March 31 marks the final day of Women’s History Month and it is also Transgender Day of Visibility. To mark this occasion and further strengthen the voices of the trans community, GLAAD released an open letter signed by over 190 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics, and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls.
The letter, organized by GLAAD and Raquel Willis, comes in response to the ongoing hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and attacks facing trans people, especially trans women, and is clearly a loud statement of solidarity between cisgender women, trans women, and feminist allies for everyone to hear.
“We all must fight against the unnecessary and unethical barriers placed on trans women and girls by lawmakers and those who co-opt the feminist label in the name of division and hatred,” reads the letter. “Our feminism must be unapologetically expansive so that we can leave...
The letter, organized by GLAAD and Raquel Willis, comes in response to the ongoing hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and attacks facing trans people, especially trans women, and is clearly a loud statement of solidarity between cisgender women, trans women, and feminist allies for everyone to hear.
“We all must fight against the unnecessary and unethical barriers placed on trans women and girls by lawmakers and those who co-opt the feminist label in the name of division and hatred,” reads the letter. “Our feminism must be unapologetically expansive so that we can leave...
- 3/31/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox usually has celebratory and fun posts on her Instagram account, but on Saturday, she took to the social media platform to share her sobering account of a transphobic attack she and her friend experienced while at Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
In the video, she admits that she was in shock and was feeling “triggered” after an attack from a man who “aggressively” asked for the time.
Cox, who was masked and had a hoodie on during the walk, didn’t think too much of it until she heard the man ask “Guy or girl?” to her friend to which her friend responded “f*ck off.”
From there, things got physical as she explained that the man started to fight with her friend. Cox was taken aback by the fight and called 9-1-1 but the altercation seemed to have finished as fast as it started.
In the video, she admits that she was in shock and was feeling “triggered” after an attack from a man who “aggressively” asked for the time.
Cox, who was masked and had a hoodie on during the walk, didn’t think too much of it until she heard the man ask “Guy or girl?” to her friend to which her friend responded “f*ck off.”
From there, things got physical as she explained that the man started to fight with her friend. Cox was taken aback by the fight and called 9-1-1 but the altercation seemed to have finished as fast as it started.
- 11/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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