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Blessings of our ancestors, our praying grandmothers (by Déjà Baptiste)

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Blessings of our ancestors, our praying grandmothers (by Déjà Baptiste)

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You are not alone
You are not the first, or the only
There is a lineage you are inheriting
It is your courage, your faith, your spirit that sets you apart
We are not doomed, We are not Cursed
We are the blessed ones, the blessing
We are blessed to know our spirits are not
only bound in our skin(flesh)
that bodies, like names, are expressions
Manifesting the soul we bear outside of
time and beyond infinity
There is a lineage here
You were never the first time your family,
your hometown,
your faith,
your lovers
loved
and were loved
by us
The blessed ones,
we heard and nurtured our ancestors' dreams
and came forward to create and dream,
imagine and plant,
live in the physical what is celebrated
and cherished
and renewed
in the spiritual

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Blake Brockington (1996 - 2015) - the first Black trans boi I ever saw. I hate that I learned your name and face in death, but am forever grateful that you existed in this realm. Rest in peace and power, king 🤴🏿 

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Blake Brockington (1996 - 2015) - the first Black trans boi I ever saw. I hate that I learned your name and face in death, but am forever grateful that you existed in this realm. Rest in peace and power, king 🤴🏿 

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Club, House, Techno Mix | Geexella | Seven Seven Seven Pound | EP. 89

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Collective Poem - What does Black trans liberation, and the world of your dreams, look, smell, taste, feel, and/or sound like? (open to contributions!)

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Collective Poem - What does Black trans liberation, and the world of your dreams, look, smell, taste, feel, and/or sound like? (open to contributions!)

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Collective Poem - December 3, 2024 Peer Support Space

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Rest In Power, Sam Nordquist (2000 - 2025)

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Rest In Power, Sam Nordquist (2000 - 2025)

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Tribute to Sam Nordquist from his community

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Rest In Power, Tahiry Broom (1995 - 2025)

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Rest In Power, Tahiry Broom (1995 - 2025)

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Blaque/Out Magazine - How You Can Support the Families & Honor the Memories of Tahiry Broom & Sam Nordquist

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the ritual is NO FEAR

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“Miss Major fought tirelessly for justice and freedom from the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969 to her role as Executive Director of the Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) in San Francisco from 2006 - 2014, and most recently as the founder of House of GG. For over fifty years, Miss Major paved the way for us to be who and where we are today. It's our job now to do as she taught us, and continue to love, fight for, and uplift transgender communities.

Miss Major passed away on October 13th, 2025 in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family and friends after a recent hospitalization.

MAJOR! explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who [fought] for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.

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Miss Major [was] a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She [was] simply ‘Mama’ to many in her community. Her personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism [was] her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.”

missmajorfilm.com l Study Guide

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The award-winning 2016 documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years.

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Rest in Power, Rita Hester (1963 - 1998)

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Rest in Power, Rita Hester (1963 - 1998)

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"Remembering Rita Hester and the untold thousands of other murdered trans people is a day-to-day battle with overwhelming grief, as we who live try to hang on to every name we can, clinging to the memory of people who should still be making new memories alongside us. But if it’s impossible to enshrine the fullness of every person’s life forever, then at least let us remember Rita Hester as a woman who danced with her full spirit, who lived fearlessly and took what she wanted from her time on Earth — and above all, let us remember, always, that she was loved."

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Remembering Rita Hester, Who Changed What It Means to Remember Trans Lives

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Rita Hester’s 1998 murder inspired a movement, but it’s just as important to remember her life as her death.

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Rest in Power, Chanelle Pickett! (1972 - 1995)

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Rest in Power, Chanelle Pickett! (1972 - 1995)

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YouTube: Chanelle and her twin sister Gabrielle interviewed on the Jenny Jones show (1993)