Pride: The Contributions of Trans Women of Color Then and Now

Pride celebrates the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan on June 28, 1969—an event that became a galvanizing force for LGBTQ+ political activism and the Gay Rights Movement. Over 50 years of fighting for liberation and equality, same-sex marriage is constitutionally legal and civil rights laws protect gay and trans people from workplace discrimination. But there is still more work to do, especially for the Black trans community. Pride comes during a time when continued racism and the many deaths of unarmed Black people are tearing through our country—a country where systemic racism has permeated and oppression has been allowed to persist.