Terms of Use

The rules governing access to and use of Trans United Fund’s website, publications, community features, and services.

Last updated: July 25, 2026

Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing, reading, subscribing to, commenting on, supporting, or otherwise using Trans United Fund, you agree to these Terms of Use.

These Terms apply to the Trans United Fund website, emails, newsletters, articles, Notes, comments, chats, custom pages, subscription features, mutual-aid information, and other publication services.

Trans United Fund is hosted through Substack. Your use of Substack’s platform is also subject to Substack’s separate terms, policies, and rules. A publisher’s custom terms supplement rather than replace Substack’s platform terms.

Publication Purpose

Trans United Fund publishes independent reporting, public-record documentation, accountability journalism, commentary, and information concerning:

• trans survival

• housing and displacement

• healthcare

• violence

• policy

• media harm

• institutional abuse

• mutual aid

• community protection

The publication is part of the RESIST | FIGHT public-interest journalism ecosystem.

Informational and Editorial Content

Content is provided for journalism, commentary, education, public-interest documentation, and general informational purposes.

It is not a substitute for individualized:

• legal advice

• medical advice

• financial advice

• mental-health treatment

• emergency assistance

• professional services

Readers should consult an appropriately qualified professional when personal circumstances require professional guidance.

Accuracy and Developing Information

Trans United Fund works to verify material facts and correct substantive errors.

Some reporting concerns developing events, pending litigation, disputed claims, incomplete records, or changing policies. Information may therefore be updated, clarified, corrected, or supplemented as new verified evidence becomes available.

Publication does not guarantee that every page will remain current indefinitely.

No Guarantee of Outcomes

Nothing published by Trans United Fund guarantees:

• a legal result

• a policy outcome

• financial assistance

• housing placement

• medical access

• personal safety

• media coverage

• publication of submitted material

• a reply to every message

• acceptance of a correction request

• approval of mutual-aid support

Any support, referral, publication, or assistance decision is made according to available resources, evidence, safety, and editorial judgment.

Subscriptions and Payments

Free and paid subscriptions may be administered through Substack and its payment providers.

Subscription prices, benefits, billing periods, renewal terms, discounts, and cancellation options are displayed during signup or through the subscriber’s account settings.

Payment processing, refunds, billing disputes, and account administration may also be governed by Substack’s applicable terms and payment-provider rules.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, payment does not purchase:

• favorable coverage

• editorial access

• removal of accurate reporting

• influence over reporting decisions

• guaranteed publication

• preferential treatment in mutual-aid decisions

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, original articles, commentary, page text, editorial frameworks, graphics, branding, and other publication material are owned by or licensed to Trans United Fund or RESIST | FIGHT.

You may:

• link to public pages

• quote limited portions for commentary, criticism, reporting, education, or other lawful fair-use purposes

• share official publication links

• use material where written permission has been granted

You may not:

• republish full articles without permission

• reproduce substantial portions in a competing publication

• remove attribution

• sell or license publication content without authorization

• scrape, archive, or systematically reproduce the publication in violation of applicable law or platform rules

• impersonate Trans United Fund or RESIST | FIGHT

• falsely suggest endorsement, partnership, or authorization

Requests for republication or licensing should be sent to:

hbtwfund@gmail.com

Reader Submissions

By sending a message, news tip, correction request, document, photograph, video, comment, or other material, you confirm that you have the right to submit it.

Submitting material does not guarantee publication, investigation, payment, confidentiality, or return of the material.

You retain ownership of material you lawfully own. However, when you publicly post material through comments, chats, or community features, you grant the permissions necessary for the platform and publication to display, moderate, preserve, and operate those features.

Do not submit material that:

• violates another person’s rights

• unlawfully exposes private information

• contains malicious software

• is knowingly false or fraudulent

• infringes copyright

• threatens violence

• promotes harassment

• impersonates another person

• violates applicable law

Substack also holds publishers and users responsible for complying with its platform rules and respecting intellectual property, privacy, and legal rights.

News Tips and Confidentiality

Requests for confidentiality are considered before publication.

No ordinary email, website, messaging system, or digital service can be guaranteed completely secure.

Do not send private medical records, financial information, government identification, home addresses, or other highly sensitive material unless secure arrangements have been made first.

Trans United Fund does not promise confidential-source status unless that arrangement has been expressly accepted.

Community Conduct

Readers participating in comments, chats, replies, or other community areas must not:

• threaten violence

• harass or stalk others

• use racist, transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, or dehumanizing abuse

• publish private identifying information

• impersonate another person

• post spam or scams

• distribute malware

• interfere with the website or platform

• repeatedly derail discussions

• encourage unlawful retaliation

• violate Substack’s rules

Trans United Fund may moderate, hide, restrict, block, or remove participation when reasonably necessary to protect readers, sources, staff, affected communities, or the integrity of the publication.

External Links

The publication may link to third-party websites, documents, platforms, campaigns, records, or services.

External links are provided for reference or convenience. Trans United Fund does not control and is not responsible for third-party:

• content

• availability

• accuracy

• security

• privacy practices

• products

• services

• fundraising activity

• policy changes

A link does not automatically constitute endorsement.

Mutual Aid and Support Information

Trans United Fund may publish mutual-aid appeals, emergency-support information, or fundraising links.

Availability, eligibility, distribution, timing, and use of funds may depend on circumstances, verification, available resources, payment providers, campaign terms, and safety considerations.

Readers are responsible for reviewing any third-party platform’s terms before contributing.

Prohibited Use

You may not use Trans United Fund to:

• violate law

• threaten, exploit, or harass others

• evade platform enforcement

• conduct fraud

• distribute malicious code

• scrape protected data unlawfully

• interfere with website operation

• falsely attribute content

• misrepresent affiliation

• collect personal information without authorization

• coordinate targeted abuse

• infringe intellectual-property or privacy rights

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by law, the publication and its content are provided on an “as available” basis.

Trans United Fund does not guarantee that:

• the website will always be uninterrupted

• every error will be detected immediately

• every external link will remain active

• all archived information will remain available

• the service will be free from technical failure or third-party interference

Nothing in these Terms excludes rights that cannot legally be excluded.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Trans United Fund, RESIST | FIGHT, and their operators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive losses arising solely from reliance on general informational content, interruption of service, third-party conduct, external websites, or unauthorized access beyond their reasonable control.

This provision does not exclude liability where exclusion is prohibited by law.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, or costs resulting from your unlawful use of the publication, violation of these Terms, infringement of another person’s rights, or material you submit without authorization.

Privacy

Use of personal information is addressed in the Trans United Fund Privacy Policy:

Substack separately processes information under its own platform privacy terms.

Corrections

The publication’s correction practices are explained here:

Editorial Standards

The publication’s reporting and editorial standards are explained here:

Suspension or Termination

Trans United Fund may restrict access to community features, remove comments, block accounts, or discontinue services where reasonably necessary because of:

• abuse

• threats

• fraud

• unlawful conduct

• policy violations

• security risks

• platform enforcement

• operational necessity

Substack may separately suspend or terminate accounts under its own agreements.

Changes to These Terms

These Terms may be updated when the publication, its services, technology, platform arrangements, or legal obligations change.

The “Last updated” date will be revised when material changes are made.

Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

Severability

If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.

Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to:

hbtwfund@gmail.com

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These Terms are a publication template, not individualized legal advice. Independent legal review is appropriate if the publication needs jurisdiction-specific contractual protections.