Jun 28, 20202 min readYoung, Resilient, and Powerful: A Glimpse Into Ashton Mota’s StoryWho Is Ashton Mota? Ashton Mota is from Lowell, Massachusetts, and at 13 years old, Mota came out as trans to his mother Carmen. This...
Jun 25, 20202 min readFree CeCe: The Story of Cece McDonaldCece McDonald was at odds with her body by the age of eight, always being in awe of the women in her family. As the oldest of seven...
Jun 24, 20202 min readZahara Green: Raising the Bar and TRANScending BarriersToday in America, Trans women of color are disproportionately incarcerated. While in prison, they are more likely to be assaulted and...
Jun 23, 20202 min readPauli Murray v. Jane Crow: A Fight for Women's RightsPauli Murray was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, women’s rights activist, and Episcopal priest. In 1977, the first year women...
Jun 22, 20201 min readWhite House, Rainbow Advisor: Keith Boykin's Activism in the Clinton Presidency and BeyondKeith Boykin is an American broadcast journalist, author, and political commentator. He served as the editor of The Daily Voice, he...
Jun 21, 20202 min readAndrea Jenkins: Navigating the Intersection of LGBT politics and Racial Injustice“That’s where I live, at the intersection of L.G.B.T. politics and racial injustice. It’s front and center of my everyday.” Andrea...
Jun 19, 20203 min readProud and Picketing: Ernestine Eckstein's ActivismErnestine Eckstein was a highly influential lesbian of color who was active in the fight for LGBT rights pre-Stonewall. She was seen in a...
Jun 18, 20202 min readAlvin Ailey: A Legacy of DanceHis Early Life Alvin Ailey was a dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. Ailey was born January 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas. Born in...
Jun 17, 20203 min readThe Story of James BaldwinJames Arthur Baldwin was born August 2, 1924 in Harlem. He spent his teenage years in his stepfather’s Pentecostal church, working as a...
Jun 16, 20203 min readGladys Bentley: ‘The Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs’Gladys Bentley was born in 1907 in Philly to her Trinidadian immigrant mother and Black American father. She was the youngest of four...
Jun 12, 20202 min readDrag Queen President: Joan Jett Blakk In 1991, Blakk had enough of politicians not doing enough for AIDS victims and ran for mayor of Chicago.
Jun 8, 20201 min readDirty Computer: Janelle Monáe's Dedication to LGBTQ YouthJanelle Monáe, born Janelle Monáe Robinson, is from Kansas City, Kansas, and was born December 1, 1985. Monáe is a singer, songwriter,...
Jun 5, 20203 min readPhill Wilson: From AIDS to ActivistPhill Wilson was born in Chicago, IL in 1956 on April 22. Phill came out as gay in 1980.
Jun 3, 20203 min readPoems, Prose, and Activism: The Story of Audre LordeAs a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde dedicated her life to combating racism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, and class
Jun 2, 20203 min readSocial Change: Bayard Rustin's Fight for Our RightsBayard Rustin was a civil rights activist, a gay rights activist, an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, and a humanitarian.
Jun 1, 20203 min readThe Guardian of Lesbians in The Village: The Stormé DeLarverie StoryStormé DeLarverie was a prominent figure and early leader in the LGBT rights movement. He is the Guardian of Lesbians in the Village.
