Don Lemon & His Book About Racism
“This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism” by Don Lemon … His Experiences As a Minority Several Times c.2021, Little,…
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Boston Pride Must Let PoC Lead, Many Say
Boston Pride’s Apology Results in Backlash Again; Pride 4 the People, Community Leaders and Others talk about People of Color and Why The Statement Released…
Boston Pride Board Resignation Sought, New Org. Says
Boston Pride 4 the People Forms; Composed of 21 Committee Chairs, co-chairs & volunteers Who Resigned After Ongoing Allegations Of Racism And Transphobia From The…
Racism, Black Lives Matter & Police Abuse
In this Creep of the Week, during Pride month, Witkowski talks Black Lives Matter, Racism, Stonewall, Colin Kaepernick, and more By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT—…
Boston’s Transgender Resistance Vigil
Boston’s Transgender Resistance Will Hold Vigil/March This Saturday DORCHESTER, Mass.—As the world reflects on the 50th Anniversary of Pride, it is a somber moment for members…
Fighting For Justice While Battling The Privilege Paradox
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It was 107 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix when my flight landed at its airport on the afternoon of Friday, August…
Queer & Trans PoC Elevate Concerns Of Systemic Racism At Boston Pride Parade
BOSTON—Queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) disrupted the Boston Pride parade today under the name No Justice No Pride Boston to elevate concerns of…
A Perspective: The Needs of LGBTQ Elders and Elders of Color in the 21st Century
LGBTQ Elders and LGBTQ Elders of Color face particular challenges. New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor and Nicole…
Women’s March Organizers Respond To Allegations Of Racism, Transphobia
By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— The January 20th nationwide Women’s March has seen some attendees leveling accusations of transphobia and racism at organizers of local demonstrations across the country. Boston’s march this year took place…
Building an Inclusive LGBTQ Justice Movement: From Visibility to Accessibility
By: JP Delgado Galdamez/TRT Guest Columnist— Alex* is a writer, identifies as transgender, is disabled** and was recently forced to do their therapy appointments over…
In 2018, Let’s Choose Not to Be Victims, but Fighters against evil, KKK
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It was 1968, and the six of them lived in a small house in southeastern Virginia. Tom, 31, and Elizabeth,…
Neo-Nazis, the KKK, and White Supremacists Are Coming After All of Us
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I wasn’t surprised when the KKK, white nationalists, and white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of…
Trump’s Decision to End DACA Could Put 75K LGBT Young People’s Lives At Risk, Reactions
“This administration just turned the lives of tens of thousands of our community members upside down” WASHINGTON—With the stroke of a pen filled with cruelty,…
Oklahoma Gay Man’s Home Burned to Ground, History of Racism & Homophobic Attacks
OKLAHOMA CITY—This week, Randy Gamel-Medler, an Oklahoma gay man, filed a federal equal protection lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of…
Boston Pride Under Fire as Accusations of Transphobia, Racism, Censorship Loom
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter & Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— On Saturday, June 10, at the corner of Fairfield and Boylston streets in Boston, more than…
The Trump Effect: Emboldening Prejudice, the Social Construct of Hate
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— An inscribed swastika on a school’s bathroom wall, another in a dugout accompanied with the words “make America white again,” fake deportation forms handed to school students, and the “N” word spray painted outside of buildings…
Ask a Trans Woman: After the Election, Importance of Strangers Protecting Strangers
After the Election Results, What We Can do for One Another By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— A few months ago, I wrote a column about being…
FRENZY! Reveals Provocative Insight into Gay Men of Color, IPV/A, Bullying, Mental Illness
Gay novel portrays the turbulent life of two gay men of color; Currently available at all online retailers WASHINGTON—He is as it again—this time in a FRENZY! Award-winning…
Boston City Council Hears Testimony About Needs of LGBTQ Youth of Color
In response to a report by The Fenway Institute released late last year finding that more than 15 percent of Boston’s LGBTQ youth of color…
Orlando Shooting Highlights Disparities, Oppression in Latinx Community
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Sixty-five days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center upgraded the status of…
LGBT People of Color Face Rampant Discrimination, Bias and Abuse in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
As the nation focuses on disparities in policing and criminal justice, a new report spotlights how our broken system adversely impacts LGBT people of color. …
Following Orlando Tragedy: LGBTQ Latinx Organizations & Allies Reaffirm Resolve to End Violence Against Marginalized Communities
Dozens of LGBTQ Latinx organizations unite in solidarity to end LGBTQ racism, discrimination, homophobia against people of color and other marginalized communities. A coalition of LGBTQ…
Op-Ed: The Urgency of Now; Why We Continue to Invest in LGBT Organizations of Color
By: Eli Vivas & Kendra Graves*/Special to TRT— In 2009, Quincey J. Roberts and Corey Yarbrough decided to be the change they wished to see in LGBT…