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[…] groundbreaking figures of the past. This week we are looking at the impact Marsha P. Johnson has had on actress, Jari Jones (@IAMJARIJONES). Jari is a Black Transgender actress, curve model, activist and creative. With her career start in theater, she has graced some of New York’s greatest stages, such as The Public Theater’s […]

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[…] my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating in the Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies in schools. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, discrimination, and prejudice. I believe that ending the silence is […]

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[…] Silas Howard, Cinematographer: Sarah Tricker, Editor: Tom Knight   Gavin Grimm vs. (2016) In this empowering short documentary, high school student Gavin Grimm becomes the face of transgender civil rights while he prepares to take the bathroom bill all the way to the Supreme Court. Director: Nadia Hallgren, Producer: Lauren Cioffi,  Executive Producers: Charlotte […]

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[…] safe place to sleep. President Trump has kept his ban on transgender military service in effect, even after the Supreme Court ruled to expand job protections for transgender people, a ruling the administration is reportedly refusing to enforce. METHODOLOGY: GLAAD’s ‘State of LGBTQ Voters’ poll GLAAD’s findings represent the results of a survey conducted by […]

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[…] me, to vote is the brutal treatment of Latinx people at the border. We must remember the neglect and abuse that our sister Roxsána Hernández Rodriguez, a transgender woman from Honduras who died within an ICE facility, endured. Many Latinxs, such as Roxsána, are just looking for safety in the United States. Many countries […]

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