people of color

The Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) is a 3 year old non for profit organization founded by attorney, professor and activist Kylar Broadus. TPOCC is the only national social justice organization that promotes the interest of trans people of color. GLAAD, during the month of February, sat down with Kylar to discuss the current and future projects of TPOCC.

National Youth Pride Services featured an essay by Brian Alston Carter, an alumnus of the HBCU Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

In a night of many historic firsts, California Democrat Mark Takano made history by becoming the first openly gay person of color to be elected to Congress. He is also the state’s first openly gay federal lawmaker, representing the state’s highly contested 41st District in Riverside County.

For citizens who are casting votes today in four states – Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and Washington – there is a chance that at least one of those contests will make history as it becomes the first in the nation where voters approve marriage equality at the ballot box and for the first time, minority voters may tip the balance in favor of marriage equality.

Author and Activist Darnell Moore will speak at Harvard University on queer thought and people of color as a part of their Audre Lorde Human Rights series.

GLAAD discusses the support that black churches and pastors have given to the movement for marriage equality.

On Tuesday, October 23, National Youth Pride Services celebrated its nine-year anniversary. GLAAD has enjoyed its partnerships with NYPS and congratulates them on their anniversary!

LGBT Faith Leaders, an inter-denominational faith group based in New York leads all-day forum in Harlem, NY to empower community through their faith featuring GLAAD, Sharon Lettman-Hicks from NBJC, and Bishop Yvette Flunder founder of City of Refuge.