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A new study from the Trump administration is sending alarm bells through pro-democracy groups for its potential to fuel a crackdown on…
As an African feminist pushing against how systems of oppression endeavor to constrain and diminish, I am concerned with the functions of…
The campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion is not simply a dispute over campus bureaucracy or the specter of so-called āwokeā politics.…
The transfeminist movement in Argentina demonstrated the power that comes from uniting struggles during the second Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist LGBTIQNB+ Pride March,…
Nature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planetās oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways that defy rigid expectations. Yet…
In a country where transgender women are now required to identify as āvery high-risk men,ā four transgender women dressed as beauty queens…
When just weeks into President Donald Trumpās second term, the federal agency charged with safeguarding civil rights in the workplace withdrew from…
When one reads through the handful of media pieces covering Bangladeshās transgender community, the narrative is usually about their victimhood and aspirational…
In 1890 Louisianaās legislature passed the Separate Car Act, which required racial segregation on trains in the state. In response, New Orleans…
Intersex people have always existed. How they first started to find each other, build community and forge a movement against medical erasure…
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