Raquel Willis is proud to sit “in such amazing company” alongside the members of her The Root 100 class.

A pioneering advocate for the trans community who was instrumental in changing the way much of the media regards and…

The concept of a “makeover” gets new meaning this October, as Pose and American Horror Story star (and member of the …

There was a time in the not-too-distant past that seeing women in GQ was simply a signifier of who cis-hetero,…

We’ve used the hashtag.

Words matter.

“The things Angelica did: THAT,” said The Root’s Entertainment Writer Tonja Stidhum upon seeing Angelica Ross’ new…

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

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

A man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Nina Pop, a 28-year-old trans woman…

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

“Not today, colonizerChris Cuomo” was basically the reaction of Pose stars Indya Moore and Angelica Ross, along with…

Elizabeth Warren gets it.

Seventeen women accompanied Indya Moore to the stage of the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards last Thursday…

The murderous death toll continues to climb for members of the transgender community with news of the killing of…

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a rabble-rousing, bad-ass warrior woman who is ever liberal with the word “motherfucker,”…

It ought to be common knowledge by now that, without the contributions of black trans women, there would be no gay…

Dallas Police have arrested a man they believe to be responsible for killing three women in Dallas, including…

In the midst of Pride, the month when we celebrate, acknowledge and continue to resist the myriad oppressions that…

A 27-year-old black trans woman, Layleen Polanco, also known as Layleen Xtravaganza, was found dead in her jail cell…