Trans Inclusive Group Celebrates Transgender Day Of Visibility March 29
March 31 is National Transgender Day of Visibility. Mark your calendar for a special event honoring Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, March 29 hosted by Trans Inclusive Group. It begins with a march that will start at Justin Flippen Park in Wilton Manors at 6 PM and end at the Pride Center.
Here’s Why Queer Women Say Women’s History Month Matters
For lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and non-binary people, marginalization comes from many sides. Hundred years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, a critical but critically incomplete victory for equality at the ballot box, we know that there remains much work to be done to ensure that all of our votes and voices are being counted.
Religion And Radical Faith Continue To Attack LBTQ+ Women And It’s Getting Worse
A Pew Research Center poll found that the majority of Orthodox Christians in the Eastern European and former USSR states surveyed believe that homosexuality “should not be accepted by society.” Many
Racial Justice Are Key Issues LBTQ+ Women Face In Their Communities
a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, LGBTQ people of color are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to say they’ve been discriminated against because they are LGBTQ+ in applying for jobs and interacting with police.
Are GAY-borhoods Designed To Exclude Women? WeHo, Boystown, Wilton Manors Are You Listening?
A BBC study confirms that the number of gay men featured on television is much higher than the number of gay women. This is partly due to the strong patriarchic undercurrents that have shaped women’s lives. Lesbians have remained largely invisible, waiting in the dark. So some of America’s largest “Gay-borhoods” may mean just that. Gay.
For 45 Years Feminist Founded National Center For Lesbian Rights Have Been Advocates For All
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) will celebrate its 46th anniversary in November. NCLR established a path when there was no such path in 1977.
Celebrating Women’s History Means Recognizing Trans Women Of Color Are On An Extinction List
The Human Rights Campaign has recorded nearly 300 cases of fatal violence against trans people since 2013 in the U.S., 84% of whom were people of color. In 2021 alone, 57 trans people were killed, and over half were Black trans women.
Here Are The Big Issues That Will Uniquely Face LBTQ+ Women In 2023
LGBTQ+ women are even more marginalized than the men’s GBTQ+ community. There are specific types of violence that target queer women, even when they are closeted. Lesbians are at risk of physical violence, sexual harassment, and arbitrary arrest by police.
