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14 Festive Fall Candles To Light Up Your Life This Holiday Season
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(Living)
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... of its monthly earnings to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a grassroots org that helps protect individuals’ freedom to self-determine gender identity and expression.
3. Danny DePumpkin Soy Candle ...
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Created on 08 November 2021
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Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
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(Movies)
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... Birthday, Marsha! explore the lives and historic activism of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. Her most recent project Salacia (2019), a period piece on the life of a Black trans woman in 19th century ...
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Created on 22 April 2021
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A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, and Cis Women Need to Open Their Purses
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(Feminism)
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... to assist trans women of color that you can donate to:
The Okra Project Trans Latina Coalition Marsha P. Johnson Institute Sylvia Rivera Law Project TGI Justice Project Trans Women of Color Collective ...
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Created on 05 June 2020
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Remember: Queer Black Womxn Paved The Way For LGBTQ+ Rights
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(Feminism)
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... of the LGBTQ+ community and prompted the first ever gay pride parades and events one year later in 1970. After her participation in Stonewall, Johnson teamed up with friend and fellow activist Sylvia Rivera ...
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Created on 01 June 2020
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Happy #TransDayofVisibility 2020!
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(Feminism)
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... of the LGBTQ+ movement. After all, where would the community be, had it not been for Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at the historic Stonewall riot of 1969? It is because of their sacrifice and outspokenness ...
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Created on 31 March 2020
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“The Journey Of Monalisa” Weaves Themes Of Friendship, Immigration And Life As A “Gender-Neutral Two-Spirit” In New York
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(Movies)
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When filmmaker Nicole Costa gets in touch with her old college friend, Iván Ojeda, after 17 years, she learns that the former theater director and playwright has reinvented himself. Iván now goes by ...
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Created on 05 November 2019
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The Creation of the LGB Alliance Disregards the History of Trans Activism Within Prominent LGBTQ+ Movements
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(Feminism)
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... (like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson) played within the gay liberation movement—more specifically, the Stonewall Riots.
The Stonewall Riots were a series of protests organized by members of the ...
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Created on 04 November 2019
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Be #Proud At The “Queers of Noise” Party in NYC
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(Music)
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... Band, GSX, Tracy City, and Cop/Out, and a portion of all ticket proceeds will go to the National Organization for Women and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.
The event will take place in the East Village, ...
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Created on 13 June 2019
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Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers
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(Feminism)
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The transgender community is mourning yet another loss this year. Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, also known as Layleen Xtravaganza, was a 27-year-old Black Latinx trans woman who was found dead in her ...
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Created on 10 June 2019
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10.
Just A Few Of History's Baddest Queer Bitche
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(Feminism)
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...
This article originally appeared on F Yeah History and has been reprinted here with permission.
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Legendary Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson And Sylvia Rivera To Be Honored With ...
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Created on 07 June 2019
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Plan A Sweet Pride Party With These Cake Recipes
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(Eat Me)
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... Project, and The Sylvia Rivera Law Project. Activism has never been so delicious!
“BORN THIS WAY” BIRTHDAY CAKE
This super-moist vanilla cake with pink frosting and rainbow pride sprinkles was named ...
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Created on 07 June 2019
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12.
Teen Schools Arizona’s Sex Education Laws On Inclusivity
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(Feminism)
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... we can all be accepted in our community.”
Header photo courtesy of Magda Ehlers via Pexels
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Legendary Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson And Sylvia Rivera To Be Honored With New ...
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Created on 04 June 2019
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MTV’s Dating Show “Are You the One?” Will Feature a Sexually Fluid Cast
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(TV)
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...
Photo credit: MTV
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Legendary Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson And Sylvia Rivera To Be Honored With New York City Monument
It's A Wonderful Kind Of Gay (Wedding): "Arthur's ...
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Created on 04 June 2019
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Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy, And Elisabeth Moss Show Us What Real Mobsters Look Like In 'The Kitchen' Traile
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(Entertainment)
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Yesterday the trailer for New Line Cinemas’ upcoming film, The Kitchen, was released. The directorial debut of Andrea Berloff, Academy Award-nominated writer of Straight Outta Compton, the film follows ...
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Created on 31 May 2019
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Legendary Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson And Sylvia Rivera To Be Honored With New York City Monument
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(Arts)
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Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two prominent LGBTQ activists, will be memorialized with a permanent monument in Greenwich Village near the Stonewall Inn. Both women were leaders in the Stonewall ...
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Created on 31 May 2019
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Learn About Stonewall Hero Stormé DeLarverie
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(Feminism)
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... as a leader of the Stonewall rebellion, along with Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Speaking later about the Stonewall Uprising, Stormé said:
"It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil ...
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Created on 13 July 2018
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14 Ways To Represent Pride At Your Queer Wedding
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(Style)
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... Project?
Gifts The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression 13. Ask for contributions to your honeymoon ...
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Created on 19 June 2018
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Pride Was Started By Trans Sex Workers Of Color Rioting Against Police Brutality, And We Do Not Appreciate Them Nearly Enough
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(Feminism)
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... by two transgender sex workers of color—Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. According to the Global Network for Sex Work Projects (NSWP), the Stonewall Inn was commonly raided by the police because it ...
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Created on 13 June 2018
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David France Responds To Controversy Surrounding His Film “The Death And Life of Marsha P. Johnson”
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(Feminism)
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... to do this film, got a grant from Sundance/Arcus using my language about STAR, got Vimeo to remove my video of Sylvia’s critical 'Y’all better quiet down' speech, ripped off decades of my archival research ...
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Created on 09 November 2017
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Brooklyn Library Presents "Genderful!", A Creative Space For Kids To Explore Gende
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(Arts)
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... Institute, & Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Photobooth
If You Want It kids’ merch
It's never to early to encourage kids to be themselves, and this space will be a welcoming, fun and safe place to explore ...
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Created on 11 October 2017