You don’t join POLISH. You help build it.

Become a Founding Member

POLISHed 100 is the founding circle behind POLISH Media: the hundred people who back the newsroom before the world catches up. Your membership funds the reporting, and a share of it goes straight into the hands of the next generation of trans storytellers.

A hundred seats at the table, not the back of the room

  • Your name listed as a founding member of POLISH Media, permanently, recording those who showed up first.

  • Features, investigations, and the POLISHed 100 newsletters land in your inbox before they go wide.

  • Standing invites to POLISHed 100 gatherings: editorial previews, community conversations, and time with our contributors and team.

  • A founding-member keepsake marking your seat in the first hundred, following completion of first year.

A seat with actual weight behind it

POLISHed 100 isn't a mailing list. It's the body the Advisory Board is drawn from. Members shape the values-alignment standards that helps decide who POLISH partners with and what POLISH will and won't run as sponsored content, keeping that line firm as the platform grows.

One year. One hundred seats.

Pay in full

$250

One payment, one seat, one year of founding membership.

Pay in five installments

$50

Same membership, spread across five payments over five months.

How to Join

POLISHed 100 membership is processed through our fiscal sponsor, W.A.V.E. Women Inc.

Join the Circle Today!

  1. Select your amount, either a one-time payment of $250, or split it into five installments of $50.

  2. In the note/comment field, write: "The POLISHed 100 Seat"

A few things people ask

  • Because this isn't about scale; it's about a founding circle small enough to actually know each other. Once the hundred seats are filled, this tier closes.

  • Yes. POLISHed 100 membership is processed as a contribution through our fiscal sponsor, W.A.V.E. Women Inc. Be sure to note "The POLISHed 100 Seat" in the comment field so it's credited to your membership.

  • Not automatically. POLISHed 100 is the pool the Advisory Board is drawn from.

  • Yes! You can cancel at any time.