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NASHVILLE, TN – When Ravanna-Michelle Menendez, a transgender activist in Nashville, Tennessee, talks about taking power into her own hands, she means for her community too.  While working at a ride share company Menendez tried to find healthcare. She told me a story about going to New York in 2019 to begin her transition, […]

[…] becoming homeless, preferring to live on the streets. Studies have shown that over 30 percent of youth in foster care are LGBTQ and about 5 percent are transgender. That’s an LGBTQ population about three times higher and a trans population 5 times higher than youth not in foster care. A study for the journal […]

[…] own feelings of confusion and loneliness. It was through social media that Blancaflor discovered his true calling: creating accurate and inclusive resources and hosting digital events for transgender people. He did all of this through his own nonprofit organization United. At the same time, Blancaflor was also an active member of his high school’s […]

[…] to make, LGBTQ Americans LESS safe and LESS prosperous. A few examples as documented in GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Tracker: Trump has promised to defund schools that support transgender students’ safety. Targeting vulnerable students makes them and the entire school community LESS SAFE. Stripping funding makes all communities LESS PROSPEROUS. Trump has pledged a national […]

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[…] equality. On Spirit Day they’re advocating for the end of bullying against LGBTQ youth. Spirit Day is the world’s most visible anti-bullying movement inspiring LGBTQ youth, especially transgender and nonbinary youth, to live their lives in their truth and authenticity. “To go purple on Spirit Day is important for me, because I want to […]

[…] LGBTQ people. LGBTQ people can and do get pregnant and need reproductive health care. Many of the same states with abortion bans also have enacted bans on transgender health care. Trump bragged that he is responsible for overturning Roe: “If it weren’t for me, with Roe v. Wade, you wouldn’t even be talking about […]

[…] 3 of them were (16%) lesbian women, and 2 of them (11%) were bisexual women. No bisexual men were represented across the networks. Additionally, there was 1 straight transgender woman (7%), no transgender men were represented in primetime series. Additionally, one of the LGBTQ characters talked about being of indigenous descent (According to the International Work […]