• ELIXHER
• On March 2, 2012

A Look at African-American Trans Trailblazers

Transgender African Americans have been active contributors to history, even though they have often been overlooked. Their presence and contributions are not a recent development, but can be traced back through the centuries. Consider the story of Lucy Hicks Anderson, who was born in 1886 in Waddy, KY.

To read the full article, visit Ebony.com.

Emerging Black LGBT Leaders Attend White House Briefing

Over 150 emerging Black LGBT leaders recently attended a White House briefing that included Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama; George Walker, the first openly gay man to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); and John Brown, the Associate Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Jarrett kicked off the meeting and encouraged leaders to keep fighting by saying: “We are the future of the civil rights movement.”

To read the full article, visit HRC.org.

Becoming a (Trans) Black Man

Jabari Miller* stands before a video camera in his home with his shirt off. He points out his new tattoos and growing muscular physique. Less than a year ago, his body was completely different. What stands before the lens is the result of months of hard work, hormone treatments and top-notch surgery. Miller, 23, is just one of the growing number of transgender (a term used to define those whose gender identity differs from their biological sex) men who have begun the physical transition to becoming a man.

To read the full article, visit Loop21.com.

Children in LGBT Families of Color Face Double Stigma

A new report shows that children in LBGT families of color face higher levels of discrimination and stigma. “LGBT Families of Color: Facts at a Glance” is co-authored by the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, the National Latina/o Lesbian, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT), the Human Rights Organization (UNID@S), the Fighting Injustice to Reach Equality (FIRE) initiative, the Family Equality Council, the Movement Advancement Project and the Center for American Progress.

To read the full article, visit TheGrio.com.

Black History Meets Women’s History in ‘TransGriot’ Event

West African historians called “griots” can recite hundreds of years of their history from memory. Monica Roberts, an African-American transwoman writer and activist, has modernized this responsibility by adopting the role of “TransGriot” — telling the history of transpeople of color in her award-winning blog.

To read the full article, visit DailyWildCat.com.