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The media has been zealously covering the brutal, unfathomable murder of biracial trans man Sam Nordquist in upstate New York this month. Sam was a 24 year old young adult who trusted the wrong person and paid a horrific price. His death is a travesty and there are lessons to be learned. But Sam is […]
GLAD Law has published a summary of the anti-LGBTQ executive orders. I highly recommend you visit their site for solid information grounded in facts and common sense. They also tell what’s to be done about them. Below I list the framing GLAD uses for each Executive Order followed by the language the White House chose. […]
On December 1, 2024, the body of Ra’Lasia Wright was discovered in Minneapolis. She was just 24 years old. Nearly a month later, police have not identified suspects or released information about the case. To date, media coverage has been limited mostly to local media outlets. Even the national LGBTQ media has failed to acknowledge […]
Cam’s death is the 40th reported in 2024 as of December 25. In a horrifying end of the year turn, violence has claimed another trans teen’s life. Cam Thompson, a Black transgender 18-year-old girl, was shot and killed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 16, 2024. Cam died after being shot in the 600 block of […]
Ra’Lasia Wright was 24 years old when her body was discovered in the years between two houses in a Minneapolis, Minnesota neighborhood on December 1, 2024. Ra’Lasia is sometimes styled Ralasia and sometimes Ralai. Ra’Lasia was a Black Latina trans woman of Puerto Rican descent. The Crime A ping from Ra’Llasia’s iPhone alerted friends and […]
Wednesday, November 20, 20224 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, has been observed annually from its inception on November 20 to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. The day was founded to draw attention to the continued violence directed toward transgender people. Here are the posts […]
Her name was Skyler Gilmore. The Crime On June 24, 2021, a 25 year old Black trans woman was murdered in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The two men responsible were found guilty of murder and related charges. One is in custody, the other on the run. With all those charges, he was released on bond during […]
After the brutal murder of 14-year-old trans girl Pauly Likens in Mercer County this summer, I was struggling mightily with how to move forward with my work. The story of how this interview came to be is convoluted, but I put on my blogger hat and asked Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health for […]
A 48-year-old Black trans person died under suspicious circumstances in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Their name was San Coleman. A critically injured San was found by police officers dispatched to a reported injured person on the Trail Creek Trail, which is located behind the University of Georgia’s Chicopee Complex. They were transported […]
The Researchers Investigating Missing, Murdered, Unclaimed, and Unidentified Trans and Queer Neighbors Around the World I want the kids in Pennsylvania that are mourning their friends and classmates to know that their loved one’s story is being seen by other kids in Oklahoma, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, Paris. I think it’s comforting to know that someone’s […]
