Author: Melinda Butterfield

[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] https://www.facebook.com/transyouthmarch/videos/6939894852737108 [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”]   [/su_column][/su_row] Talk given by Melinda Butterfield at the Oct. 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth in Orlando, Florida. Butterfield is a member of Women […]

Thousands of people flooded the streets of lower Manhattan on Pride Sunday, June 25, for the fifth annual Queer Liberation March. This year’s theme was “Trans and Queer, Forever Here,” in defiance of the more […]

 Returning from 12 days in Cuba in mid-May, I spent an uncomfortably long six-hour layover at the Miami airport, waiting for my connecting flight to New York. It wasn’t uncomfortable just because of the […]

“New York is a union town, the queers are here to shut you down!”  The chant rang out loud and strong through Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood on June 1, the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride […]

Hundreds of transgender people, other members of the LGBTQ+ community, loved ones, and supporters took to the streets on June 3 for the annual Baltimore Trans Pride March. Despite the grave threats to trans people’s […]

 Conga, the traditional music and dance ensemble of Cuban carnival, with its pounding percussion, colorful costumes, and swirling dance, is beloved throughout the Caribbean and around the world.  A very special Conga took place […]

 Havana — May Day in Cuba. Nothing quite like it – even if it takes place a little later than expected.  Havana is renowned for its huge, colorful, and powerful marches every May 1, […]