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Texas authorities are investigating the death of Merci Mack, a Black transgender woman who was found shot to death Tuesday morning. According to the Dallas News, a passerby discovered the woman unconscious at around 6:15 a.m. in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex. Local police say residents allegedly heard gunshots an hour before Mack’s body was found, “but there […]
J.K. Rowling unfollowed Stephen King and deleted her tweet praising him after he declared that “Trans women are women” on Twitter, per Uproxx. On Sunday, Rowling posted a series of tweets addressing the apology from Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle over his remarks in response to her essay where she attempted to clarify her stance on transgender rights. In one of her […]
On Sunday, a massive throng of people gathered in the courtyard of the Brooklyn Museum and its surrounding parkway for a protest in support of Black trans lives, according to NBC News. The rally was one of several similarly minded ones that took place nationwide, but it’s of particular focus here because it appears to […]
Black Trans Lives Matter. Activists and allies are urging the public to prioritize the issue of violent transphobia, particularly against Black women, in the wake of the murders of Riah Milton in Ohio and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells in Philadelphia. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Riah Milton’s murder is believed to be “at least” the 14th violent […]
The Trump administration has scrapped Obama-era healthcare protections for members of the LGBTQ community, according to NPR. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it had finalized a rule that will effectively reverse a policy that prohibited health care providers from discriminating against transgender patients. The original 2016 rule—Section 1557 of Obamacare—expanded protections by […]
“LOL NOW THIS SOME FUNNY SHIT.” 50 Cent wrote on the caption alongside a meme posted on his Instagram account depicting an imaginary conversation between Dwyane Wade and R. Kelly that attempts to poke fun at the NBA great’s 12-year-old transgender daughter Zaya. “Heard you had a daughter now,” Kelly says in a talk bubble on a photo of the […]
Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che is under fire for a joke aimed at Kanye West and Caitlyn Jenner. During the latest installment of the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, Che took on Kanye’s album Jesus Is King. While riffing on the project, the comedian compared West’s new phase of life to Caitlyn Jenner. “I mean, he used to be one […]
Actress Rosario Dawson and her family are being sued by a transgender man who claims they discriminated against him because of his gender and violently assaulted him. Dedrek Finley, a former employee of the Dawson family, filed a suit that alleges the actress and three of her family members violated his civil rights by “discriminating […]
Carissa Pinkston was making big moves in fashion, having modeled for names like Coach, Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurang, Edie Parker, Nike, and Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty; however, the 20-year-old’s career has stalled in recent weeks after she received backlash for a series of transphobic Facebook messages she allegedly wrote back in May. “Being Transgender does NOT make you […]
On January 3rd, Congress ushered in the most diverse assembly of freshman lawmakers in history. During the swearing-in ceremony, the House gallery was filled to the brim with reporters, civilians, and a record number of newly elected female Congresswomen. Alongside famed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest female legislator, the first Somali-American, Palestinian-American and two Native American women were […]
