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BIPOC Women and LGBTQIA+ rights

• How the fight against police brutality helped ignite the LGBTQ-Rights Movement
  
  “I had a brief moment before I spoke where I was looking out over the crowd, and I never imagined seeing that many people gathering specifically for Black transgender people.”
  - Raquel Willis, Activist and writer
   
• Life through the lens of the Black trans woman
  
  “We stand together as the Black community, except when it comes to the injustice being done to Black LGBTQIA+ folks. [...] As a Black trans woman, I find myself playing third fiddle to a multitude of issues seen as more important than my own.”
  - Hope Giselle, Activist, author, and artist

The History of Pride

• Pride and Stonewall - Learn about the history of Stonewall and the black trans activists who made it happen.
   
• Pride Beyond Borders - Did you know Seattle has one of the nation's longest running Pride events in the country?

Stories from and about the LGBTQIA+ community

• A Trans Model Fleeing the ‘Trap of Respectability’ - Philippina model Geena Rocero shares her experience living and working as a trans beauty queen and model.
   
• The Trans Joy Missing From Media Coverage and Legislation - Gender euphoria and joy in the face of anti-trans legislation.
   
• Gender diversity before colonization: Muxes and Mexico - Learn about Muxes, a long recognized group often referred to as a third gender within the indigenous Zapotec people of Mexico.
   
• Finding our Joy: Trans Day of Visibility 2023 - A celebration of trans joy in article and video format, featuring voices from the community for Trans Day of Visibility 2023.
   
• COVID’s invisible toll on Seattle’s trans community - See how COVID-19 disproportionately affected the queer community in Seattle and beyond.

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