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Call to action: Trans Day of Remembrance 2023
Trans Day of Remembrance 2023: MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING! The Coalition to Protect Trans Lives calls on trans and queer people and our allies to come out in force for […]
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Capitalists behind anti-trans social media barrage
On Nov. 2, a hate group called PragerU spent what is reported to be a million dollars to promote anti-trans lies on the social media site “X” (formerly Twitter), owned by right-wing billionaire Elon […]
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Queers say NO to GENOCIDE
On Oct. 24, the LA queer community (3 dozens of us anyways) showed up at Rep. Gomez’s office to let it be known that queers stand firmly against the genocide of more than 2 million […]
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Louisiana protest: ‘AG Landry, you’re a crook! Kids deserve to read gay books!’
Sept. 15, Lafayette, Louisiana – This writer joined over 30 protesters against corrupt far-right gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry. We gathered outside KLFY studios where the second gubernatorial debate was happening; Landry skipped the first […]
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Notes on creeping fear
“In a Facebook post, the owner of Studio 8 Hair Lab said that anyone who identifies as anything other than a man, or a woman needs to get serviced at a local pet groomer.” The […]
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The revolutionary spirit of Minnie Bruce Pratt
Minnie Bruce Pratt died July 2, 2023, in Syracuse, N.Y. See minniebrucepratt.net It was a cool sunny morning at a La Jolla Shores outdoor café where I first met Minnie Bruce Pratt. Maybe I should […]
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New York: Queer Liberation March defends trans lives
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 […]
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Boston rejects Zionist pinkwashing
June, 21 2023 We are writing as queer, trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, Palestinian, Arab, Black, Indigenous, white, Latinx, and Jewish people living in the Boston area on occupied Massachusett, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Wabanaki lands. We […]
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Defiance and joy at Baltimore Trans Pride March
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 […]
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March for LGBTQ youth at Louisiana Capitol
Baton Rouge, LA – On May 27, almost 300 people gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol to protest the attacks on LGBTQ rights. The demonstrators then marched to Governor John Bel Edwards’ mansion and listened […]