College Park resident Tori Cooper says Black Georgians who support limiting the rights of transgender people like her are being manipulated by politicians who have little interest in helping any members of the Black community. Her comments came in response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order scaling back the federal government’s recognition of gender […]
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How a Black Trans-Led Org Plans to Use City Funding
Despite its claim to being the “LGBTQ Capital of the South,” Octavia Lewis remembers a time when Atlanta was far from being a safe haven for Black transgender people. Access to basic health care needs was more underground. Lewis remembers transgender women going to the black market for hormone therapy. Some were being defrauded, not […]
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Where to Find Black Trans Safe Spaces in Atlanta
For decades, Atlanta has been seen as a safe space for Black queer and trans people in the South. The violent deaths of two trans women in April, and an attack on another in January, have the local LGBTQ+ community on edge. On April 11, Ashley Burton, a well-known hairstylist and makeup artist, was shot […]
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Why a New Law Denying Health Care for Trans Youth Has Local Black Advocates Worried
Black LGBTQIA+ advocates are concerned about legislation in Georgia aimed at restricting medical care for transgender children. On Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced he signed Senate Bill 140, which will prohibit certain gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Doctors who offer the banned care will face serious consequences, including losing their medical license. SB 140 would […]
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Lawmakers Centered This Track Star’s Story in Legislation. She Has Something to Say.
Andraya Yearwood has heard her name ring through state legislatures, political debates, and lawsuits since she was a teenager. Now 20 years old, the Atlanta-born college sophomore and her friend Terry Miller, both Black transgender women and former high school track stars, became unlikely activists. Yearwood has received national attention for her sports career since […]