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Trans freedom fighters

Trans and non-binary leaders are on the frontlines of 2020 organizing and activism in the US. The Guardian shines a light on their work

29 October 2020

  • Ola Osaze, 44, first came to the United States at 15 and was eventually granted asylum. Photograph: Bryan Schutmaat/The Guardian

    #EndSars, abolish Ice: the trans activist resisting police violence in Nigeria and the US

    Arriving as a teenager, Ola Osaze was shocked by how the US treats Black LGBTQ+ migrants. Today he fights for their rights amid an international uprising

8 October 2020

  • Rojas.

    'PTSD is real, I wake up crying': the activist who stood up to prison guard abuse

    Rojas organized behind bars in California – exposing the officers who ‘tormented’ trans and queer prisoners

2 October 2020

  • Photo by Marzena Skubatz Photography<br>Emily Gorcenski is an American data scientist and hacktivist who now resides in Germany. Gorcenski was a counter-protester at the Unite the Right rally in 2017, and subsequently created the site 'First Vigil' to track the trial information of white nationalists. Photo by Marzena Skubatz

    The data scientist exposing US white supremacists: 'This is how you fight Nazis'

    After surviving far right violence in Charlottesville, Emily Gorcenski has tracked the Proud Boys and other extremist groups

29 September 2020

  • Mariah Moore, who has been at the forefront of the fight to stop violence against Black trans women in New Orleans, is photographed in Congo Square in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 21, 2020. She is one of the founders of Black Trans Circles, director of House of Tulip and an advocate with Transgender Law Center. (Annie Flanagan for The Guardian)

    'We are resilient': the activist sheltering trans people in Trump's America

  • An estimated 15,000 supporters of Black Trans Lives marched from a rally at the Brooklyn Museum to Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, demanding justice for murdered members of their community

    'Our love is radical': why trans activists lead the way in protest movements

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