LGBTQ

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important…

Another day, another instance of the legal system plainly disregarding the rights of transgender people. A trans…

Man, who would’ve thought barring an entire group of people from joining the U.S. military would have lasting,…

It remains one of the most striking demonstrations from a year defined by protest: tens of thousands of people…

The year 2020 has been tragic for myriad reasons—and a terrifying one for the transgender and non-gender-conforming…

On Monday, a 29-year-old Black trans woman was fatally shot in Philadelphia, and city officials have called the…

It’s unfortunate that in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary, Essence has also been implicated in a rising…

TV and film writer (and former contributor to The Root) Felicia Pride has an array of stories bubbling inside of…

If you happened to venture to Google this morning, no doubt you caught a glimpse of an American hero—one who is…

Two transgender women, one of them a Black Army veteran and lung cancer survivor, have filed suit against the Trump…

Barack Obama will be delivering a special message to the LGBTQ community at Pride Live’s special Stonewall Day…

More than 15,000 people, all wearing white, came together in front of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on Sunday…

When black people and our allies take to the streets tonight in protest—as we have on previous nights past and as we…

It’s Pride Month and Da Brat is celebrating the LGBTQIA commemoration for the first time this year, after having…

In the week that has passed since Tony McDade’s killing at the hands of a Tallahassee police officer, everything and…

Black trans people have long stood at the intersection of racist violence and gender violence. In the last month, Nin…

As tributes poured in last weekend for Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old unarmed black man whose Feb. 23 killing made…

The last four years have shown the Trump administration to be little more than an engine of hate. Just about every…

In the weeks since NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed that his daughter Zaya identifies as transgender, the 12-year-old…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Growing up, I didn’t see myself represented in the media.