As a frequent traveler and black American who’s painfully aware of the many police-involved deaths of black drivers, I now have “The Talk” with my white and non-black minority friends before getting into their cars.
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What Texas Can Do to Change Its Maternal Health Crisis
New research published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that my home state of Texas’ maternal mortality rate doubled between 2010 and 2012.
Everything That’s Wrong with ‘Anything’
This weekend, it was revealed that Matt Bomer, a cisgender actor best known for roles in ‘Magic Mike’ and ‘American Horror Story,’ will be playing a transgender sex worker in the upcoming film ‘Anything,’ based on a play by Timothy McNeil.
Beyonce, Black Motherhood, and the VMAs
The presence of these women on a national stage helps challenge the racist myth of careless Black mothers.
Black Trans Liberation Tuesday Must Become an Annual Observance
This week marks one year since Black transgender activists in the United States organized Black Trans Liberation Tuesday.
Naming Black Women and Girls and the Violence Against Them
When people who are not Black women and femmes continue to ignore this type of violence, they are perpetuating the notion that Black women and femmes’ safety, wellbeing, and existence isn’t valued.
Milwaukee Officials: Black Youth, Single Mothers Are Not Responsible for Systemic Failings—You Are
Milwaukee has multiple problems: poverty, a school system that throws out Black children at high rates. But there’s another challenge.
Filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos Centers Abortion Stories in New Documentary
The film arrives at a time when personal stories are center stage in the national conversation about abortion, including in the most recent Supreme Court decision, and rightly so.
Why Doesn’t the Trans Community Have a Proper Dating App Yet?
For many cisgender people, it truly is easier to date, hook up, and otherwise couple than ever. But for those who are trans or gender nonconforming, dating online is much trickier.
The “Today Show” Hair Fail and Anti-Blackness in the Beauty Industry
Last week on the Today Show, a nightmare for naturalistas everywhere became a reality for Malyia McNaughton.