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have been victims of fatal violence in 2021, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Transgender people of color, particularly Black women, have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic when it comes to housing and employment. Awareness of these patterns of violence against the community was core to the message of a demonstration in Oakland organized by the advocacy and resource group Trans YOUniting on Sunday. “Folks are being displaced, going hungry, being attacked,” said Dena Stanley, activist and executive director of Trans YOUniting. “So today, we’re going to talk about it.” Katie Blackley A member of the transgender community raises his fist during a demonstration through Oakland on Sunday, May 2, 2021. ....
TransGriot Just Won âOutstanding Blogâ at the GLAAD Media Awards Dee Dee Watters accepted the award on behalf of Houstonian and transgender activist Monica Roberts, who died last fall. By Catherine Wendlandt 4/7/2021 at 2:31pm Trailblazing transgender activist Monica Roberts was honored during the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards today when the late journalistâs blog, TransGriot was awarded âOutstanding Blog,â beating out Joe.My.God., The Reckoning, Gays With Kids, and Pittsburg Lesbian Correspondents. Roberts, who died at age 58 in October 2020, founded her influential blog back in 2006. Since then, TransGriot has provided a voice to trans people of color, tracking unnoticed deaths in the transgender community, promoting LGBTQ rights, and setting an example for how to report names and genders properly. ....
CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Pittsburgh blogger Sue Kerr In December 2005, Sue Kerr became one of the most well-known lesbians in Pittsburgh when she launched a blog that began documenting the city s LGBTQ community. Fifteen years later, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Pittsburgh City Council have proclaimed Tue., Dec. 29 “Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents Day” in honor of the blog’s momentous anniversary. “The Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents blog is the longest running LGBTQ blog in Pennsylvania, shattering the average two-to-three year life span of most blogs,” reads the proclamation, sponsored by councilor Bruce Kraus, the first openly gay person to be elected to Pittsburgh s city council. ....