“We wanted to really concentrate on the epidemic of violence that trans women are facing.”

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, owners and predominantly White patrons reportedly threatened to call the police on a woman who asked the LGBTQ+ community to advocate for her Black trans sisters.

Philip is billed as the first Black, trans disabled model to sign with a major management company.

The “Pose” producer is the first transgender woman to sign a creator-in-charge deal at a leading entertainment company.

Police chief asks for assistance to look for evidence of hate crimes in the homicides of Chynal Lindsey and Muhlaysia Booker.

Johana Medina Leon had chest pain while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Then she died.

The Colorlines team is sharing our favorite shows, books, hashtags, movies and more of 2018. Here, editorial assistant catherine gonzalez discusses why the FX series “Pose” is her favorite TV show of the year. 

Of the 20 known transgender women killed in the United States in 2018 so far, 14 of them were Black.

The show, about ball culture in late-’80s Manhattan, broke new ground for the representation of Black and Brown LGBTQ people on episodic television.

Put your Twitter fingers to good use helping people of color who identify as women.

“We are living in a world where if you do contract HIV, it’s a chronic but treatable disease, not a death sentence—unless you are a poor, transgender person of color.”

Transgender Awareness Week seeks to “raise the visibility of transgender and gender nonconforming people, and address the issues the community faces.”

In the new Netflix documentary “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” the trans trailblazer’s friends and allies secure her place in history and re-investigate her mysterious death, which police ruled as a suicide. 

“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” will debut on Netflix on October 6.

Mic reports: Fully 75 percent of the trans and gender-nonconforming Americans killed because of their identities since 2010 were Black women.

Nettles, a Black trans woman, was just 21 years old when Davis fatally assaulted her.

White trans artist Micah Bazant runs a weekly collaborative art project creating portraits that celebrate trans people of color in life, not just in memoriam.

James Dixon told detectives in 2013 that he doesn’t “go around gay bashing people.” He pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges and a first-degree assault charge in the death of the trans woman.

Police have arrested a suspect in the death of the 43-year-old Latina.

Rico Hector Leblond has been charged with first-degree murder for shooting the 21-year-old.