Black trans woman Kita Bee killed in hit-and-run in Kansas City
She is being remembered as “very bold in her personality,” and her death has traumatized the local LGBTQ+ community.
MAY 13, 2024
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Man Accused of Robbing Two Men, Killing One He Met on Dating App
Diabolique Paris Johnson is charged with victimizing two men from Detroit.
MARCH 4, 2021
A Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT Americans
The Center for American Progress found unjustice at every turn for LGBT people, from their first brush with the law to life behind bars, and beyond, if they survive.
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Iowa's Novelist-Turned-Activist Is Pushing Her State Forward
Calla Devlin is not playing around when it comes to holding corporations accountable for LGBTQ rights.
JUNE 14, 2019
Congress Honors Trans Politician Andrea Jenkins, Other Black Leaders
The House resolution seeks to recognize the contributions of Black LGBTQ+ people to American history.
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Black Lives Matter Named Grand Marshal of S.F. Pride
The movement is among those that "represent the LGBTQ community's highest ambitions for inclusion, justice, and equality."
MARCH 17, 2016
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Reveals Renamed Org on International Pronouns Day
The nonprofit was previously called Tie the Knot.
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Ottawa Catholic School Could Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Project
Two Ottawa sixth-graders were barred from doing a social justice project on gay rights. The school board is reportedly reconsidering that decision.
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Black Trans Woman Dede Ricks Killed in Detroit; Suspect Arrested
Ricks is the second Detroit trans woman to die by violence within a month.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
One Man Killed, Another Shot in What Police Call Antigay Grindr Setup
A 31-year-old man is dead, another seriously injured, and Demetris Nelson is now in police custody.
JULY 15, 2019
Detroit Man Sentenced to Life in Murders of Two Gay Men, Trans Woman
Devon Robinson had been convicted in March of murdering Alunte Davis, Timothy Blancher, and Paris Cameron at a Detroit house party in 2019.
JULY 1, 2020
S.F. Announces Jail Integration Plan for Trans Women
Trans women, currently housed in a separate unit, will be placed with other female prisoners if they wish to be.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
Op-ed: Why We Shut Down the Castro
As the #BlackLivesMatter movement forges ahead, white LGBT people don't have to sit on the sidelines.
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Activists Rally to Show 'Black Trans* Women's Lives Matter'
Organizers ask: If #BlackLivesMatter, why aren't Black trans women's murders causing national outcry?
SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to
The work these groups do will be critical during a second Trump Administration.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Florida Students Plan Walkout to Protest Education Restrictions This Friday
Students at high school and colleges across Florida will walk out of class to protest the Republican governor’s education policies.
APRIL 14, 2023
We 55 respectfully disagree
In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."
APRIL 11, 2006
Study Finds 24 Percent of Southern LGBTQ People Live in Poverty
Disparities found nationwide in number of poor LGBTQ people compared to their straight, cisgender counterparts.
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Transphobia Is the Official Position of the Trump White House
The exclusion of trans people from the armed forces is an injustice to all trans people, regardless of our relationship with the military.
AUGUST 28, 2017
The NRA Takes Aim at Us
The National Rifle Association's latest ad is tantamount to a declaration of war on people of color and the LGBT community.
JULY 11, 2017