The New York police commissioner, James O’Neill, apologized this month for police harassment 50 years ago Friday at the Stonewall Inn, where trans women of color led the resistance that started the national L.G.B.T.Q.-rights movement. But trans women don’t want empty apologies. We want […]
Conventional wisdom goes: The young will lead when it comes to matters of tolerance and acceptance regardless of race, color, creed — or sexual orientation. But according to GLAAD, that conventional wisdom has been turned on its head, and Donald Trump is to blame. […]
In the midst of Pride, the month when we celebrate, acknowledge and continue to resist the myriad oppressions that LGBTQ+ people face, Pose actor Indya Moore was assaulted by a Trump-nut. LGBTQ Nation reports that Moore, a trans woman and activist, got into a dust-up […]
One of the victims, Melania Geymonat, posted a photo on Facebook of herself and her girlfriend, Chris, covered in blood, along with a detailed account of the assault in English and Spanish. The incident happened in the early hours of on May 30 on […]
A spokesperson for Schiappa told CNN the minister is “proud” of the numbers and feels that the legislation will make a long-term difference for French women. Under the law, which bans sexual or sexist comments that are “degrading, humiliating, intimidating, hostile or offensive,” offenders […]
Since the 1980s our prison population has more than quadrupled. Crime, of course, has not quadrupled. It’s been at historic lows. We now lock up 2.2 million people, more than any other country in the world. A disproportionate number are people of color with […]
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