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This bot does not exist to make you feel good. It does not exist to make white cis people smile. It exists to remember the good and the bad, the victories AND the uncomfortable truths of how trans people of color were erased by the same movements they fought for.
Never forget.
Never forget.
Sarah Hegazi lived with PTSD resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt. She was granted asylum in Canada, living there until her death on 14 June 2020 (aged 30).
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sarah Hegazi lived with PTSD resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt. She was granted asylum in Canada, living there until her death on 14 June 2020 (aged 30).
"I do not want to go to work looking like a man when I know I am not a man."
- Sylvia Rivera
- Sylvia Rivera
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"I do not want to go to work looking like a man when I know I am not a man."
- Sylvia Rivera
- Sylvia Rivera
Sarah Hegazi was an Egyptian socialist, writer, and lesbian activist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo.
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Sarah Hegazi was an Egyptian socialist, writer, and lesbian activist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo.
The 2nd wave in the MENA region started with organizations explicitly addressing questions of sexual and gender diversity beginning with Lebanon’s Helem in 2004 and Aswat in Palestine.
It's characterized by a growing sense of intersectional politics and anti-imperialism.
It's characterized by a growing sense of intersectional politics and anti-imperialism.
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The 2nd wave in the MENA region started with organizations explicitly addressing questions of sexual and gender diversity beginning with Lebanon’s Helem in 2004 and Aswat in Palestine.
It's characterized by a growing sense of intersectional politics and anti-imperialism.
It's characterized by a growing sense of intersectional politics and anti-imperialism.
Rivera was increasingly left out of a movement that was focusing on going mainstream. Still she rallied, protested and got arrested in the name of what she believed in, earning her the title of "The Rosa Parks of the Modern Transgender Movement."
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Rivera was increasingly left out of a movement that was focusing on going mainstream. Still she rallied, protested and got arrested in the name of what she believed in, earning her the title of "The Rosa Parks of the Modern Transgender Movement."
As the gay liberation movement became increasingly white, middle class, and cisgender, STAR reminded everyone that transgender and gender non-conforming people deserved equal rights too.
When the organizers of the gay pride parade tried to ban STAR, they showed up anyway.
When the organizers of the gay pride parade tried to ban STAR, they showed up anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As the gay liberation movement became increasingly white, middle class, and cisgender, STAR reminded everyone that transgender and gender non-conforming people deserved equal rights too.
When the organizers of the gay pride parade tried to ban STAR, they showed up anyway.
When the organizers of the gay pride parade tried to ban STAR, they showed up anyway.
"One of our main goals now is to destroy the Human Rights Campaign, because I’m tired of sitting on the back of the bumper. It’s not even the back of the bus anymore — it’s the back of the bumper. The bitch on wheels is back."
- Sylvia Rivera, shortly before her death
- Sylvia Rivera, shortly before her death
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"One of our main goals now is to destroy the Human Rights Campaign, because I’m tired of sitting on the back of the bumper. It’s not even the back of the bus anymore — it’s the back of the bumper. The bitch on wheels is back."
- Sylvia Rivera, shortly before her death
- Sylvia Rivera, shortly before her death
India's Third Gender Movement | The Zainab Salbi Project Ep. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWICmK37b4
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December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
India's Third Gender Movement | The Zainab Salbi Project Ep. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWICmK37b4
Marsha P. Johnson Monument in Christopher Park (New York City, USA), with the Gay Liberation Monument in the background.
Installed by activists in 2021.
Installed by activists in 2021.
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Marsha P. Johnson Monument in Christopher Park (New York City, USA), with the Gay Liberation Monument in the background.
Installed by activists in 2021.
Installed by activists in 2021.
Marsha P. Johnson was devoutly religious, saying in 1992: "I practice the Catholic religion because the Catholic religion is part of the Santería of the saints, which says that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ." https://twitter.com/i/status/1554087282126233601/video/1
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December 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Marsha P. Johnson was devoutly religious, saying in 1992: "I practice the Catholic religion because the Catholic religion is part of the Santería of the saints, which says that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ." https://twitter.com/i/status/1554087282126233601/video/1
"I think Sylvia’s role in gay history was that she was one of the first people to highlight that our movement needed to be more inclusive of people who did not fit in the mainstream,"
- Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York City’s LGBT Community Center.
- Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York City’s LGBT Community Center.
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"I think Sylvia’s role in gay history was that she was one of the first people to highlight that our movement needed to be more inclusive of people who did not fit in the mainstream,"
- Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York City’s LGBT Community Center.
- Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York City’s LGBT Community Center.
(How are relations between the transvestites and the straight prisoners?)
"Oh, the straight prisoners treat transvestites like they’re queens. They send them over cigarettes and candy, envelopes and stamps and stuff like that – when they got money."
- Marsha P. Johnson
"Oh, the straight prisoners treat transvestites like they’re queens. They send them over cigarettes and candy, envelopes and stamps and stuff like that – when they got money."
- Marsha P. Johnson
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
(How are relations between the transvestites and the straight prisoners?)
"Oh, the straight prisoners treat transvestites like they’re queens. They send them over cigarettes and candy, envelopes and stamps and stuff like that – when they got money."
- Marsha P. Johnson
"Oh, the straight prisoners treat transvestites like they’re queens. They send them over cigarettes and candy, envelopes and stamps and stuff like that – when they got money."
- Marsha P. Johnson
Sylvia's experience in school contributed to continued mockery and altercations with other students; her wearing of make-up, which started in fourth grade, contributed to her ultimate abandonment of formal education when she was called "faggot" by a fellow sixth grade classmate.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Sylvia's experience in school contributed to continued mockery and altercations with other students; her wearing of make-up, which started in fourth grade, contributed to her ultimate abandonment of formal education when she was called "faggot" by a fellow sixth grade classmate.
Marsha never visited home empty-handed, she would bring her nieces and nephews trinkets and flowers for her mother.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Marsha never visited home empty-handed, she would bring her nieces and nephews trinkets and flowers for her mother.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
Her family was very dear to Marsha’s heart.
The 3rd wave in the MENA region, flowing from the Arab uprisings beginning in 2011, saw a tremendous growth of groups in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq and elsewhere (some public and others not so much) and the rise of transgender focused groups like Trans Homo and Qorras
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The 3rd wave in the MENA region, flowing from the Arab uprisings beginning in 2011, saw a tremendous growth of groups in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq and elsewhere (some public and others not so much) and the rise of transgender focused groups like Trans Homo and Qorras
In 2003, Helem activists staged a public boycott targeting the Beirut branches of Dunkin’ Donuts, stating that the international coffee chain had refused to serve “gay and gay-looking customers” and ask them to leave the premises.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In 2003, Helem activists staged a public boycott targeting the Beirut branches of Dunkin’ Donuts, stating that the international coffee chain had refused to serve “gay and gay-looking customers” and ask them to leave the premises.
Despite Sylvia’s enthusiasm to be involved in activists groups such as the GLF and the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), from the beginning her identities as a street worker, drag queen, poor, and a Latina were troubling to the largely white, middle-class activist groups.
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Despite Sylvia’s enthusiasm to be involved in activists groups such as the GLF and the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), from the beginning her identities as a street worker, drag queen, poor, and a Latina were troubling to the largely white, middle-class activist groups.
"I do not want to go to work looking like a man when I know I am not a man."
- Sylvia Rivera
- Sylvia Rivera
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"I do not want to go to work looking like a man when I know I am not a man."
- Sylvia Rivera
- Sylvia Rivera
The beginning of the sexual rights movement in the Middle East and North Africa began to take shape in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which can be seen in an increased level of politicization and public engagement around issues of gender and sexuality.
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The beginning of the sexual rights movement in the Middle East and North Africa began to take shape in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which can be seen in an increased level of politicization and public engagement around issues of gender and sexuality.
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. (Photo courtesy of HuMENA)
As a queer, Latina, and drag queen, Sylvia Rivera lived her life on the margins and fought for others who refused to be pushed to the side or silenced in favor of more palatable gay rights legislation.
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
As a queer, Latina, and drag queen, Sylvia Rivera lived her life on the margins and fought for others who refused to be pushed to the side or silenced in favor of more palatable gay rights legislation.
Sylvia Rivera worked tirelessly for a more inclusive and intersectional approach to LGBTQ activism. She refused to take a seat and let others forget about those who had been othered by the mainstream gay rights movement.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sylvia Rivera worked tirelessly for a more inclusive and intersectional approach to LGBTQ activism. She refused to take a seat and let others forget about those who had been othered by the mainstream gay rights movement.
In the Indian subcontinent, hijra are eunuchs, intersex people, or transgender people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as guru-chela system.
Indian society and most hijras consider themselves to be third gender—neither male nor female.
Indian society and most hijras consider themselves to be third gender—neither male nor female.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In the Indian subcontinent, hijra are eunuchs, intersex people, or transgender people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as guru-chela system.
Indian society and most hijras consider themselves to be third gender—neither male nor female.
Indian society and most hijras consider themselves to be third gender—neither male nor female.
La Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement works at the national and local levels to achieve the collective liberation of LGBT Latinas by leading an intergenerational movement through community organizing, advocacy, and education.
https://familiatqlm.org/
https://familiatqlm.org/
Familia:TQLM | Homepage
Building Trans and Queer Latinx power.
familiatqlm.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
La Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement works at the national and local levels to achieve the collective liberation of LGBT Latinas by leading an intergenerational movement through community organizing, advocacy, and education.
https://familiatqlm.org/
https://familiatqlm.org/
galck+ (formerly The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya) is the national Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) umbrella body representing LGBTQ+ voices across Kenya.
The name change was a result of growth and intersectionality in the Kenyan LGBTQ+ movement.
The name change was a result of growth and intersectionality in the Kenyan LGBTQ+ movement.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
galck+ (formerly The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya) is the national Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) umbrella body representing LGBTQ+ voices across Kenya.
The name change was a result of growth and intersectionality in the Kenyan LGBTQ+ movement.
The name change was a result of growth and intersectionality in the Kenyan LGBTQ+ movement.