[…] in rural areas, those with low income, and LGBTQIA+ folk. For The Gworls!: For The Gworls! is a Black, trans-led collective that raises money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance.  Transcending Adolescence: Through support, physical recreation, empowerment, advocacy, and reflection, Transcending […]

[…] build community around art and activism. QWOCMAP creates, exhibits, and distributes high-impact new films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color both cisgender & transgender, and nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and transgender people of color of any orientation, and address the vital, intersecting social justice issues that concern our multiple communities. We […]

[…] in the United States 52 years after the Stonewall uprising, personal and corporate allyship is more widespread and visible than ever. Yet LGBTQ+ people—particularly those who are transgender and nonbinary—are being targeted with restrictive legislation and the threat of violence at new levels of intensity. The Human Rights Campaign has named 2021 "the worst […]

[…] themes came up at these events? How do you see funding—and attention— shifting towards these issues? Alex: Two compelling key themes were present at both events: protecting transgender rights and banning conversion therapy. Broadly, transgender justice covers a lot of areas, much like LGBTQ rights. There has been a lot of attention in recent […]

[…] Scorse A Guest Post from Safe Spaces Project, a Tides Project More than 800 community groups and nonprofits in the U.S. provide services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth(1). That’s way more than you thought, right? Every year, they host queer proms, give homeless LGBTQ teens shelter, offer legal advice, and […]

[…] announced its 14th Annual Colin Higgins Youth Courage Award winners who are being recognized for their extraordinary personal leadership and advocacy on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. HIV/AIDS Activist Jacques Agbobly, 16, of Chicago, IL Transgender Rights Leader Ashton Lee, 17, of Manteca, CA Media Advocate Edidiong "Didi" Adiakpan, […]

Transgender

[…] inequities in the real estate industry.     Shelby Chestnut Anti-violence and LGBTQ organizer and advocate Shelby Chestnut (Assiniboine) is the first Native trans executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Shelby has more […]

[…] Department of Labor (DOL) under President Obama’s administration as special assistant and chief of staff in the Office of Disability Employment Policy. He was the first openly transgender person appointed to a U.S. presidential administration, and the first openly transgender person appointed to serve on a Seattle Mayor’s Cabinet. He completed his undergraduate work […]

[…] Department of Labor (DOL) under President Obama’s administration as special assistant and chief of staff in the Office of Disability Employment Policy. He was the first openly transgender person appointed to a U.S. presidential administration, and the first openly transgender person appointed to serve on a Seattle Mayor’s Cabinet. He completed his undergraduate work […]

[…] targeted polling place closures in communities of color, and blatant campaigns of fear and intimidation against immigrant voters. A powerful group of women—including congresswomen and representatives from Transgender Law Center, We Act for Environmental Justice, Service Employees International Union, and KC Tenants—take the stage at a She the People event, mobilizing other women of […]

[…] Courage Awards were established in 2000 to honor ordinary yet exceptional individuals whose courage and activism served to educate and enlighten others about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience. Just as the characters created by Colin Higgins celebrated honesty and integrity in the face of adversity – Harold and Maude connect across […]