“[...] to become truly human and acceptable, [they] must first become like us [white]. This assumption once accepted, the Negro in America can only acquiesce in the obliteration of his own personality.” Everybody’s Protest Novel , James Baldwin While many activists associated with the Civil Rights Movement, such as Baldwin or Rustin, were prominent figures in the queer community, the Queer Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Movement have, for all intents and purposes, been

Transfeminine author Alok Vaid-Menon puts the cruel state of global trans rights best in Beyond the Gender Binary  when they write, “ How are you supposed to be believed about the harm you experience when people don’t even believe that you exist ?” While trans communities have existed across ancient civilisations for centuries, they remain one of the most vulnerable communities worldwide. Only a handful of countries legally recognise transgender identities, and even fewer off

The night is chill; the forest bare;   Is it the wind that moaneth bleak?   There is not wind enough in the air   To move away the ringlet curl   From the lovely lady's cheek—   There is not wind enough to twirl   The one red leaf, the last of its clan,   That dances as often as dance it can,   Hanging so light, and hanging so high,   On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.     Hush, beating heart of Christabel!   Jesu, Maria, shield her well!   — Christabel , Samuel Ta