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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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Misgendering

Bus with transphobic message promoted by the right-wing organization HazteOir.[1] Top text in Spanish translates to "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vulva. Don't let them deceive you. If you're born a man, you are a man. If you're a woman, you'll keep being one."

Misgendering is the act of labelling or referring to others with a gender that does not match their gender identity.[2] It can be deliberate or accidental, and could amount to an act of transphobia. Common examples include use of the wrong pronouns,[3][4] use of the wrong honorific (e.g. "ma'am" or "sir"),[5] use of a former name ("deadnaming"),[3][6][7] or insisting that a person must adhere to the social norms of their biological sex; for example, use of a bathroom designated for one gender when the person identifies as another.[8]

The experience of being misgendered is common for all transgender people before transition, and for many afterwards too.[9] Transgender people are regularly misgendered by doctors,[10] police, media, and peers. Such experiences have been described as "mortifying",[11] cruel,[12] and "only making our lives harder".[13] A 2018 study of 129 transgender and other gender-expansive youth published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that "for each additional social context in which a youth's chosen name was used, there was a statistically significant decrease in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behaviors,"[14] though the study was "correlational so causality cannot be assumed, and the sample size was small."[15] Deliberately misgendering a transgender person is considered extremely offensive by transgender individuals.[16][12]

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  1. ^ "Spain's 'transphobic bus' rolls on to the streets of Manhattan". El País. 23 March 2017. Banned at home, ultraconservative group internationalizes its anti-transgender campaign
  2. ^ Serano, Julia (20 May 2009). Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Seal Press. ISBN 978-0-7867-4791-7. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b Bender-Baird, Kyla (2011). Transgender Employment Experiences: Gendered Perceptions and the Law. SUNY Press. pp. 5–24. ISBN 978-1-4384-3674-6.
  4. ^ Herman, Joanne (2009). Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not. AuthorHouse. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-1-4490-2957-9.
  5. ^ DeCecco, John (2012). Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies). New Jersey: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7890-0463-5.
  6. ^ Talusan, Meredith Ramirez (4 June 2015). "What 'deadnaming' means, and why you shouldn't do it to Caitlyn Jenner". Fusion. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  7. ^ Fae, Jane (19 May 2015). "Changing your name should be a joyous moment, but for many it's a nightmare". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 24 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  8. ^ McLemore, Kevin (July 2014). "Experiences with Misgendering: Identity Misclassification of Transgender Spectrum Individuals". Self and Identity. 14 (1): 51–74. doi:10.1080/15298868.2014.950691. S2CID 145101341.
  9. ^ Harrison, Kelby (2013). Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing. Lexington Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-7391-7705-1.
  10. ^ Ansara, Y. Gavriel; Hegarty, Peter (2011). "Cisgenderism in psychology: pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008" (PDF). Psychology & Sexuality. 3 (2): 137–160. doi:10.1080/19419899.2011.576696. S2CID 10589506. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  11. ^ Ansara, Y. Gavriel. "Cisgenderism in Medical Settings: Challenging Structural Violence Through Collaborative Partnerships" (PDF). p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  12. ^ a b Di Menna, Hillary (16 September 2013). "Gender Block: Media misgendering and Chelsea Manning". This Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024.
  13. ^ Molloy, Parker Marie (23 August 2013). "The happy story of my transgender coming-out". Salon. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025.
  14. ^ Grossman, Arnold H.; Li, Gu; Pollitt, Amanda M.; Russell, Stephen T. (1 October 2018). "Chosen Name Use Is Linked to Reduced Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender Youth". Journal of Adolescent Health. 63 (4): 503–505. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.02.003. ISSN 1054-139X. PMC 6165713. PMID 29609917.
  15. ^ Vance, Stanley R. (1 October 2018). "The Importance of Getting the Name Right for Transgender and Other Gender Expansive Youth". Journal of Adolescent Health. 63 (4): 379–380. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.07.022. ISSN 1054-139X. PMID 30286897.
  16. ^ Shapiro, Lila (28 August 2013). "Shouting Disrupts Vigil For Murdered Transgender Woman Islan Nettles". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025.

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Misgendering

Misgendering is the act of labelling or referring to others with a gender that does not match their gender identity. It can be deliberate or accidental, and could amount to an act of transphobia. Common examples include use of the wrong pronouns, use of the wrong honorific (e.g. "ma'am" or "sir"), use of a former name ("deadnaming"), or insisting that a person must adhere to the social norms of their biological sex; for example, use of a bathroom designated for one gender when the person identifies as another. The experience of being misgendered is common for all transgender people before transition, and for many afterwards too. Transgender people are regularly misgendered by doctors, police, media, and peers. Such experiences have been described as "mortifying", cruel, and "only making our lives harder". A 2018 study of 129 transgender and other gender-expansive youth published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that "for each additional social context in which a youth's chosen name was used, there was a statistically significant decrease in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behaviors," though the study was "correlational so causality cannot be assumed, and the sample size was small." Deliberately misgendering a transgender person is considered extremely offensive by transgender individuals.

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Transphobia

Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender or transsexual people, or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence or anger towards people who do not conform to social gender roles. Transphobia is a type of prejudice and discrimination, similar to racism, sexism, or ableism, and it is closely associated with homophobia. People of color who are transgender experience discrimination above and beyond that which can be explained as a simple combination of transphobia and racism. Transgender youth often experience a combination of abuse from family members, sexual harassment, and bullying or school violence. They are also disproportionately placed in foster care and welfare programs compared to their peers. Adult transgender people regularly encounter sexual violence, police violence, public ridicule, misgendering, or other forms of violence and harassment in their daily lives. These issues cause many trans people to feel unsafe in public. Other issues include healthcare discrimination, workplace discrimination or feeling under siege by conservative political or religious groups who oppose LGBT-rights laws. Discrimination and violence sometimes originates from people within the LGBT community or feminist movements. As well as increased risk of violence and other threats, the stress created by transphobia causes negative mental health outcomes and leads to drug use disorders, running away from home (in minors), and suicide. In much of the Western world, there has been a gradual establishment of policies combatting discrimination and supporting equal opportunity in all aspects of life since the 1990s. The trend is also taking shape in some developing nations. In addition, campaigns regarding the LGBT community are being spread around the world to improve social acceptance of nontraditional gender identities. The "Stop the Stigma" campaign by the UN is one such example. However, transphobic violence has been on the rise since 2021, accompanied with an increase in anti-trans discriminatory laws being enacted in many countries.

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Maya Forstater

Maya Forstater (born 3 July 1973) is a British tax expert and gender-critical activist. She was the claimant in Forstater v Centre for Global Development Europe. The case established that gender critical views are protected as a belief under the Equality Act 2010, while stating that the judgment does not permit misgendering transgender people with impunity. At a subsequent full merits hearing, the Employment Tribunal upheld Forstater's case, concluding that she had suffered direct discrimination on the basis of her gender critical beliefs.

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Trans Kids Deserve Better

Trans Kids Deserve Better is a British action network consisting primarily of trans youth. The group advocates for transgender rights in the UK including access to gender-affirming care for minors and protections from discrimination, deadnaming, and misgendering in schools. The group has protested by occupying the NHS headquarters and the Department for Education headquarters. It also released crickets during an LGB Alliance meeting.

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Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.