Thanks to the groundbreaking work of Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox and cultural critic and author Janet Mock (both The Root 100 honorees), the stigma and ignorance surrounding both the exterior ...

Source: Jordyn Jay and the women of the BTFA. Photographer: Eve Harlow Jordyn Jay firmly believes that one of the direct paths to liberation lies through the arts and culture, which is evident in her ...

“It's even more fuel...to really be more visible and vocal today and really every day of the year,” said Tori Cooper, director of Community Engagement at Human Rights Campaign. Trans Day of Visibility ...

Chicago LGBTQ+ rights and environmental activist Precious Brady-Davis made history this week when she was sworn in as the newest commissioner for the region’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

Another election season has come and gone, confirming our worst fears: Our rights, safety, and dignity remain at the mercy of shifting political tides, once again left unprotected and vulnerable. This ...

Trans people are not new. We have always been here. As long as there’s been recorded human history, we have always existed. But we have been written out of the human story—and when you come from a ...

On what would have been Miss Major Griffin-Gracy’s birthday, a community of activists are celebrating the life of a transgender rights pioneer whose feisty and nurturing legacy shaped the Black trans ...