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Throughout February we’ll be highlighting the stories of #Black #LGBTQ+ historical figures. Follow along as we honor these trailblazers! #blackhistorymonth

Throughout February we’ll be highlighting the stories of #Black #LGBTQ+ historical figures. Follow along as we honor these trailblazers! #blackhistorymonth

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This week’s #BlackHistoryMonth queer pioneer is Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, trans activist and the original Executive Director for the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project! . Growing up in Chicago, Griffin-Gracy attended drag balls and...

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Growing up in Chicago, Griffin-Gracy attended drag balls and relied on the black market for hormones to transition. Having been kicked out of two colleges for her identity, she moved to New York City and grew into her activism as a supporter of trans rights, finding solace at the Stonewall Inn and participating in the uprising.
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Today, Griffin-Gracy focuses her activism on intersectionality and the safety of young trans women: “I’d like for the girls to get a chance to be who they are. For young transgender people to go to school, learn like everyone else does, and then get out there and live their lives, not afraid or thinking that the only solution for them is death.”

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“…it’s important to center the legacies of Black LGBTQ+ people. It’s the least we can do to present a full, nuanced idea of America’s Black experience. Black queer futures depend on it.” #BlackHistoryMonth

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EMPOWER: Janet Mock is the queen of living authentically. Her debut book, ‘Redefining Realness,’ has been a staple for trans youth since 2014. As a TV producer and writer, Mock empowered an entire generation of trans women of color with her work on Pose on FX. Thank you for your contributions, Janet Mock!

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'Dear White People' Breaks New Ground in Black LGBTQ Representation

PRIDE chatted with the cast & drew of Netflix's Dear White People about why is it so important to share Black LGBTQ stories on TV.

“With six prominent LGBTQ characters, the show feels revolutionary with its portrayals of Black LGBTQ people.” 🌈📺

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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating queer pioneers! Ernestine Eckstein was one of the first Black women on the forefront of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the 1960’s, putting her knowledge from the Civil Rights movement to good...

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After college, she moved to New York City where she grew into her identity as a lesbian and decided to join the movement for LGBTQ+ rights. After a friend explained the term “gay” to her, she said, “Then all of a sudden things began to click … the next thing on the agenda was to find a way of being in the homosexual movement.”
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Eckstein often demonstrated for LGBTQ+ rights as the only woman of color among other white protestors, connecting the dots between Black Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ rights. She eventually became a leader in the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, as well as other Black feminist organizations like Black Women Organized for Action (BWOA). She was in favor of doing away with labels, and uniting people together as people alone. “I’d like to find a way of getting all classes of homosexuals involved together in the movement.“ 💪

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“There’s no turning back now. Now that we know what authentic representation looks like both behind and in front of the camera and the results it produces, there’s no way we can regress.“

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