How do we make sense of racism and transphobia in light

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As we begin this class during June, internationally recognized as Pride Month for LGBT+ people, I think back on the 2023 Tony Awards and how our first non-binary/genderfluid Tony Award winners (Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee) are both Black. Black LGBT+ individuals, specifically Black trans women, are directly responsible for Pride Month, but Black LGBT+ people have not been centered in Black or LGBT+ rights movements. As our course also begins, not only during Pride Month, but on June 19th, known as Juneteenth, the date we celebrate the 1865 order proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, I think to the complex history of Black and LGBT+, especially transgender, identities in the United States, and our current tumultuous times for Black, trans, and Black trans people in this country.

For your discussion post, answer: How do we make sense of racism and transphobia in light of Black Lives Matter and recent anti-trans bills? What work are Black Trans Activists doing to recenter their multiple identities in both Black and LGBT+ movements? Read the following article: "We're Here to Stay: Black Trans Futures"Links to an external site., read Sostre et al's article "Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity" (attached), watch the following video: PBSNewsHour "Black Trans Activism"Links to an external site., and discuss with your classmates. Use this week's concepts, theories, and ideas to identify the complexities that you see present in this case within this larger context. What are some of the intercultural challenges that you see? Feel free to draw in outside sources to inform your analysis and discussion.

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