A trans-led coalition of Chicago-based organizations–headed by the Trans Liberation Collective and including the BTGNC Collective, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Jewish Voice for Peace, Assata’s Daughters and Pilsen Alliance–are shutting […]
On March 3rd, 2017 in Chicago, IL, the Trans Liberation Collective in conjunction with Brave Space Alliance, BTGNC Collective, Black Lives Matter Chicago and the Trans United Fund hosted a historic […]
On September 11, 2016 TT Saffore, a young, Black, trans woman was found murdered in a park on Chicago’s West Side. Today, a coalition of Black, trans and gender-nonconforming community […]
This very short story is written in memory of a youth member of the Chicago queer community we lost in the summer of 2015, and will appear alongside other pieces in the forthcoming zine honoring […]
This lesson is part of a larger vogue studies curriculum, a unit aimed at teaching ballroom scene history to the ballroom scene, other queer people of color, and our allies. […]
A friend of mine recently shared with me that she is thinking about registering with an escort service to make some extra money. We had a long conversation about what […]
Last week I attended a community meeting for queer people of color in the Chicago area. Held in a QPOC-owned cafe on the west side, the gathering was organized by […]
Recently reemerging debates in mainstream media about gay marriage have had me thinking about the state of my own identity in our current political moment. As a queer person of […]
This past Wednesday morning at all school assembly in the gymnasium, my school’s principle reminded the students that we would not be having classes on Friday because of Veterans Day. […]
A friend of mine and I who both identify as femme were chatting the other day about the different ways our identities are understood in our various communities. She, who […]
Radical Faggot 