Results for: dead to me
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Sasha Wall Is the 8th Trans Woman Murdered in the US in 2018
The 29-year-old Black trans woman was shot and killed in South Carolina.
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.
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On The Upside, Texas’s Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill is Dead, So
During a never-ending cycle of negative news on our feeds, a failed discriminatory anti-trans bill is definitely something to celebrate.
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28-Year-Old Josie Berrios Is the 13th Trans Person of Color Killed in the U.S. This Year
Berrios was one of the original and most beloved performers at Ithaca’s House of Merlot, a drag performance troupe that founded the Ithaca College Drag show for the Trevor Project in 2012 and has been raising funds for LGBTQ youth ever since.Â
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Black Trans Woman Jazz Alford Killed in Alabama, the 22nd Trans Person Killed This Year
Jazz Alford is the 22nd trans person to be killed this year, the man who shot a teen lesbian couple in South Texas is charged with capital murder, Polish women shut down an abortion ban, and more news.
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News Fix: Trans Delegates and #BlackLivesMatter Organizers Push for Progress at the DNC
More history made at the DNC, the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, voter ID laws, new data on gay-straight alliances and more.
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Canada Moves Forward to Ban Transgender Discrimination
Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau backs an important bill that would ban trans discrimination, immigration and LGBT activists are on a hunger strike to protest the detention of trans women, a UK court rejects an Indian lesbian couple’s request to stay in the country, LGBT activists in Lebanon stage a rare protest and more news.
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Conservatives Are Out of Control with Rampant Anti-Trans Legislation
There’s more anti-trans legislation this year like never before a new report says, what happened with Hillary and Bernie in Nevada, a Yelp employee was fired after penning an open letter to her CEO about her unlivable wages, anti-gay protestors showed up at the Arizona high school where two teen girls died in a murder-suicide, and more news!
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With the Passing of HB 2, North Carolina Signs Hate into Law
“What’s so scary about HB 2 is that it doesn’t seem discriminatory when first read, but the contradictions are all over it. It says that North Carolinians have the right not to be discriminated against, but then makes the basis of that protection “biological sex”, immediately endangering anyone who isn’t cisgender. This is terrifying.”
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EEOC Scores in Trans Woman’s Discrimination Lawsuit, Makes Future Brighter
A Minnesota trans woman wins her discrimination suit under Title VII, more than 10 counties in Alabama are refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, Sarah Palin’s in the news again, there’s a hold up with Daniel Holtzclaw’s sentencing trial and more news!
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Historic Federal Ruling Allows Lesbian Basketball Players To Sue Pepperdine University for Discrimination
A federal judge ruled a lesbian couple can move forward with their lawsuit against Pepperdine University for discrimination, a grand jury in Texas decided not to indict anyone in connection with the death of Sandra Bland but the case isn’t closed yet, Ty Underwood’s murderer was sentenced to life in prison and more news.
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Office of Civil Rights Backs Trans Rights as Houston Guts Them
The federal government confirms that a trans student’s right to use the correct bathroom is guaranteed by Title IX, Daniel Holtzclaw’s jury will be all white, ex-boxer Yusaf Mack is bisexual and more.
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News Fix: Sandra Bland’s Death is Being Thoroughly Investigated Says Prosecutor and More News Stories
A NYPD officer is being investigated for assaulting a black queer woman, Black Lives Matter protestors take over the Netroots Nation conference, Rachel Dolezal still stands by her views of herself and more news stories!
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Amnesty International’s Policy Calling for Decriminalization of Sex Work is a Move in the Right Direction
Amnesty International’s Board has put together a draft policy on sex work that could lift up and protect some of the most vulnerable and marginalized folks around the world – and feminists and human rights advocates alike could learn a lot from it. The only problem is that they’re too busy speaking over the sex workers and researchers who emphatically support the proposal to really do so.
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Immigrant Trans Women Can Now Be Detained in Women’s Facilities, But the Fight Isn’t Over Yet
U.S. Immigration officials announced they’ll allow detainees to be housed in facilities that match their gender identity. While this announcement sounds good, many think it will have minimal effect on the lives of actual trans detainees.
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Daily Fix: Mansur Ball-Bey Killed by St. Louis PD on Anniversary of Kajieme Powell’s Death and More News
Another death of a young black man at the hands of police in St Louis, the first ever openly trans White House staffer, why marriage licenses still aren’t being issued in a county in Kentucky after the Supreme Court decision, an attempt to ban LGBT-friendly children’s books in Venice, and more.
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Pay Us Some Mind: On the “Tragic” Humanity of Black Trans Women
“The queer and trans community can’t continue to strip us of our racial oppression, just like the black community can’t solely blame our deaths on our gender identities. We’re targeted for both.”
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Remembering Us When We’re Gone, Ignoring Us While We’re Here: Trans Women Deserve More
As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.
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The New Yorker’s Skewed History of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism Ignores Actual Trans Women
Michelle Goldberg’s coverage of radical feminists’ attack on trans woman is disturbingly one-sided.