My latest for Mic. This case is ongoing and important. Please share: "But racism in the response to Orlando and El-Amin's case do not exist in a vacuum. There are plenty of examples where LGBTQ rights have failed to account for the black, brown, Hispanic, Asian or indigenous members of our community. We live in an age when Caitlyn Jenner, a white Republican, is arguably the most recognized transgender person in America. Meanwhile, transgender women of color are being murdered at epidemic rates and barely receive any attention. It's an age where work to fight HIV frequently revolves around a miracle drug that prevents the disease, while HIV rates in black gay male communities — which disproportionately lack access to medication and healthcare in the first place — has gone so unmitigated over decades that 50% are expected to contract the virus in their lifetime all the same." Read more at https://mic.com/articles/147556/what-bayna-el-amin-s-assault-case-says-about-racism-in-the-lgbtq-community (link in bio) #gay #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #race #racism #black