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A Black trans woman was approached, threatened, and chased while standing in the Edgewood Town Center just outside of Pittsburgh. A bustling retail shopping center, it is also home to one of the region’s trans competent health providers, Metro Community Health Center. The woman who is protecting her privacy and safety by not using her […]
What message do you have for trans and queer youth? We love you. We will fight for you, always. Your only job is to be a kid, to learn who you are, to experiment, to fuck up, to keep going. Our job as the adults who love you is to protect you. They want to […]
On June 29, Cayla Calhoun a 48-year-old white trans woman, was violently assaulted after leaving her DC workplace in the early hours. Calhoun, a transplate from Alabama, described leaving work on her hoverboard only to find herself contending with three men on scooters physically and verbally assaulting her. Her last memory was being shoved off […]
What message do you have for trans and queer youth? You are not alone. Don’t let them erase you. This isn’t the first time or the last time that trans people will have to fight to exist – don’t give up the fight. Read up on your history and take pride in it. Make art. Write […]
I have been asked to publish this letter that I think speaks for itself. I will be publishing Q&A’s with some of the employees leading this effort to protect trans youth. I asked them the same questions. The differences in their answers may offer some insight into the tactics UPMC is using to sacrifice trans […]
In June 23, 2025, a 24-year-old American citizen was found dead in custody of an immigration detention center in the Dominican Republic. Ezra Hulett identified as an intersex transgender person. He died at the Haina Detention Center in the Dominican Republic. Ezra also used the name Ezri Hajiune. To the best of my knowledge, Hajiune […]
The lonely work of memorializing trans neighbors. One of the worst moments as a blogger is when I publish a post memorializing a trans neighbor, take a breath and realize I have to write another one. That always hurts. Each time this happens, I take a breath and let it out, feeling the fury and […]
Last week, we reported on the disappearance of a 26 year old trans drag artist from Canton, Ohio. Sadly, police have now determined this is a homicide investigation. Canton police announced late Thursday that the disappearance of JJ Godbey is now a homicide investigation. They’ve charged Daniel Mattay, Ryan’s former boyfriend, with four felonies: murder, […]
Hope Lyca Youngblood was 49 years old when she was killed in vehicular incident in Los Angeles on June 7, 2025. Hope identified as a trans woman. [They were] struck and killed Saturday by multiple vehicles near a freeway offramp to the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in the Palms community of Los Angeles, authorities said.The […]
Posted on my Instagram feed, thoughts on the trans community. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sue Kerr (@pghlesbian)
