13 Transgender Pioneers Reflect On The State Of Queer Politics Today

Over the past ten months, Huffington Post Queer Voices has presented an ongoing project called Voices of Liberation. Throughout the course of this enterprise, we spoke with 13 significant and historic transgender and gender non-conforming individuals to share their stories and discuss their continuous struggles to achieve liberation for all marginalized people.In a time when conversations surrounding transgender identity are taking shape at an increasing rate in mainstream culture, the images and stories of trans people being broadcast to the public often dont reflect the nuances of the vast spectrum of trans experiences.As a result, HuffPost felt that a platform was needed to elevate the voices that dont receive television or media attention and discuss their stories, work and the future of the movement.From teenage transgender icon Jazz Jennings to adult film star and educatorBuck Angel to Stonewall Rioter and legend Miss Major, these 13 people have all played their part in shaping the foundation that led to what TIME magazine declared in 2014 to be the mainstream Transgender Tipping Point. As we move forward as queer, trans and gender-nonconforming people into an increasingly hostile political climate, weve gathered the thoughts of these 13 individuals together in one place to reflect on the current state of queer politics and life, and how we should go about engaging in the fight for the liberation of all marginalized groups of people as our movement continues to evolve.The Huffington Post would like to thank everyone who lent their voice to this series. Check out each individual feature from Voices of Liberation here. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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