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Because of You: My Letter to CeCe McDonald on Her Release

Janet pens an emotional letter to trailblazing activist CeCe McDonald to mark her release from prison.
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For My Sisters Who Showed Up for Islan Nettles & Ourselves

Janet reflects on the problematic and clumsy vigil of Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old Black trans woman who was murdered in Harlem.
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Who We Say Matters: A Message for CeCe, Trayvon, Paige & #GirlsLikeUs

This USC commencement speech is a tribute to Black trans women CeCe McDonald and Paige Clay who’ve faced injustices that have shaken me.t
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Why #GirlsLikeUs Matter: Jenna Talackova’s Fight To Be Included

Why it’s unjust — and transphobic — that Jenna Talackova was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition and deemed “unnaturally female”
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The Larry King Tragedy: Seeing Myself in the Gender-Nonconforming Teen

Larry “Leticia” King was a kid who stepped across the gender line with tragic results. Their story intersects with my trans coming-of-age.
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We've lost another child yesterday at the hands of We've lost another child yesterday at the hands of another police officer (on the same damn day former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd).Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, was shot and killed Tuesday by an officer outside her home after she called the police for help in Columbus, Ohio. #sayhername #blacklivesmatterThank you @justice4blackgirls for articulating what I do not have the energy to express.
•••Repost @justice4blackgirls: These are the only kinds of videos we will ever circulate of Ma’Khia. We will never ever curate our trauma, we will never circulate our abuse and death. Even as we demand accountability, even as we resist, we will honor the fullness of Black girlhood. We will honor the fullness of Ma’Khia. I feel her vibrancy in this short clip. Sending an overwhelming amount of love to Black girls everywhere, always.
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