11 face charges for protesting transgender treatment at the Allegheny County Jail
A protest late last week by transgender activists calling for reform at the Allegheny County Jail (AJC) resulted in 11 arrests pennlive reports As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, the transgender activists say the jail has been housing transgender women with male inmates, and they accuse the jail of ignoring harassment and rapes of transgender people. The jail’s […]
MN Lobby Day for Trans and Black Lives Matter a Success
MN Lobby Day 2015 was this week at the Minnesota Capitol and this year it was an intersection of LGBTQ issues, racial and economic justice. The introduction of anti-transgender bills in both the Minnesota House and Senate this has put a focus on people who are transgender, transgender youth and bathroom usage. One of the […]
Bay area #SFqueers4BL shut down the 101 in solidarity #BlackLivesMatter
“But at the end of the day we as the oppressed are all under the boot of people in power and that power structure is transphobic, homophobic, racists sexist misogynistic…” DJ Broken Record. LGBT Community Members Shutdown Hwy 101 In San Francisco Protesting Police Violence http://t.co/PfNoaiadmc #sanfrancisco #LGBT #protest — Kaiya Kramer (@thisiskaiya) December 24, […]
