Posted By: WGBH | June 10, 2021 | By: GBH Staff Boston Pride is in full swing this week with virtual events to celebrate LGBTQ+ residents, but some members of the community have not felt as welcomed, with longstanding criticisms about a lack of diversity in the organization’s leadership recently gaining steam,
Posted By: NECN | June 2, 2021 | By: Sue O’Connell Sue O’Connell sat down with Chastity Bowick of Trans Resistance MA to talk about her group’s efforts to be a bigger part of organized Pride events.
Posted By: Liberation News | May 16, 2021 | By: Mandy Wilkens “I am the mother who raised the children whose rainbow sparkled too brightly and blinded their birth moms. I cherished what they discarded. I took on earthly assignments for the moms who’d earned their Heavenly reward. For their babies who
Posted By: Amour Caché | April 1, 2021 | By: Ina Joseph If there’s anything the 2020 has taught us, it’s that providing visibility to any marginalized community must go beyond Instagram posts and hashtags. It’s about finding meaningful ways to uplift that community and the livelihood of its members. The Trans Emergency Fund has
Posted By: WGBH | March 26, 2021 | By: GBH Staff On the latest episode of Basic Black, host Phillip Martin is joined by four experts to explore the Black transgender community and how Black transgender men and women go about their day-to-day lives encountering ongoing issues around discrimination, housing, employment, violence and
Chastity Bowick takes great pride in being a transgender woman of color who uses her voice to advocate for transgender health for all. #MyStoryMatters
Posted By: The Rainbow Times | December 15, 2020 | By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter The Gift of Love Is What The Transgender Emergency Fund Of MA Is Giving To Transgender People of Color and Overall, Especially During The Pandemic During This Holiday Season And Beyond By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— Chastity Bowick understands
Posted By: The Boston Globe | June 13, 2020 | By Globe Staff Chris Martinez and others marched during a Black Lives Matters protest in East Boston on Saturday.CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF Thousands protested throughout Boston on Saturday, as demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism continued, with throngs
Posted By: The Boston Globe | June 12, 2020 | By: Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff A Unity flag was raised at the State House.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF “This is not a time to dance around anything. This is a time to make a statement.” Casey Dooley is clear and direct. She
Posted By: Boston Spirit Magazine | June 12, 2020 | By: Scott Kearnan Boston Pride parade, 2018. This year, critics say the organization turned its back on a chance to more strongly support Black Lives Matters. Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images “This is not a time to dance around anything.
