by The Combahee River Collective This powerful statement was written by the Combahee River Collective which was a revolutionary Black lesbian feminist organization active in Boston in the 1970s. It is a piercing, radical, and very timely statement. We post it here on Love and Rage so we […]
As the Supreme Court considers rolling back protections against LGBTQ+ discrimination, working people must continue to demand and defend those rights on the streets and in their workplaces. by Ezra Brain and Olivia Wood – Left Voice At the beginning of the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson—the Black […]
by Blaise Lotier International Transgender Awareness Week, which includes Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), was founded to raise visibility of transgender and gender expansive people, address issues this community faces, and memorialize those who died due to transphobia and violence over the last year. In Our Own Voices – […]
In November, Massachusetts residents will vote in a referendum on trans people’s rights to not be discriminated against in public accommodations. by Signý A. / Left Voice Transgender people’s right to safely use public accommodations in Massachusetts could end this November, if an existing law is not upheld in […]
by Democracy Now! – The States St. Louis, MO – Friends and family held a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening for Kiwi Herring, an African American transgender woman who was killed by a St. Louis police officer. Relatives say the police officer shot Herring earlier on Tuesday while responding […]
by John Broich/The Conversation – Views and Analysis Very recently, Germany’s Cabinet approved a bill that will expunge the convictions of tens of thousands of German men for “homosexual acts” under that country’s anti-gay law known as “Paragraph 175.” That law dates back to 1871, when modern Germany’s first legal […]
Upcoming Events / Press Releases Rev. Eve Stevens and Marc Mario will be hosting a Transgender Support Group on the third Wednesdays of each month at 6 PM in the parlor at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica (10 Higby Road, Utica NY, 13501). Transgender people and their […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino and Stephanie Inserra/Love and Rage UTICA – Just days after the tragic attack against LGBTQIA club-goers in Orlando, community members in Utica planned a candle-light vigil for victims of the attack. Several speakers also shared words with a crowd of over a hundred who showed […]
by Days Massolo Staff/Press Release Spring 2016 Calendar – January Monday January 18 Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration and Dinner 5:00 PM – Tolles Pavilion A&B (COOP and Dean of Students collaboration) Annual MLK Dinner with lecture and special guest Jennicet Gutierrez, trans-liberator activist who interrupted President Obama’s LGBTQ […]
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