MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday night approved legislation that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their current gender identity. The bill mandates K-12 schools require students to use multi-person restrooms and locker rooms that match the sex on their original birth…

By: Kayla Thompson, Eshe Ukweli, Serena Sonoma, and DaShawn Usher As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, today, February 7th, we turn our focus to National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NBHAAD). Today we commemorate and recognize the progress we’ve made in HIV prevention, treatment, and care over the last…

“Let today be the last day that you ever doubt Black trans power,” I cried into a microphone in the summer of 2020. I was addressing a crowd of nearly 15,000 people dressed in varying shades of white outside the Brooklyn Museum. Our uniform paid homage to a 1917 NAACP…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) — Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed spoke out on social media after a group visiting the capital city was reportedly discriminated against. Reed said in a tweet Wednesday he was disappointed to hear about the treatment of members of the The Knights & Orchids Society, also known as…

The number of transgender women and men, along with gender non-conforming people, killed by violent crime grew from the previous year. Fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people reached an all-time high in 2021. At least 50 individuals from the community were shot or killed by violent means, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization reports that it is saying only “at least” because often times…

If you missed the open mic this past Saturday, you missed a reclaiming of power among Black queer & trans youth. You missed the amazing talent and the beauty of this amazing space. These are the moments we remember and hold 🌻❤️ Below is a repost from 1977 Books Instagram: Feeling…

2021 isn’t over, but 45 transgender people have been killed in the United States this year. On November 9th, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) reported that more transgender and nonbinary people died in 2021 than in any year the organization had previously recorded. …

This year’s theme is “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice” TKO was founded in 2012. In 2017, TKO became the first and only AIDS Service Organization (ASO) and STD/STI clinic in the state of Alabama founded and led by Black Trans and LGBQ people. We are community people serving the communities that we represent. Our goal is to help more Black trans, same-gender-loving, and Black queer folks access high-quality primary care and Endocrinology services. TOTAL care is how we get to zero.

On Saturday, Que Bell will help lead a vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance to honor the memory of transgender homicide victims that began in 1999. Bell has led these vigils before. He is the executive director of the Knights and Orchids Society, a nonprofit group based…