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Mutual aid programme for black trans people raises over $1 mil

Rachel Badham February 11, 2021

Black trans-led mutual aid initiative, For the Gworls, recently announced that it has raised and redistributed over $1 mil in the past year and a half.

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General News

Black trans woman killed in Louisiana

Rachel Badham February 10, 2021

Fifty Bandz, a 21-year-old black trans woman, was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, making her the fifth known trans person to have been murdered in the US this year.

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Study finds black LGBTQ+ community face health barriers

Rachel Badham January 25, 2021

A new report from The Williams Institute has found black, LGBTQ+ identifying adults face higher rates of health disparities compared to their non-LGBTQ+ black peers

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General News

Harvey Milk’s opposition to police brutality played role in his assassination

Rachel Badham November 30, 2020

Many commemorated American politician and LGBTQ+ activist, Harvey Milk, on Friday November 27, which marked 42 years his assassination by political opponent, Dan White.

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Philadelphia man arrested for killing trans woman in June

Rachel Badham November 13, 2020

Akhenaton Jones, a 36-year-old male, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a transgender woman in Philadelphia last June.

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Black trans woman killed in Louisiana

Rachel Badham October 13, 2020

Brooklyn DeShuna Smith, 20, is the 32nd known transgender person to have been killed in the US this year after she was found dead last Wednesday in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Arts

‘No Place for Hate’ – new poem from Andreena Leeanne for National Hate Crime Awareness Week

Graham Robson October 10, 2020

Organisers of #NationalHCAW announce they have commissioned a new poem by Andreena Leeanne, No Place for Hate, for National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which takes place from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17.

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Arts

Trans women on Teen Vogue cover

Rachel Badham September 14, 2020

Two transgender models, Jari Jones (29) and Munroe Bergdorf (32), both featured on their own cover of the September issue of Teen Vogue.

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