Melinda Butterfield

Two protesters in front of "Justice for Corey Ruiz" banner speak into megaphones.

Justice for Corey Ruiz: Struggle against police terror continues in Madison

August 10, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

Struggle-La Lucha spoke with Dorothy Brown of the Madison-based Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WiBOPM) about the racist police murder of Corey Ruiz and how the people’s movement there is resisting state repression. Struggle […]

‘Our enemies want to destroy Cuba and they want to destroy queer people’

June 25, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

Based on remarks given by Melinda Butterfield, an organizer with Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, at the event “Why Queer People Should Stand with Cuba Against Trump’s Attacks,” held at the Los Angeles LGBT Center […]

New York: Coordinated protests hit Trump, bosses’ attack on trans youth health care

June 25, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

New York, June 24 – During evening rush hour, the Gender Liberation Movement and ACT UP NY held protests outside three New York City health care monopolies that cut off gender-affirming care to transgender youth […]

Eryka, Juniper, Persia, Murry & Jane Doe: Murder, social murder, and trans genocide

June 3, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

June 1 – Today is the first day of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. A few days ago, I organized a vigil for a neighbor who was murdered. Eryka Caldwell was a Black trans woman, 41 years […]

No NYU Langone sellout of trans youth!

May 19, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

New York, May 16 — About 100 people came out to a press conference and rally at Washington Square Park to demand that New York University Langone Health resist a federal criminal subpoena seeking protected […]

Leslie Feinberg’s legacy for the trans liberation struggle

May 2, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

Talk given in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 25, 2026. Good evening. My name is Melinda, my pronouns are she/her, I’m a proud trans woman, and I am thrilled to be back in my home state […]

Mild in manner, bold in matter: the revolutionary life of Bob McCubbin

April 3, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

The following are opening remarks at the memorial service for Comrade Bob McCubbin, held on March 21, 2026, at the People’s Forum in New York City. Bob McCubbin was a pioneering theorist of LGBTQIA+ liberation, […]

Brooklyn march to free Cilia Flores: Solidarity with Venezuelan women!

March 9, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

On International Women’s Day, March 8, a crowd marched to MDC Brooklyn, a federal detention center in the Sunset Park neighborhood, to demand freedom for Venezuelan First Combatant Cilia Flores and President Nicolás Maduro, as […]

‘Minnesota makes us proud’: 25,000 march against ICE in NYC

February 1, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

New York, Jan. 30 – It’s bitterly cold – the coldest night of the weeklong polar vortex gripping New York City. Despite this, an estimated 25,000 people joined a rally and march to demand that […]

‘When one of us is struck down, a thousand rise’: voices from Minneapolis

January 28, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

Keith Porter. Parady La. Heber Sánchez Domínguez. Victor Manuel Diaz. Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz. Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres. Geraldo Lunas Campos. Renee Nicole Good. Alex Pretti. Some names you know. Others you may not have seen […]