As transgender and nonbinary leaders of prominent advocacy, grassroots, national, regional, legal, and leadership development organizations across the United States, we are troubled by Human Rights Campaign’s announcement of its new “trans-centered” framework, which we first learned about on Out.com. Trans people, and primarily BLACK trans leaders and trans leaders of color, have been leading the work for trans liberation since long before HRC existed. As new HRC president Alphonso David acknowledged to Out, our work in recent decades has more often been opposed and undermined by HRC rather than supported.
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BLACK History is Still Being Made by These L.A. Creatives- Follow Them Now!
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The media shouldn’t need a Black History Month to acknowledge and celebrate Black talent (same goes for Latin people...
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An Ohio native is leading a national effort to protect and defend the human rights of Black trans people
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At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema
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On Trans Day of Remembrance, some advocates are honoring lives lost to more than homicide
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TDOR was formed to honor lives lost to murder. But everyday discrimination leads to transgender deaths that should be...
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Feminist Talks: In conversation with Elle Moxley
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On Transgender Day of Visibility 2023, Existing Is a Revolutionary Act
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The Vital Connection: BIPOC-Led Narrative Change and Pluralist Democracy
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Why These Queer Artists Are Honoring LGBTQ+ People Unseen in History
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