Transgender

Creating A Safe Haven for Black Trans Youth In Baltimore

June 21, 2021 Lawrence Burney, Okay Player. Create! Baltimore, Transgender, Violence, Youth

In late May, a crowd descended on Central Baltimore’s 6,000 square foot Ynot Lot for a day of free food and entertainment. Local artists like the contagiously candid Lor Choc, the sharp-rapping Fmb Foreign, and decorated Baltimore Club DJ Scottie B took the lot’s stage. Onlookers danced in their respective circles, many holding cloudy, ice cold bottles of water to contend with the sweltering sun. Others occupied shady spots to permanently plop down in. Just outside the Ynot were mobile stations providing confidential STI/HIV testing, as well as COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer. By all accounts, the star that day wasn’t the artists onstage, but the person who facilitated the event: Iya Dammons, founder of Baltimore Safe Haven (BSH), whose leadership was clear from the outset.

Five Action Items To Stop Anti-Trans Bills

February 20, 2021 Chase Strangio, Medium. Organize! State legislature, Transgender, Transgender Rights

Over the past six years, state legislatures have made it a priority to attack transgender youth. This year, we are witnessing a record number of bills proposed in states across the country with many moving quickly through the legislative process. Most of the bills propose doing two main things: (1) bar trans women and girls from women’s athletics; and (2) criminalize (or otherwise ban) gender-affirming health care for trans youth. The underlying goal of these efforts is to entrench in law restrictions on self-determination for all youth and ultimately to prevent people from being trans at all. They are animated through a well-funded and developed infrastructure that weaponizes misinformation about transness to capitalize on people’s fears of gender variance.

LGBTQ Pride At 50

June 27, 2020 Jeff McMillan, AP News. Organize! COVID-19, LGBTQ, Pride, Racism, Transgender

Scranton, PA - LGBTQ Pride is turning 50 this year a little short on its signature fanfare, after the coronavirus pandemic drove it to the internet and after calls for racial equality sparked by the killing of George Floyd further overtook it. Activists and organizers are using the intersection of holiday and history in the making — including the Supreme Court’s decision giving LGBT people workplace protections — to uplift the people of color already among them and by making Black Lives Matter the centerpiece of Global Pride events Saturday. “Pride was born of protest,” said Cathy Renna, communications director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, seeing analogies in the pandemic and in common threads of the Black and LGBTQ rights movements.

DC Transgender Community Fighting For Equality 50 Years After Stonewall

July 1, 2019 By John Zangas, Dcmediagroup.us Strategize! History, LGBTQ Rights, Stonewall Riot, Transgender, Washington DC

Washington, DC – Members of the transgender community led a rally on Friday afternoon at Freedom Plaza, marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising on Christopher Street in New York City. About a dozen transgender organizers and activists delivered a petition to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office and the City Council, demanding passage of the Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019. The rally was led by advocacy group No Justice No Pride, HIPS (Sex Workers Advocates Coalition)...

Trans Rights Are Human Rights

May 30, 2019 Sindi-Leigh McBride, Towardfreedom.org Create! Sexism, Transgender

President Trump’s controversial transgender military policy just came into effect, coinciding, somewhat ironically, with a Russian court ruling in favor of a transgender woman who claimed she was fired because of her gender identity. As often happens, historic firsts like this get my mental cogs turning in a stock-take of my general knowledge on a topic, in this case, the T in LGBQT. This is of course a broad church, rich in both dogma and doctrine about everything from gendered brains to structural sexism, not the kind of terrain to tread flippantly through.

Cher, Chelsea Manning Back UK Gamer As Session For Trans Charity Goes Viral

January 23, 2019 By Rachel Savage, The Thomson Reuters Foundation Create! Charity, Transgender

London - U.S. singer Cher, transgender army whistleblower Chelsea Manning and U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have backed a British YouTuber who played a video game for 58 hours to show support for a British transgender children's charity. Hbomberguy, whose real name is Harry Brewis, began his fund-raising gaming marathon on Friday by playing "Donkey Kong 64" on the livestreaming platform Twitch following public criticism of the British charity Mermaids and it quickly went global. Critics of Mermaids have accused the charity of campaigning for children to be given prohibited sex-change treatment without evidence it was safe for them.

Trump’s Latest Attack On Transgender People & Women

October 24, 2018 Eleanor Goldfield, Artkillingapathy.com Educate! LGBTQ, Repression, Transgender, Trump Administration

The recent news about the Trump administration’s attack on trans and non-binary rights (aka human rights) astonishingly claims a scientific foundation for their religious fascistic hatred and stupidity. It’d be hilarious if it weren’t so horrifically twisted to condemn more than a million people simply because you can’t imagine a world where someone makes their own choices about their own body, mind and identity. Meanwhile, invoking science to promote this agenda not only rings frighteningly in key with such anti-scientific drivel as eugenics, it boggles the mind that an administration so hostile towards the science of climate change, economics, medicine, education and more is now suddenly interested in using science as an ally.

Trump’s Reported Proposal To Redefine Gender, Eliminate Trans Rights Prompts Mass Protests

October 23, 2018 Ryan Grenoble, Huffingtonpost.com Resist! Gender, Protests, Repression, Sexism, Transgender, Trump Administration

“We will be here long after this administration is in the trash heap,” the NCTE’s Mara Keisling pledged Monday. Hundreds of protesters gathered in New York City’s Washington Square Park on Sunday night, angrily reacting to reports that the Trump administration is considering a narrower legal definition of gender. The move would be tantamount to the government’s declaring there’s no such thing as “transgender” and would effectively exclude transgender and nonbinary people from basic civil rights protections currently guaranteed by federal law. Understandably, LGBTQ advocacy groups like the National Center for Transgender Equality, Lambda Legal and GLAAD responded with force.

Student Organizers Win Transgender Equality Battle In Maryland

October 12, 2017 Tod Perry, www.education.good.is Create! Maryland, Student Activism, Transgender

By Tod Perry for Good Education - The group’s efforts led the school board to vote 5 to 1 to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that fit with their identity. They can also participate in sports that align with their gender identity as well. Children who are uncomfortable with the new policy are provided with non-stigmatizing alternatives such as privacy curtains or changes to their locker room schedules. “I see it as one of the most comprehensive transgender student policies in the country,” Jabari Lyles, executive director of GLSEN Maryland, a group that advocates for LGBTQ students, told The Washington Post. The policy took effect over summer vacation is already facing a legal challenge. A lawsuit was filed in August on behalf of the mother of a 15-year-old student who feels the policy makes her unsafe and that she’s humiliated to undress in front of the “opposite sex.” The suit was filed by Dan Cox, a Republican candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. To show support for their transgender classmates, students have started a social media campaign #IAmFrederick.

Saturday: March For Black Women

September 29, 2017 Monica Busch, www.bustle.com Create! Economic Justice, Racism, Transgender, Women's Rights

By Monica Busch for Bustle. At the center of the March for Racial Justice, a civil rights demonstration that will take place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Sept. 30, is the March For Black Women. In an age of increased political activism, countless marches, protests, other various demonstrations have swept across the United States. This Saturday's marches are particularly unique in that two marches are happening at the same time. With all the action going on in one place, it's important to understand what the March For Black Women actually is. First of all, it's slated to take place on an important historical date.

Swift Backlash Meets President’s Tweet Declaring Ban On Transgender Military Service

July 28, 2017 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Ban, Donald Trump, Military, Transgender

By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Washington, DC– A tweet issued by President Trump Wednesday morning appeared to rescind a Department of Defense policy which allows transgender men and women to serve openly in the U.S. Armed Forces. Activists were quick to react and staged a protest outside the White House within hours. “I am shocked, angry and feel betrayed,” said Kara Zajak, a U.S. Navy Submariner, who identified as a transgender woman. “We had all this going through, it was passed, we had the [military] instructions and we were following them,” she said. Trump’s tweet caught the Pentagon flat-footed, and its website showed the policy was still in effect as of Thursday. The president apparently did not directly order military leaders to change policy in any documented form. According to a letter seen by Reuters, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the military that no changes would be implemented until a presidential directive. In June 2016, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced implementation of the policy paving the way for transgender people to serve in the military.

Stand With Me

February 27, 2017 Gavin Grimm, www.medium.com Resist! Transgender, Transinclusive

By Gavin Grimm for Medium - If you had asked me when I was first starting how I imagined my high school experience would go, never in a million years would I have guessed it would go like this. When I reintroduced myself to my classmates as Gavin at the beginning of my sophomore year, not much had changed. I was the same as I was the year before -- short, messy hair and exclusively male clothing. The only differences were my name, pronouns, and comfort. I was infinitely happier presenting myself authentically. My teachers and classmates respected my identity and called me “he” and “him” when they were talking about me. And, after checking with the principal to make sure it was okay, I started using the boys’ restroom like every other guy in school. Everything was normal. And for a couple of months, nobody seemed to mind.

To Trans Youth: “We Stand Ready To Protect You, Even If Washington Won’t”

February 25, 2017 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Transgender, Transinclusive, Trump Administration

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - After the Trump administration on Wednesday revoked Title IX protections for transgender students, allies and legal organizations are vowing to protect the rights of students and transgender youth who are now increasingly vulnerable to bullying and discrimination. An estimated 200 people rallied outside the White House Wednesday evening after it was announced that the Obama-era joint guidance directing the Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) to "treat a student's gender identity as the student's sex for purposes of enforcing Title IX" had been rescinded. Addressing the crowd, Gavin Grimm, a transgender teen whose lawsuit against the Gloucester County, Virginia school board will be heard by the Supreme Court in March, said: "I've faced my share of adversaries in rural Virginia, but I never imagined that my government would be one of them."

Happy 29th Birthday, Chelsea Manning

December 17, 2016 Chase Strangio, www.medium.com" Resist! Barack Obama, Chelsea Manning, Pardons, Transgender, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

By Chase Strangio for Medium. Our greatest wish for Chelsea Manning on her birthday and every day is that she is pardoned and released from prison. Join us in wishing her a happy birthday by urging President Obama to pardon her. Chelsea has shown herself to be an amazing person who sees injustice and works to change it. In her time since her arrest she has evolved and grown. Now she has become a leading voice for the trans movement. There is so much progress in that area and some of the credit for ameliorating discrimination against trans people goes to Chelsea who has stood up for her rights, and by doing so, the rights of others, under very difficult circumstances. We are confident that Chelsea will continue to evolve and grow; and continue to show leadership in her coming years. Happy birthday to Chelsea.

Strict Photo ID Laws Threaten Transgender Voting Rights

October 17, 2016 Sue Sturgis, www.facingsouth.org Organize! Transgender, Voting Rights

By Sue Sturgis for Facing South - In the upcoming election, number of states that will have in place strict voter ID laws requiring citizens to present government-issued photo ID at the polls: 8* Of those eight strict ID states, number in the South: 5. Number of transgender citizens whose voting rights are at risk because of those laws, with students, people of color and those with low incomes and disabilities likely overrepresented: over 34,000

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