A huge thank you to our Fall 2024 interns! This passionate and talented group dedicated over 950 hours of service, contributing work valued at more than $30,000 to InReach. Their efforts have been instrumental in advancing InReach’s mission of connecting trans and queer people with safe, independently verified resources. Together, they’ve helped us move closer to a world where every LGBTQ+ person can thrive. 💚🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Here are some of the accomplishments from this semester’s intern teams:

Resource Team Interns (English)

• Vetted 35 organizations to ensure they meet InReach’s rigorous vetting criteria.
• Fully updated 25 organizations using InReach’s new custom data portal, ensuring accurate and up-to-date verified information.
• Submitted new LGBTQ+ affirming organizations, reported engineering bugs, and suggested platform improvements, making significant contributions to InReach’s long-term success.

Translation Interns

• Translated 205,055 words from English into Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and French.
• Proofread 297,680 words in the database (across the same languages), ensuring accuracy and cultural sensitivity in gender-neutral language.
• Translated and proofread ~30,000 words for InReach’s #TransMascFutures Campaign into Spanish and French, keeping the campaign multilingual and inclusive.
• Created glossaries and developed innovative strategies to standardize translations on InReach’s free platform, contributing to an improved user experience.

Graphic Design/Communications Program Interns

• Designed a new infographic showcasing InReach’s impact at a glance.
• Refreshed social media materials, empowering future community partnerships staff/volunteers/interns to promote InReach effectively to new LGBTQ+ businesses and direct service providers.
• Contributed to a catalog of resources designed to connect InReach Young Professionals Board (YPB) Program members with new program advisors.
• Produced new social media graphics to aid in future YPB Program recruitment and promotion.

We are deeply grateful for this cohort’s hard work, creativity, and passion. You’ve left an enduring mark on InReach’s mission, and we can’t wait to see what you accomplish next! 🌟

Thank you for being part of our journey! 🎉