Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a legendary transgender activist, was known for many things in her community. As a caretaker, she was known for getting Black trans women off the street and housed when they faced poverty and violence. As a fierce advocate for trans rights, she was known for demanding that LGBTQ+ people focus on protecting […]
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‘Project 2025’ and the Movement That Could Erode Black Equality
Reporting from Axios this month revealed that one of the main goals of a second Trump administration would be to redirect the federal government’s focus to what the former president and his supporters believe is the problem afflicting our country: “anti-white racism.” In particular, they would seek to erode 1960s-era policies that have nourished economic […]
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Whistleblowing While Black: How Truth-Telling Changes the Careers of Black Women in Tech
This article was copublished with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics, and policy. Sign up for The 19th’s newsletter here. The night of Jan. 5, 2021, Anika Collier Navaroli slept poorly. She had an uneasy feeling about what might happen in Washington, D.C., the next day. Back then, Navaroli was a senior policy official at […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ celebrates Black queer joy. O’Shae Sibley’s killer tried to strip that away.
Originally published by The 19th, your trusted source for contextualizing LGBTQ+ news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Since its release last year, Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” has been celebrated as a love letter to Black queer dance culture.For an hour and two minutes, the album offers listeners a chance at freedom of expression, a brief respite […]
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How an Anti-Drag Bill Is Creating Fear Among Some Black LGBTQ Tennesseans
Alexia Noelle Paris has been a drag artist for six years, performing nearly every weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives, or in California. For her, drag isn’t merely a form of entertainment — it’s an outlet. “I’ve always appreciated drag, even though initially I didn’t think that it was something for me,” Paris said. […]
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Meet the Trailblazing Black LGBTQ Official at ‘Ground Zero’ for Climate Justice
In 1969, a state-mandated consent decree desegregated the school system in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Forty years later, continuing conflict over that desegregation effort in the city — evenly split between Black and white residents — inspired a young Davante Lewis’ first foray into public service. His high school was strapped for cash and required much-needed […]
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How Black Women Fought for Brittney Griner’s Release
As news of WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia broke in early March, Black lesbians, queer women and athletes took the lead in steering advocacy efforts for her release. There were rallies and virtual prayer vigils. There were hashtags and petitions. There were meetings in the nation’s capital and letters to President Joe Biden. […]