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Beyond Day of Visibility: How Transgender District's Breonna McCree is building hope and empowerment
People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/31/26 People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/31/26

Beyond Day of Visibility: How Transgender District's Breonna McCree is building hope and empowerment

As Co-Executive Director of the Transgender District in San Francisco, the world’s first legally recognized district, Breonna McCree has spent her career building the kind of infrastructure that visibility rhetoric consistently promises and rarely delivers.

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The House that built itself: Jahnell Butler on ballroom, motherhood, and legacy
People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/30/26 People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/30/26

The House that built itself: Jahnell Butler on ballroom, motherhood, and legacy

Jahnell Butler–Mother Chanel, director of trans services, and one of ballroom’s living legends–on legacy, chosen family, and what it means to show up for your children.

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The country woke up to Kansas. Merrique Jenson never slept.
People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/18/26 People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/18/26

The country woke up to Kansas. Merrique Jenson never slept.

As the only executive director running a trans organization across three deeply red states, Merrique Jenson isn't interested in your outrage. She's interested in your resources, your platform, and you

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The U.S. military kicked her out. Miss International Queen USA gets her now.
People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/10/26 People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/10/26

The U.S. military kicked her out. Miss International Queen USA gets her now.

Altesse Aurum gave the U.S. military 12 years, that is, until they made her stop. Now she's Miss Georgia, bound for Miss International Queen USA, and done waiting for the world to catch up.

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Hope Giselle is not ‘Your Average Girl’–and she’s done accepting average narratives
People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/4/26 People Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière 3/4/26

Hope Giselle is not ‘Your Average Girl’–and she’s done accepting average narratives

The activist and filmmaker on dismantling the “pipeline” story of Black trans womanhood, and why inspiration without infrastructure is not enough.

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