With an air of powerful defiance against a world that still devalues Black trans power, Gossett hopes her work will be just one brick in the long road to liberation.
Author: Raquel Willis
Pose is the TV Series Queer and Trans People of Color Deserve
The new FX original series Pose is as “for us, by us” as it gets for trans women of color navigating today’s climate of visibility and awareness.
TransVisionaries: How Trans HIV/AIDS Advocate Cecilia Chung Channeled Her Anger Into Activism
“I had always been an angry child and I always tried to find fault with the real world. I think becoming an activist was just a natural development from that.
TransVisionaries: Dee Dee Chamblee Wants Trans Folks to Know Our Own Power
The activist has advocated for Atlanta’s trans community for over 25 years — and she won’t be letting up any time soon.
TransVisionaries: How Miss Major Helped Spark the Modern Trans Movement
“Miss Major is not your token. You need a token? Well, go to the subway and buy one and get on a fucking bus.”
12 Moments of Black Trans Resistance in 2017
Though many continued to push tragic narratives of our helplessness, we carried on despite the heightened ridiculousness of this political moment.
Remembering Chyna Gibson on #TDOR: Conversation with Tammie Lewis
It’s rare that we hear from the parents of slain Black trans women, especially ones that affirm and respect their identities. Ms. Tammie gives us a glimpse of what the parents of transgender folks should all be like — unconditionally loving and unrelentingly supportive.
Welcome to the Age of Trans Political Power
We are taking matters into our own hands and asserting the political power that we’ve always possessed.
#UsToo: We Must Expand the Conversation on Sexual Violence
There’s a continued obsession with cisgender white women’s purity that places their safety as the crux of these conversations.
White Supremacy and Transmisogyny are Cousins
I don’t get to pick and choose which force is more evil when my life and the lives of my sisters are at risk.