iniciar o continuar la educación en una universidad de 2 años, universidad de 4 años, escuela técnica, programa de postgrado o programa de formación profesional.
Las becas se entregarán en el 21º Día Anual de Empoderamiento Trans en el Centro Comunitario LGBT de San Diego el día viernes 4 de abril de 2025.

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Tracie Jada O'Brien

Learn more about the founder, Tracie Jada O’Brien.

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Why Do We Focus on Transgender Students?

A national school climate survey by GLSEN showed that found that 75% of transgender youth feel unsafe at school, and those who are able to persevere had significantly lower GPAs, were more likely to miss school and were less likely to plan on continuing their education.

The scholarship fund is one of the first scholarships of its kind focused on transgender student success in San Diego. We believe that strong community support can give our local transgender students the confidence to beat the odds. Our volunteer-led committee has been able to distribute scholarships totaling $48,000 to local transgender students over the past 6 years. We are proud to report that their average GPA was 3.5. Our students are studying law, medicine, social work, psychology, and more. They are attending schools as close as City College and SDSU to as far away as the University of Chicago and Harvard University!

Have questions? Contact us at [email protected].

Thank you for giving these high-achieving students your support!