by Cameron Parkins | Feb 28, 2021 | Black History Month
Griffin-Gracy, also known simply as Miss Major is a transgender activist and community leader whose advocacy efforts focus on trans women of color. Miss Major was born in Chicago and came out as a teenager in the late 50s. She participated in Chicago drag balls in her...
by Cameron Parkins | Feb 27, 2021 | Announcements
Stand with Trans applauds the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Equality Act, a landmark federal law that would protect LGBTQ+ Americans in virtually all areas of daily life. The bill would amend existing civil rights laws to explicitly ban LGBTQ+...
by Cameron Parkins | Feb 25, 2021 | Black History Month
Jenkins became the first openly transgender black woman elected to public office in November 2017 when she earned approximately 73 percent of the vote in the race for an open seat in the Minnesota City Council. Another transgender woman, Danica Roem also declared...
by Cameron Parkins | Feb 22, 2021 | Black History Month
Haze is an agender, pansexual, black and Native American rapper and singer who uses they/them pronouns. Haze was born in Detroit, Michigan to a military family. Haze’s father died before their birth and their mother got involved with a religious cult when Haze was...
by Cameron Parkins | Feb 20, 2021 | Black History Month
Allums was the first openly transgender person to play NCAA Division I sports when he played college basketball for the George Washington University women’s team. As a child Allums was a tomboy and would often say that he was a boy despite being born as a biological...
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