LGBTQIA2S+ liberation

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

In 26th murder of 2018, Black trans woman activist killed

Kelly Stough, a Black trans activist, was found dead Dec. 7 in the Palmer Park neighborhood of Detroit. A Baptist…

December 17, 2018

Trans rights! Trans liberation!

New York members of the Peoples Power Assemblies participated on Nov. 2 in the Trans Rights Rally organized by young…

November 10, 2018

New Orleans Workers Group defends trans lives

Two hundred people marched through New Orleans’ French Quarter on Oct. 27 to defend trans people. The march was called…

November 3, 2018

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

In North Carolina, Durham Pride brings revolutionary queerness

Durham, N.C. — The struggle for LGBTQ liberation in the South has had its roots in strong resistance to the…

October 7, 2018

India throws out British colonial anti-sodomy law

On Sept. 6, India’s Supreme Court struck down the country’s law criminalizing consensual sex between same-sex partners. The law, known…

September 17, 2018

Pride at Work convention: ‘Proud and Powerful’

Phoenix, Ariz. — Pride at Work, the LGBTQ Constituency Group of the AFL-CIO, held its triennial convention Aug. 23-25 in…

August 29, 2018

Uniting migrant, LGBTQ and HIV struggles

When most people read the phrase “AIDS crisis,” they likely envision a period of the 1980s and early 1990s when…

August 11, 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