“I feel lucky that I am able to vote, not just as an immigrant, but also as a transgender person, because now I have documents that affirm my gender,” she says. Alexa Elizabeth Rodriguez will be voting for the first time in the 2020 presidential election, and...
The Supreme Court decision protecting transgender workers was a huge win, but activists say there’s more work to be done. On Sunday, tens of thousands of Americans marched in Brooklyn, embracing the message that “Black Trans Lives Matter,” a declaration that...
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also denounced the violence in Missouri, where 10 LGBTQ people have been murdered Joe Biden condemned violence against transgender people, referring to murders perpetrated in Puerto Rico and Missouri. The presumptive...
“Layla’s sister gave the policemen the video and they found them. That gave me great relief,” said her grandmother. “But it won’t bring my girl back.” The notorious killing of Layla Peláez (23) and Serena Vázquez (32) that took place in Humacao, Puerto Rico on April...
The defendants of the trans women will be processed by federal authorities, presenting a very different legal picture for them than if the case was handled by local authorities. Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos, 32, and Layla Peláez Sánchez, 21, could have lived a...