women's rights

Mother, O Mother Where is the nurture of the lioness? The protection like the mother bear? Where is the light in the darkness? The shade of the ancient tree? Mother, O Mother I am haunted by their...

(Content warning: This blog contains description of sexual abuse.) This is something I thought I will never be able to talk about but since I became a blogger with The Well Project and a Global...

Es muy fácil escribir lo que he vivido, si sufrí, si lloré, si me levanté rápido o no. Es fácil contar lo experimentado. Pero cuando uno se vuelve activista deja el "yo" de lado, ya no soy "YO", somos...

Many transgender people come to the US to escape violence or persecution in the country where they were born only to have similar problems in the United States. It is hard at times for trans...

Muchas personas transgéneros vienen a los EE.UU. para escapar de la violencia o persecución en el país donde nacieron solo para tener problemas similares en los Estados Unidos. A los inmigrantes trans...

My name is Christina and I am 39 years old. I am from a small town in South Central Kentucky. Born and raised in this area and being different affected my life at and early age.

This blog was translated from Spanish. Read the original, "Chicas como YO" here. On the 10th of February at the White House in Washington DC, over 20 TransAdvocates / Activists from around the country...

El pasado 10th de Febrero en la Casa Blanca en Washington DC se reunieron mas de 20 TransAdvocates /Activistas de todas partes del país. Tuve la oportunidad de asistir a esa reunión como representante...

I live in the basement: the lowest floor of the social systems we have here in America. Above me live the middle-class: not concerned with the trials of the lower class; the privileged: living in a...

This blog was translated from Spanish. Read the original, "Introducción - Erika" here. Hi! I am Erika Castellanos. I am a transgender woman living with HIV from Belize. (You don't know where Belize is...