The Knights and Orchids Society
@tkoalabama.bsky.social
The Knights and Orchids Society builds the power of TLGB+ Black people across the South by providing a spectrum of health and wellness services. Led by Black, transgender, queer and gender non-conforming people.
TKOsociety.org/donate
TKOsociety.org/donate
When you give to TKO, you’re building sanctuary. Your donation helps us keep folks housed, fed, and safe in a world that tries to shut the door on us.
Our dear client Tray believes in TKO and the spectrum of services we provide. Listen to learn why you should too.
Our dear client Tray believes in TKO and the spectrum of services we provide. Listen to learn why you should too.
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When you give to TKO, you’re building sanctuary. Your donation helps us keep folks housed, fed, and safe in a world that tries to shut the door on us.
Our dear client Tray believes in TKO and the spectrum of services we provide. Listen to learn why you should too.
Our dear client Tray believes in TKO and the spectrum of services we provide. Listen to learn why you should too.
We come from a long line of Black Southerners who refused to quit. We honor their fight by fighting for Black trans and queer life with everything we’ve got – housing, healthcare, hormones, food, community, and love that does not fold. #GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We come from a long line of Black Southerners who refused to quit. We honor their fight by fighting for Black trans and queer life with everything we’ve got – housing, healthcare, hormones, food, community, and love that does not fold. #GivingTuesday
We’ve been fighting for life, and we’re still here.
On World AIDS Day, we honor the legacy of those who fought before us. Their courage built the ground we stand on.
When you give to TKO, you carry that legacy forward. What are you carrying into the future of HIV/AIDS awareness and care?
On World AIDS Day, we honor the legacy of those who fought before us. Their courage built the ground we stand on.
When you give to TKO, you carry that legacy forward. What are you carrying into the future of HIV/AIDS awareness and care?
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We’ve been fighting for life, and we’re still here.
On World AIDS Day, we honor the legacy of those who fought before us. Their courage built the ground we stand on.
When you give to TKO, you carry that legacy forward. What are you carrying into the future of HIV/AIDS awareness and care?
On World AIDS Day, we honor the legacy of those who fought before us. Their courage built the ground we stand on.
When you give to TKO, you carry that legacy forward. What are you carrying into the future of HIV/AIDS awareness and care?
Thirteen years of showing up where systems failed. Thirteen years of feeding, housing, affirming, and healing our people. Thirteen years of Southern-rooted, Black-led, trans-led revolution.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thirteen years of showing up where systems failed. Thirteen years of feeding, housing, affirming, and healing our people. Thirteen years of Southern-rooted, Black-led, trans-led revolution.
For Kaitoria. For Mel. For all we’ve lost. We remember their light, and we work so others may shine longer. Your donation is a promise that our people will live, love, and keep rising. #tdor
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For Kaitoria. For Mel. For all we’ve lost. We remember their light, and we work so others may shine longer. Your donation is a promise that our people will live, love, and keep rising. #tdor
It’s almost KAI DAY! Join us and Invisible Histories to share your stories and memories for a memorial archive. On this first birthday without Kai, we will celebrate her life, legacy, and light that continues to shine through her loved ones & friends every day. #blacktranslives
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s almost KAI DAY! Join us and Invisible Histories to share your stories and memories for a memorial archive. On this first birthday without Kai, we will celebrate her life, legacy, and light that continues to shine through her loved ones & friends every day. #blacktranslives
We're thrilled to about this new season at Alabama Shakespeare Festival as they debut KUDZU CALLING — a powerful new work by acclaimed queer playwright Donnetta Lavinia Grays — opening May 30! #blackqueerart
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We're thrilled to about this new season at Alabama Shakespeare Festival as they debut KUDZU CALLING — a powerful new work by acclaimed queer playwright Donnetta Lavinia Grays — opening May 30! #blackqueerart
To our Black Queer Visionaries Summit applicants: the ACLU of Alabama and The Knights and Orchids Society are taking some time to tend our garden.
May 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
To our Black Queer Visionaries Summit applicants: the ACLU of Alabama and The Knights and Orchids Society are taking some time to tend our garden.
It is with profound sadness that The Knights and Orchids Society (TKO) announces the tragic loss of our cherished staff member, Kaitoria "Kai" Bankz, who was taken far too soon in a senseless act of violence.
April 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It is with profound sadness that The Knights and Orchids Society (TKO) announces the tragic loss of our cherished staff member, Kaitoria "Kai" Bankz, who was taken far too soon in a senseless act of violence.
“UNIQUE! That’s what you are.”
This lyric plays in the mind of Kaitoria Bankz when she needs a little dose of motivation. Luckily for her, though, self-love and the desire to encourage love among others is usually all the motivation she needs.
This lyric plays in the mind of Kaitoria Bankz when she needs a little dose of motivation. Luckily for her, though, self-love and the desire to encourage love among others is usually all the motivation she needs.
March 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“UNIQUE! That’s what you are.”
This lyric plays in the mind of Kaitoria Bankz when she needs a little dose of motivation. Luckily for her, though, self-love and the desire to encourage love among others is usually all the motivation she needs.
This lyric plays in the mind of Kaitoria Bankz when she needs a little dose of motivation. Luckily for her, though, self-love and the desire to encourage love among others is usually all the motivation she needs.
Today, on National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities in the fight against HIV. Ending the epidemic means uplifting all voices, honoring culture, and ensuring equitable access to care. 💛🖤❤️
March 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today, on National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities in the fight against HIV. Ending the epidemic means uplifting all voices, honoring culture, and ensuring equitable access to care. 💛🖤❤️
It’s live! We are pleased to be featured in NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group’s new report, “Roots Revealed: Spotlighting rural grassroots models of work that are critical to a multiracial democratic future.”
March 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s live! We are pleased to be featured in NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group’s new report, “Roots Revealed: Spotlighting rural grassroots models of work that are critical to a multiracial democratic future.”
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We are so excited to announce our first speaker: Joshua Baker, LMSW, Youth Program Coordinator with @tkoalabama.bsky.social!
The Knights & Orchids Society builds the power of TQBLG+ Black people across the South by providing a spectrum of health and wellness services.
Link in our bio to register!
The Knights & Orchids Society builds the power of TQBLG+ Black people across the South by providing a spectrum of health and wellness services.
Link in our bio to register!
March 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are so excited to announce our first speaker: Joshua Baker, LMSW, Youth Program Coordinator with @tkoalabama.bsky.social!
The Knights & Orchids Society builds the power of TQBLG+ Black people across the South by providing a spectrum of health and wellness services.
Link in our bio to register!
The Knights & Orchids Society builds the power of TQBLG+ Black people across the South by providing a spectrum of health and wellness services.
Link in our bio to register!
Thanks to our guest speaker Jabari Harris, and all who came out to TKO’s launch of G.E.N.T.S. this past Sunday! We’re excited to see the journey of this men’s group designed for creating connections, networking, peer support, social gatherings and much more. #lgbtqia
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thanks to our guest speaker Jabari Harris, and all who came out to TKO’s launch of G.E.N.T.S. this past Sunday! We’re excited to see the journey of this men’s group designed for creating connections, networking, peer support, social gatherings and much more. #lgbtqia
On this last day of Black History Month, TKO is celebrating our own place in Black trans and queer history. Thanks for your support that has helped us grow over the last 13 years!
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
On this last day of Black History Month, TKO is celebrating our own place in Black trans and queer history. Thanks for your support that has helped us grow over the last 13 years!
“We are on the front lines, responding to crises in real time while also working to dismantle the systemic barriers that create those crises.” TC Caldwell (they/them) Executive Director of TKO Society www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
The Queer Organizations Protecting and Supporting Trans People
As more than 500 anti-trans bills circulate in the U.S., grassroots orgs are helping weather the storm and curb the harm.
www.yesmagazine.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“We are on the front lines, responding to crises in real time while also working to dismantle the systemic barriers that create those crises.” TC Caldwell (they/them) Executive Director of TKO Society www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
COMING SOON…
DIVA 2 DIVA was created to dismantle harmful stigmas and stereotypes against femme presenting and transfeminine individuals through storytelling, centering healthy living, and giving back to the community.
DIVA 2 DIVA was created to dismantle harmful stigmas and stereotypes against femme presenting and transfeminine individuals through storytelling, centering healthy living, and giving back to the community.
February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
COMING SOON…
DIVA 2 DIVA was created to dismantle harmful stigmas and stereotypes against femme presenting and transfeminine individuals through storytelling, centering healthy living, and giving back to the community.
DIVA 2 DIVA was created to dismantle harmful stigmas and stereotypes against femme presenting and transfeminine individuals through storytelling, centering healthy living, and giving back to the community.
“Folks think we’re strange but they’ll catch up.” | Sylvester James, 1947-1988
🪩 Before RuPaul, before Big Freedia — Sylvester was serving gender-expansive disco greatness. His fearless self-expression helped lay the blueprint for liberation in music for non-binary artists. 🪩 #BlackIsTheBlueprint
🪩 Before RuPaul, before Big Freedia — Sylvester was serving gender-expansive disco greatness. His fearless self-expression helped lay the blueprint for liberation in music for non-binary artists. 🪩 #BlackIsTheBlueprint
February 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Folks think we’re strange but they’ll catch up.” | Sylvester James, 1947-1988
🪩 Before RuPaul, before Big Freedia — Sylvester was serving gender-expansive disco greatness. His fearless self-expression helped lay the blueprint for liberation in music for non-binary artists. 🪩 #BlackIsTheBlueprint
🪩 Before RuPaul, before Big Freedia — Sylvester was serving gender-expansive disco greatness. His fearless self-expression helped lay the blueprint for liberation in music for non-binary artists. 🪩 #BlackIsTheBlueprint
TKO LIFELINE: SUSTAINING CARE, EMPOWERING COMMUNITY
As systemic actions continue to threaten our funding, we are reminded of the collective work & responsibility that leads us through the work every day. When we see each other as each other’s, it is easy to stand in the gap where systems fail us.
As systemic actions continue to threaten our funding, we are reminded of the collective work & responsibility that leads us through the work every day. When we see each other as each other’s, it is easy to stand in the gap where systems fail us.
February 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
TKO LIFELINE: SUSTAINING CARE, EMPOWERING COMMUNITY
As systemic actions continue to threaten our funding, we are reminded of the collective work & responsibility that leads us through the work every day. When we see each other as each other’s, it is easy to stand in the gap where systems fail us.
As systemic actions continue to threaten our funding, we are reminded of the collective work & responsibility that leads us through the work every day. When we see each other as each other’s, it is easy to stand in the gap where systems fail us.
Thanks to TU Safe Space at Tuskegee University for a wonderful experience at their #nationalblackhivaidsawarenessday event, where 12 students received free testing. We are learning from these powerful young people and empowering our communities with resources to live their full lives!
February 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks to TU Safe Space at Tuskegee University for a wonderful experience at their #nationalblackhivaidsawarenessday event, where 12 students received free testing. We are learning from these powerful young people and empowering our communities with resources to live their full lives!
“Your humanity is important. Your existence is important. And more than that, you deserve to damn be here.” TKO Executive Director TC Caldwell
February 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Your humanity is important. Your existence is important. And more than that, you deserve to damn be here.” TKO Executive Director TC Caldwell
Attacks against diversity and equity won't stop us from celebrating our history! And this Black History Month, we are celebrating Black queer visionaries who shaped our history and culture.
February 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Attacks against diversity and equity won't stop us from celebrating our history! And this Black History Month, we are celebrating Black queer visionaries who shaped our history and culture.
So proud to be in community with ACLU of Alabama to make this happen! “It’s Black History Month– and we’re so excited to kick it off with the launch of our 2025 Black Queer Visionaries Summit (BQVS) in partnership with the Knights and Orchids Society!”
February 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So proud to be in community with ACLU of Alabama to make this happen! “It’s Black History Month– and we’re so excited to kick it off with the launch of our 2025 Black Queer Visionaries Summit (BQVS) in partnership with the Knights and Orchids Society!”
This year we will be celebrating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with Tuskegee University’s TU Safe Space crew. TKO will provide free testing onsite.
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This year we will be celebrating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with Tuskegee University’s TU Safe Space crew. TKO will provide free testing onsite.
No matter what is happening in this world, @tkoalabama.bsky.social is still out here working 🏳️⚧️. Check out some highlights from our January newsletter: www.tkosociety.org/monthly-news... #lgbtqia #transled
LET'S TALK TKO! | Jan 2025 Newsletter | New Year. No Fear — TKO Society
After a little time off for the winter holidays, TKO Society is back in action and ready to face a new year of expanding our reach, leading our movement, empowering our people, and welcoming moments o...
www.tkosociety.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
No matter what is happening in this world, @tkoalabama.bsky.social is still out here working 🏳️⚧️. Check out some highlights from our January newsletter: www.tkosociety.org/monthly-news... #lgbtqia #transled