Thanks to the groundbreaking work of Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox and cultural critic and author Janet Mock (both The Root 100 honorees), the stigma and ignorance surrounding both the exterior ...

Organizations helmed by Black, trans leaders are facing a critical juncture, with many ceasing operations due to a lack of necessary funding for staffing, programmatic initiatives and scaled growth.

“It's even more fuel...to really be more visible and vocal today and really every day of the year,” said Tori Cooper, director of Community Engagement at Human Rights Campaign. Trans Day of Visibility ...

Source: Jordyn Jay and the women of the BTFA. Photographer: Eve Harlow Jordyn Jay firmly believes that one of the direct paths to liberation lies through the arts and culture, which is evident in her ...

Chicago LGBTQ+ rights and environmental activist Precious Brady-Davis made history this week when she was sworn in as the newest commissioner for the region’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

Trans people are not new. We have always been here. As long as there’s been recorded human history, we have always existed. But we have been written out of the human story—and when you come from a ...

On what would have been Miss Major Griffin-Gracy’s birthday, a community of activists are celebrating the life of a transgender rights pioneer whose feisty and nurturing legacy shaped the Black trans ...