# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO-_cW_AZ7g
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34946143-pinknews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0e091206f3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-24T12:01:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

The viral 'Protect The Dolls' t-shirt has raised over $600k for Trans Lifeline.
The t-shirt, designed by Connor Ives, was announced in February. By April it had raised $70k in preorders.

As of September 2025 the shirt has raised nearly 10 times more than that figure.
Taking to Instagram, designer Ives said: "I have never been more proud of my team, the supporters of this wider movement, and the countless people that bought this tee,"

"This t-shirt has changed my life, and I’m hoping it will in due course change so many others."

Kai Alivar Horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline said: "Since February 26, we have raised and donated over $600,000 so far to Trans Lifeline from the sale of the "Protect the Dolls" t-shirts,"

"This money will be used by Trans Lifeline to fund their lite-saving services, as well as mobilizing funds through micro-grants to trans people all over the United States for the first time since 2023."

#ProtectTheDolls #TransNews #TransAlly #LGBTQNews #ConnorIves

## Stats

- **Views:** 25,151
- **Likes:** 4,807
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- **Comments:** 20

## Tags

connorives, protectthedolls, lgbtqnews, transnews, transally

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