‘Protect the Dolls’ t-shirt has raised over $600,000 for Trans Lifeline
The now-iconic ‘Protect the Dolls’ shirt has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for a life-saving trans charity. Earlier this year, designer Connor Ives closed out his Autumn/Winter 2025 show at London Fashion Week wearing a shirt emblazoned with the phrase. Commonly used by the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in support of trans women, “dolls” is a term rooted in ballroom culture. Following its debut at LFW, Ives told Gay Times that his career has “been bolstered by the trans community,” hailing them as his “muses, friends and family from…
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