Transgender

Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice

The 15th annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice, organized by TransJustice and the Audre Lorde Project,…

July 4, 2019

At Stonewall, many histories converged to fight back, 1969: Lavender & Red 71

Originally published Aug. 24, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg’s series of articles on the connections between LGBTQ2S+…

June 27, 2019

Queens, N.Y. Pride

During Queens Pride, Workers World Party members joined in the #TGNCSilentWalk commemorating the lives of Dana Martin, Ashanti Carmon, Claire…

June 6, 2019

Women’s marches hit all forms of bigotry

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in 89 cities around the world on Jan. 19 in conjunction with the third…

January 22, 2019

Bigots’ attempts to shut down Drag Queen Storytime fall flat in Michigan

In December 2017, the Detroit suburb of Huntington Woods became the first community in Michigan to have a Drag Queen…

January 2, 2019

Historic justice for a trans Filipina: ‘Call Her Ganda’

Jennifer Laude, known as “Ganda,” was a Filipina trans woman and sex worker in Olongapo, a port city for U.S.…

October 18, 2018

Fighting back against transphobia, racism

Pensacola, Fla. — Three Black trans women in Jacksonville, Fla., have been murdered since February 2018: Celine Walker, Antashâ English…

July 12, 2018

Defending trans lives from violence

Dozens of queer, trans, intersex, two-spirit, nonbinary people and their supporters gathered Feb. 24 at City Hall in North Adams,…

February 27, 2018

Boston cop’s transphobic rant at potential juror subverted justice for Sam Smith

Boston — A struggle is building to win a new trial to free Sam Smith of Roxbury, Mass., a Black…

December 7, 2017

Commentary: Cops, capitalism and the massacre of trans people

Warning: This article contains a graphic depiction of a shooting death of a transgender person. In the continuous war on…

September 23, 2017