Finding Joy and Family in Ballroom Culture

[Image: Ballroom culture panel moderator Breonna McCree with panelists SoHo Tisci, Ashlee Banks, and Jahnell Chanel.]

Today in Assigned Media, I report on a Black History Month celebration of ballroom culture, held by The Transgender District at the San Francisco Public Library.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/joy-and-family-ballroom-culture

Responding to Racism

[Image: San Francisco protest of Donald Trump’s first inauguration, January 2017.]

In my latest post for Medium, I share how I’m coping as a Black trans person in the US, in light of Donald Trump’s recent display of blatant racism.

Here’s a link to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/responding-to-racism-df538790007f?sk=3f7dd91ee85696dff94aea24b4010314

(Note: This post would have gone up sooner, but the Medium publication I submitted it to – which has published my work several times in the past – didn’t respond for several days. So I pulled it and published it on my own.)