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• On May 17, 2013

Trans People Got Erased By Rachel Maddow

While talking about the 1993 landmark gay rights bill Rachel Maddow neglected to mention exactly why it was a landmark bill in the early 90′s. It was a landmark bill because it was trans inclusive in an era when we trans folks were gleefully getting thrown under the legislative bus so often by the GL community we could tell by the tire tracks the brand name of the tires that ran over us.

Read more at TransGriot.

Congrats To Janet Mock For Getting On The Out List!

Y’all know I love me some Janet Mock, so I’m too thrilled that she’ll be in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ (The Black List) upcoming HBO documentary, The Out List. The doc, premiering Thursday June 27–just in time to close out Pride Month this year–features her life story and the wisdom gained from so far, as well as the stories of other renowned cisLGBQ and transgender people.

Via Racialicious.

Yet Another Reason to Love Zoe Saldana

Actress Zoe Saldaña recently gave countless lesbian and bisexual women heart palpitations (we suspect) after Allure magazine released a tidbit from her cover story for the June issue where she said she would have no problem raising a child with another woman. During an interview on CNN en Español’s entertainment show Showbiz, the actress discussed what she considers her androgyny and growing up in a family that taught her not to pay too much attention to traditional notions of race or gender roles. “I was taught I could be whomever I wanted to be. In fact, up to this point, I’ve been attracted to the male gender but if someday I wake up and decide I want to raise a family with someone of the feminine gender, that’s what I’ll do.”

More over at GLAAD.

Brittney Griner, WNBA Phoenix Mercury Player, Nominated For 2013 BET Award

College basketball star Brittney Griner has yet to play her first game with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury but she’s already being nominated for awards. As Vibe Vixen notes, the Baylor University, soon-to-be graduate has been nominated for a 2013 BET Award. Alongside Gabrielle Douglas, Candace Parker, Serena and Venus Williams, Griner is in the running for a “Subway Sportswoman of the Year” award, note MTV News.

Details at Huffington Post.

To the Queer Black Kids

Yesterday, while driving, I was stopped at a light and I saw a little boy, maybe six years old, waiting with his mother to cross the street. The way he stood, with one hip jutted out and a hand on the other hip, filled me with happiness. He had very large eyes and long lashes and as he looked around, he seemed to take everything into his small self, his eyes bright with excitement over the woman selling strawberries on the corner, and the sounds coming from the barber shop. As they started to cross the street, as they started walking, the mother reached over and grabbed the boy’s shoulder and said, “Stop walking like that!” The boy’s entire demeanor changed. His shoulders rounded, his head lowered. I couldn’t see his eyes anymore. I thought about all the boxes black children are forced into.

Continue reading on Black Girl Dangerous.