Results for: be the change
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Kourtney Yochum Becomes the 7th Trans Person Murdered This Year, We Find Ourselves Asking the Same Old Questions
Seven trans people have been killed this year, six trans people of color. That’s two every month, and we’re not even done with March yet.
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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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Trans Activist Diana Sacayán Found Dead In Her Buenos Aires Home
Kroger will cover gender affirming surgeries for trans employees, mainstream media and informal polls don’t agree on who won the Democratic debate, the New York Attorney General launched an investigation on the dude who jacked up the price of an AIDS drug and more news.
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Robber With a Record Charged With Murdering Trans Woman Keisha Jenkins
An arrest in the murder of Kiesha Jenkins, Planned Parenthood announces they’ll no longer accept payments for their fetal tissue donation program, investigators say killing of Tamir Rice was “reasonable,” Bernie Sanders updates views on gun violence and more news stories.
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Talking with Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham About Everyday Activism and Why Empathy is Everything
I had heard about Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham’s close relationship, and how it was informing some incredible work together, so I sought them out to find out more — over the course of our afternoon together in NYC, our conversation covered everything from the damages of biological essentialism to the radical power of empathy to how important it is to feel sexy sometimes.
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VIDEO: Laverne Cox Speaks On The Revolutionary Act Of Loving Trans Women At Creating Change 2014
“I’ve always been like, ‘Love myself? How the heck am I supposed to do that?’ I believe, now, I’m starting to understand a little bit of what it means.”
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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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Honolulu PD Sued Over Cop Who Saved The Day By Arresting Lesbians For Kissing
A lesbian couple from LA says they were arrested for kissing in public when they visited Hawaii on vacation and are now filing a lawsuit, Paul Ryan will be our next Speaker of the House, Tara Hudson is being sent to a men’s prison, Cleveland is outraged about how the investigation into Tamir Rice’s death is being handled and more.
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Audre Lorde Project Hosts Vigil and Flashmob To “Free Our Sisters, Free Ourselves”
“To be clear, we are not here to change the system. We are here to SHUT IT DOWN.”
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Daily Fix: New South Wales Education Minister Nixes High School Showing of “Gayby Baby” and More News
Kids in New South Wales won’t see Gayby Baby at school for Wear It Purple Day, Donald Trump kicks Jorge Ramos out of his press conference, women vote in Saudi Arabia, Walmart no longer selling assault weapons, and more.
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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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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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GBT Pods Won’t Keep Trans and Queer People in Immigration Detention Safe
Jennicet Gutiérrez, Rita, Karolina and Joselyn tell us what real support for undocumented trans women looks like.
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Daily Fix: London Chanel, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Philly and Other News Stories
The way the media reported on the deadly Waco shootout, a trans woman was stabbed in Philly, there’s new restrictions on military style equipment for the local police and more news stories!
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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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Daily Fix: It’s Been 30 Years Since the MOVE Bombing and Other News Stories
Stories on the status of incarcerated trans women, Palestinian statehood, Jeb Bush, blood donation guidelines, crisis pregnancy centers being glitter-bombed, and more!
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Daily Fix: Baltimore’s State of Emergency and Other News
Gov. Larry Hogan activates the National Guard after calling a state of emergency in Baltimore, Nicoll Hernández-Polanco has been granted asylum, a Nashville landlord refused to rent to a lesbian couple, and more news!
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After 16-Year Struggle, New York State Medicaid Will Finally Cover Trans Healthcare
“Trans people of color and low income trans people have been struggling and organizing all along, because this is a life or death issue.”
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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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Already Three Black Trans Women Have Been Brutally Murdered in 2015
Say their names: Lamia Beard. Ty Underwood. Goddess Edwards. May they rest in power.