In 2018, advocates tracked at least 26 violent deaths of transgender people - the majority of whom were black transgender women - according to the Human Rights Campaign. Each and every day, each and every decade.” “It’s about carrying on and the idea of creating more space at the table, more space in society. It’s about building on the backs of our forefathers and foremothers,” Danielle Moodie-Mills, host of the SiriusXM show “WokeAF,” said. “We don’t live in a society where you fight for your rights and all of a sudden, they’re one and done. For many, remembrances of the Stonewall uprising serve as a reminder of what work remains to be done, of whose voices still need to be heard and of whose queer bodies still need to be protected. Yet just as Stonewall didn’t technically mark the beginning of the gay rights movement, its 50th anniversary doesn’t mark the end of it either.
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