I graduated from San Francisco State University in 2013 and have worked in the nonprofit sector since I was 16. I’m a trans Latina and a bay area native.

When I wrote this piece I was 24 years old. This moment is incredibly important, so please stretch, expand, and challenge those horizons you might have like never before. Additionally, remember the legacy of disabled activists, fat activists, undocumented activists, and more who have brought us to this moment where the divestment and defunding of police for the safety and wellness of everyone is a true possibility. Please consider putting your wallet, bodies, and resources on the line to support Black trans women and Black Lives Matter, because without Black liberation there will be no trans liberation. Raquel Willis, Aria Sa’id, Hope Giselle, Indya Moore, LaLa Zannell, LaSia Wade, Ashley Lourdes Hunter, Janet Mock, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Janetta Johnson, and countless others are doing the important work of ensuring our survival and empowerment every day. Black trans women are leading us at this moment and I hope you all can do everything you can to support them. We have made incredible progress in the respect, love, and support to work towards ending violence against trans women of color and support the survival of trans women of color under an oppressive government and interpersonal hate and violence that continues to this day. Instead, we’re publishing and re-highlighting work by and for Black queer and trans folks speaking to their experiences living under white supremacy and the carceral state, and work calling white people to material action.Īuthor’s Note (06/18/20): Revisiting this 2016 piece feels timely, which is both maddening and depressing. This month, Autostraddle is focusing on content related to this struggle, the fight against white supremacy and the fight for Black lives and Black futures.

We will be celebrating Pride as an uprising. We can’t continue with business as usual. George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, and we stand in unequivocal support of the protests and uprisings that have swept the US since that day, and against the unconscionable violence of the police and US state.

The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinemaįeature photo by Serichai Traipoom from 15,000 Stand Up For Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn, Show Us What Pride Month Should Always Look Like.

LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.

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