all Black lives.During Pride Month, in the middle of an uprising for racial justice, four Black trans women—Merci Mack, Brayla Stone, Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, and Riah Milton—were found murdered.
Unfortunately, not enough people, Black or queer, seemed to care about that. It’s a familiar story that many are tired of telling but that many are still not hearing.
They don’t want to hear about the toxic masculinity that exists in our culture. They don’t want to hear about the homophobia and transphobia within the Black community.
And they don’t want to hear about the racism within the LGBTQIA community.While many Black people are leading a movement for our lives and the right to exist in our Blackness, it doesn’t always include queer people..