Media personality, actress, and now philanthropist Ts Madison is launching the Ts Madison Starter House, in partnership with Dominque Morgan of Borealis Philanthropy.
Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, held to honor transgender people who have died, and those who have been killed in acts of anti-trans violence.
The organizers of Sunday’s event are pushing to turn the city’s Pride parade into a nonprofit entity with a “diverse board” focused on protecting its “true soul.”
With lawmakers in Texas and several other states mostly in the South advancing legislation that aims to ban trans youth from school activities and gender-affirming medical care, “a genocide on trans identity is underway,” Chicago activists say.
Tatiana LaBelle, also known as “Tee Tee,” was found in a trash can, beaten to death in the Chatham neighborhood on March 18. Her death was ruled a homicide. One day later, transgender activist Elise Malary was found dead along the lakefront in Evanston, a week after she was reported missing.