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LGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago
Music

This history-making Black blues singer was just inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame

Big Mama Thornton was a pioneering Black, gender-nonconforming blues musician whose influence on rock and roll led to her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [ more ]
Advocate.com
1 month ago
Design

Visit Casa Susanna, a secret house of trans women in the 1960s

Incredible discovery of hidden gender-nonconforming network in vintage photos
Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968 [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Social justice

Opinion | There Is No Way to Live a Life Without Regret

The ongoing debate over transgender and gender-nonconforming children is causing people to discuss the decisions children are allowed to make and the potential consequences they may face.
Conservatives argue that those who identify as a different gender than their assigned sex are delusional and that biological reality should be followed.
Liberals and progressives believe that certain individuals are born in the wrong bodies and deserve to express their true gender identity. [ more ]
HuffPost
5 months ago
LGBT

At Least 33 Trans People Were Killed In The U.S. In The Past Year, Report Finds

At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S. since last November, according to new data from the Human Rights Campaign.
The number of people killed is likely an 'undercount,' as data on violence against trans and gender-nonconforming people is often incomplete or unreliable.
The majority of victims this year were Black transgender people, with Black trans women accounting for 62% percent of all victims. [ more ]
Advocate.com
5 months ago
LGBT

Trans People Continue to Be Murdered at Extreme Rates as Republicans Continue Pushing Transphobic Laws

Transgender and gender nonconforming people in the U.S. are killed at disproportionate rates compared to cisgender people.
90 percent of those killed were people of color. [ more ]
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