#blacklivesmatter

#blacklivesmatter

bisexuality

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Black Lives Matter Calls on Hillary to Stand with Black Trans Women and More News

The Black Lives Matter movement also repudiated the Democratic National Committee’s endorsement, a Maryland judge refuses to drop charges against the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray,…

Rachel —

Sep 3, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Kentucky County Clerk Super-Dedicated To Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses and Other News

A history of a lesbian-only “intentional community” in Arkansas, students at a Missouri high school protested a trans teen for using the girls’ bathrooms, Mansur Ball-Bey’s autopsy contradicts police testimony…

Yvonne —

Sep 1, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

crime

politics + activism

Daily Fix: U.S. Marine Charged with Jennifer Laude’s Murder Claims “Trans Panic” and More News Stories

Ferguson activists launch a new campaign with policy solutions to end police violence, a NYT’s op-ed gets trans issues all wrong, a #BlackTransLivesMatter conversation happening on Twitter today and more…

Yvonne —

Aug 25, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

bisexuality

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Mansur Ball-Bey Killed by St. Louis PD on Anniversary of Kajieme Powell’s Death and More News

Another death of a young black man at the hands of police in St Louis, the first ever openly trans White House staffer, why marriage licenses still aren’t being issued…

Rachel —

Aug 20, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

crime

politics + activism

We Mourn Kandis Capri, Elisha Walker & 15 Other DMAB Trans People Lost To Transmisogynistic Violence

We have learned of the murders of black trans women Kandis Capri, who was killed August 11, and Elisha Walker, whose remains were found Thursday, 10 months after she went…

Adrian —

Aug 15, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

gender

Ashton O’Hara, Black, Trans and Genderfluid, Has Been Murdered; I’m Running Out of Hope

O’Hara, a Black trans and genderfluid 25-year-old, is the 14th trans person murdered this year and the fifth murdered in the last month.

Mey —

Aug 13, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Officer Pepper Sprayed Black Lives Matter Activists After Their National Conference and More News Stories

KC Haggard is the 11th trans woman to be murdered this year, a San Francisco high school will be the first to offer a LGBT history class, a 37-year-old Cleveland…

Yvonne —

Jul 28, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

anti-discrimination laws

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Sandra Bland Asked Friend “How Did Switching Lanes Turn Into All of This?” and More News Stories

Updates on what we currently know about Sandra Bland’s arrest and death, the US’s most extreme abortion ban struck down, Republicans’ new effort to protect “religious freedom,” and more!

Rachel —

Jul 23, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

politics + activism

News Fix: Sandra Bland’s Death is Being Thoroughly Investigated Says Prosecutor and More News Stories

A NYPD officer is being investigated for assaulting a black queer woman, Black Lives Matter protestors take over the Netroots Nation conference, Rachel Dolezal still stands by her views of…

Yvonne —

Jul 21, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

politics + activism

News Fix: Eric Garner’s Family Says $5.9M Settlement Isn’t a Victory and More News Stories

The Pentagon plans to lift their ban on trans people serving in the military, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigns, the FBI reports Dylann Roof was able to buy a gun…

Yvonne —

Jul 14, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

feminism

community

Rebel Girls: 20 Autostraddle Community Members Who Are Changing the World

Documentary films. Policy initiatives. Direct action. These 20 activists are doing it all to save the world — and they’re Autostraddle readers just like you!

Carmen —

Jul 11, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

politics + activism

News Fix: Baltimore Police Vans To Be Equipped With Cameras and More News Stories

The South Carolina state Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag off capitol grounds, trans people in California can be identified with the correct gender on their death certificates, ICANN’s…

Yvonne —

Jul 7, 2015