black trans women
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'We Have a Right to Walk in the Park': Laverne Cox Recalls Recent Transphobic Attack
Laverne Cox (Bad Hair, Promising Young Woman) recently shared details of a transphobic attack that occurred while she and her friend were walking at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Content Warning: The following article contains an account that includes transphobic language and anti-trans violence. “We were just attacked in Griffith Park. We are fine. Be…
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Black Transgender Woman Sues Georgia Department of Corrections for Failure to Protect Her From Abuse, Provide Proper Treatment
Another day, another instance of the legal system plainly disregarding the rights of transgender people. A trans woman has sued the Georgia Department of Corrections for the second time, alleging that correctional officers have failed to protect her from abuse. According to CBS News, the suit, filed by the Center of Constitutional Rights and the…
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Activists Center the Grief, Joy and Humanity of the Black Trans Community
It remains one of the most striking demonstrations from a year defined by protest: tens of thousands of people dressed in white t-shirts, wearing white face masks and white head wraps, from all backgrounds, all marching the streets in defense of Black trans lives. The summer march in Brooklyn, N.Y. was one of the largest,…
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The Category Is: Alive. Pyer Moss Partners With the Marsha P. Johnson Institute for Transgender Day of Remembrance
The year 2020 has been tragic for myriad reasons—and a terrifying one for the transgender and non-gender-conforming community, which has lost 37 lives to violence this year, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender women. It is a staggering statistic rightfully called “an epidemic of violence” by USA Today; according to the Human Rights…
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Raquel Willis Pays Homage to Black Transgender Ancestors and Urges Us All to Elevate the Work of Current Black Queer and Trans Trailblazers
“We would not be where we are culturally and socially, as a whole Black community, without the contributions of Black trans folks of yesteryear.” — Raquel Willis, Director of Communications for the Ms. Foundation for Women, 2020 The Root 100 Honoree text Raquel Willis is proud to sit “in such amazing company” alongside the members…
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TransGriot Blogger and Advocate Monica Roberts, 'a Pioneer and an Essential North Star' Has Died
A pioneering advocate for the trans community who was instrumental in changing the way much of the media regards and reports on trans lives has died. Houston-based journalist-activist Monica Roberts, founder of the TransGriot blog and host of the TransGriot with Monica Roberts YouTube series, “was called home to glory on Monday,” according to a…
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Angelica Ross Embodies the Power of Transformation for October's Self Magazine
The concept of a “makeover” gets new meaning this October, as Pose and American Horror Story star (and member of the 2019 and 2020 classes of The Root 100) Angelica Ross gives Self magazine the ultimate “before and after,” buzzing and bleaching her hair during their October cover shoot. Followers of the actress/entrepreneur/advocate got a…
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GQ's September Issue Features the 'Godmother of the Movement,' Trans Activist Ceyenne Doroshow
There was a time in the not-too-distant past that seeing women in GQ was simply a signifier of who cis-hetero, mostly white men had deemed the “sexiest women alive.” It was a ranking that proved problematic—particularly when it occasionally zeroed in on race and age—and unsurprisingly, has seemed to fade away in recent years (at…
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'Trust, Consistency, and Accountability' : Darnell Moore, David Johns, and Steven Pargett Discuss Black Liberation, Movement Work, and Love at The Root Institute
“We say ‘protect Black women,’ but what does that look like in action?” —Steven Pargett, Creative Director, Black Men Build text We’ve used the hashtag. We’ve bought the T-shirts. We’ve read the think pieces. But how can we, as a society and Black community, actually unconditionally support, respect and protect all Black women? This is…
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Darnell Moore, David Johns and Steven Pargett Examine Black Men, Allyship and the State of Our Communities at The Root Institute
Words matter. And very rarely have I had the pleasure of listening to four people speak with such intentionality and care about supporting all Black people, how racialized and gendered trauma manifests itself, and more. For The Root Institute’s social impact week, Blackbird’s Senior Communications Director Chelsea Fuller is joined in conversation with author and…