Kanautica Zayre-Brown is a woman. Kanautica Zayre-Brown was convicted of a crime. Kanautica Zayre-Brown ought to be…
We’ve started 2019 by continuing to fail black trans women.
She didn’t take home the crown, but Spain’s Angela Ponce made history this year as the first openly transgender…

By all outward appearances, 2018 was a year of incredible progress for trans people. Of the triumphs: Christine…
He was my dude, my nigga, my friend. The details of that night are mine to keep, a privacy I allow myself, even as I…
Another transgender woman was killed this month, this time in Jacksonville, Fla., making it the second trans killing…

Because of Jay-Z, this New Year’s Eve, I found myself thinking about families and feuding.
This week, one lucky Rihanna fan got an impromptu lesson in tokenism—from the star herself—after they suggested that…

Woman is the nigger of the world. —John Lennon
Nigerian writer and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been a favorite of mine since I first saw her “We Should…
Spelman College will be convening a task force to provide recommendations on whether it will be accepting…