On Sunday, June 14, 2020, something changed in me, in all of us. No longer will we ever doubt whether we are winning or folks are transforming in the ways that we need them to keep us all alive and safe. No longer will we doubt whether it’s possible for the #BlackTransMovement to be elevated and supported. No longer will we doubt #BlackTransPower.
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Today starts a new day as sister Iyanne Fields Stewart of The Okra Project said in her speech. Transphobia, transmisogyny, and white supremacy ended on that day. Thanks to West Dakota, Fran Tirado, Eliel Cruz, Peyton Dix, Mohammed Fayaz, and so many more who stepped up to provide space for Black trans people. They modeled how glorious true allyship can be. We salute you. And to all my beautiful, brilliant Black trans people who spoke and showed up and showed out—I love you, and let’s keep this fire burning!
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Our movements, our liberation WILL be built from the little reclamations of power we heard in that crowd of 15,000. We won’t go back. For Marsha P. Johnson, for Sylvia Rivera, for Cheyenne Doroshow for Dee Dee Chamblee, for Miss Major, for Layleen Polanco Xtravaganza, Dominique "Rem’mie" Fells, Riah Milton, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, Monika Diamond, Chyna Doll Dupree (Gibson), and countless more. This was #BrooklynLiberation. This is just the start. #March4BlackTransLives
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