The Transgender District was founded by three Black trans women in 2017 — Sa’id, honeymahogany and Janetta Johnson — and focuses on six program initiatives. Read more ⬇️
Melanie Ampon, San Francisco’s first transgender electrology salon owner, does not regret the sleepless nights she endured to open her storefront in Nob Hill. She went into business to provide electrolysis, the FDA-approved permanent hair removal method, because she wants trans people to safely receive the gender-affirming care.
When Ampon opened Hearten Elctrolysis, she joined the ranks of 1.4 million LGBT business owners, according to recent data from from the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. That’s 4% of the 32.5 million companies registered with the United States Small Business Administration. The entrepreneurship accelerator program is funded by the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Invest in Neighborhoods San Francisco and Daylight and Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, with an annual budget of $148,000 that allows it to fund webinars and provide one-on-one coaching, free business tax filing services, website design and seed grants of $10,000 to finance students’ business proposals.
“We really learned to keep our eyes on the prize, to ‘go for it’ despite our doubts,” Rolle said, “to jump in and learn as we go.” Ampon, Simone and Rolle knew Sa’id from her work as a trans rights advocate — a tie that helped them take the leap to apply for the entrepreneurship program. The applicant pool has grown to 100 applicants in its second cohort, Sa’id said.
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