When gender non-conforming Bois like me get punched in the face, it’s always our fault
There’s always something more I should have done.
When liberal orgs tell QTPOC to “bring your full self to work,” it’s a lie. I know because I fell for it.
By recognizing the unwritten rules and expectations for what they are, we can better navigate these spaces or leave them altogether to build our own.
You can’t protect Black children without protecting Black trans children
By Jasmine Banks Imagine someone who has dedicated their life work to calling out the violence of corporal punishment in the Black community. Imagine that they, as a former foster youth, redeems their experiences with child abuse into award-winning writing…
Pondering trans formation as a cis Black man
By Quentin Lucas I once penned a blog entry titled About My Prejudice against the Transgendered. “Transgendered,†by the way, is an offensive term because, I’ve since learned, it turns a descriptive adjective into a constrictive label (“against transgender people 
We are still here: the Backpage shutdown and 4 ways to show up for sex workers.
By xoai pham It's been a week since Backpage's adult section was shut down. Backpage is a website like Craigslist where people post ads for all kinds of products and services, some of which involve sex work. For many sex…
Not Another Trans Murder Story: A Review of dream hampton’s ‘Treasure’
I like to think of myself as a storyteller, but I have never quite figured out how to tell a murder story. 2015 is the deadliest year for transgender women on record, with 22 murdered so far that we know –…
I’m Black And Queer At The Same Time, All The Time.
By Hari Ziyad “When you walk through the door, what does one see?” I have always found this a fascinating question for multiple reasons: first, it assumes people are present in every room to “see” and that those people all…
Not Yet Here: Internal Abolition in a Black Queer Future.
by Darnell L. Moore I could not sleep on August 10th. The previous day, 18-year old Mike Brown, Jr. was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson. I was haunted by the images of Brown’s bloodied black body left face down…
