News & Commentary

A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law

Guest writers from the COS-DC coalition detail what it's like for sex workers to be under the constant watch of government surveillance, and how it connects to historically harmed neighbors and even residents across the District.

After her experience being incarcerated, Courtney Phillips is committed to spreading the word about trans people’s rights at the D.C. Jail. Read about her experience and how an ACLU-DC case settlement allows trans people at the jail "the right to be housed where they identify."

Guest writer Dionne "DJ Magic" Ledbetter reflects on how one email changed the way she looked at creating spaces for the Black queer community, and the LGBTQ+ history that makes D.C. special.