Search Results: site/trans women of color (21)

[…] Peppermint.   One of our nominees, Sue Kerr of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents has been reporting on the epidemic of deadly violence against the trans comunity, in partiuclar trans women of color, since 2013. She credits Monica’s trailblazing efforts as one of her motivations to continue after nearly a decade of creating this content. “There was […]

[…] (men who have sex with men), it is not overwhelmingly so.”  Porter adds, “if you’re leaving out the entire bottom, which is an intersection of everyone, every identity, women, sex workers, people who use drugs, people who are of color, Black and Latino, to prioritize LGBTQ, which tends to be white—that is not how you […]

[…] of color and transgender people are disproportionally targeted. NCAVP reported that 91% of all LGBTQ homicide victims were Black, and 64% of homicide victims were Black transgender women. In June 2019, the American Medical Association adopted a policy “to help bring national attention to the epidemic of violence against the transgender community, especially the […]

[…] community at this time?”  The “More Than a Number” report also includes in-depth case studies that breaks down the media coverage of the homicides of three transgender women who were killed in 2017, Stephanie Montez (Robstown, TX), Ally Lee Steinfeld (Cabool, MO), and Jaylow Mcglory (Alexandria, LA), exposing what went wrong during the initial […]

[…] independent film and independent filmmakers, and a number of initiatives implemented by the Sundance Institute (including programs like the Press Inclusion Initiative, Trans Possibilities Intensive, Ignite, and Women at Sundance) incubate the talent of filmmakers, journalists, and professionals that come from underrepresented and marginalized communities.  This year’s programming slate included a number of films, […]

[…] this precedent continues or if the Court is used to roll back hard-fought rights. How will you ensure that the Supreme Court protects the most vulnerable, including women, people of color, immigrants and LGBTQ people? Why has the Trump administration prioritized discrimination against LGBTQ families and people? How might a potential Biden administration address these […]

[…] potlighted a multitude of LGBTQ issues including homophobia and gay marriage time and time again. Winfrey was nominated at the first GLAAD Media Awards in 1990 for The Women of Brewster Place, a TV mini-series that she executive produced and starred in. The Oprah Winfrey Show received 15 nominations in GLAAD’s “Outstanding Talk Show Episode” category and […]

[…] and 4% identify as non-binary. U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION Passing (Director and Screenwriter: Rebecca Hall, Producers: Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Margot Hand, Rebecca Hall) — Two African-American women who can “pass” as white choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York in an exploration of racial and gender […]