Transgender

Union victory for LGBTQ health workers

In a victory for service workers and the LGBTQ community, Philadelphia’s Mazzoni Center front-line staff voted 51-34 in favor of…

September 22, 2017

‘We must combat violence against trans women’

The following excerpts are from a talk by Cosmia Bohannan-Blumke on “Trans liberation and Mx. Bostick” at a May 20…

June 2, 2017

‘LGBTQ liberation and working class struggle’

We woke up on Nov. 9 to learn that the ultrabigoted, racist and woman-hating Trump was president-elect and that Mike…

November 16, 2016

Philly trans* march draws broad support

Hundreds of people gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza on Oct. 10 for Philadelphia’s fifth annual Trans* March [“trans*” is a…

October 15, 2015

Cleveland activists say Black Trans Lives matter

People gathered Aug. 25 in Cleveland’s Luke Easter Park, a main green space in the African-American community. They were part…

September 4, 2015

Equality Ohio marches in Cleveland

“Equality Ohio,” organizers for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights, had a militant contingent in this year’s Cleveland Pride…

August 13, 2015

‘Trans Uprising’ marks Baltimore’s Gay Pride Weekend with major protest

Baltimore’s Black trans community and allies came together to hold a “Baltimore TransUprising” march and rally on July 24. They…

August 3, 2015

Trans victory in West Virginia

Wheeling, W.Va. -- In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling favoring marriage equality, another triumph was won…

July 16, 2015

Trans immigrant Jennicet Gutiérrez challenges Obama

How should the progressive or the immigrant rights movement respond to the Democratic Party’s policies and actions on immigration? Jennicet…

July 1, 2015

End all forms of transphobia!

New York -- Thousands rallied and marched throughout the Village June 26 for the 11th annual Trans Day of Action…

July 1, 2015