Contribute to the Community Clay Fund.

The Community Clay Fund is here to assist queer people in Des Moines to attend Queer Clay Nights at SadBoy Ceramics. Queer Clay Nights are offered on a sliding scale pricing model, which is made possible by the fund.

In 2019, the Williams Institute published a study examining how sexual orientation and gender identity affect the likelihood that an individual will experience poverty. They found that LGBTQ+ people collectively have a poverty rate of 21.6%, which is much higher than the rate for cisgender straight people of 15.7%. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened existing factors contributing to poverty in the LGBTQ+ community.

Finances should not be an obstacle for queer people accessing the arts and queer-affirming spaces. Please consider donating!