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It is crucial for Latinx people to feel comfortable speaking their language, which in many ways causes a barrier to communicate with their physicians, case managers, etc. I have worked with many who have fallen through the cracks of the...

On the morning of May 16th, 2016 - the first appointment with my primary care physician, I vividly recall waking up overwhelmed with new and refreshing feelings of hope. I stepped out of bed with hope, brushed my teeth with...

Often times, and no disrespect to anyone who has said it, but... not being tied to anything isn't all it's cracked up to be. Let me explain... Not a mom ✔ Not settled in a career ✔ Don't own a...

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To those of you who are newly diagnosed with HIV and AIDS, How do you feel now? I have been thinking about an easy way to share some important guidance to people who have just been diagnosed with HIV or...

From day one the odds have never been in my favor a black girl from the rough side of town a black girl growing up before her time a black girl letting the odds win hot tempered doing what i...

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The New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG), in partnership with the Transgender Strategy Center (TSC), petitions any and all national organizations invested in the liberation of Black peoples to sign this petition. Only collectively will our demands for justice be heard.

As an African woman, having a white Dutch husband and mixed kids, I want to share my experience towards Black Lives Matter. In 13 years in the Netherlands, I have come across many facets of discrimination. I mostly talk about...

Growing up in Paterson New Jersey where the population is predominantly Black, it was inevitable that I would share space with an individual who identified as black. However here there was never a question of separation. Black, Hispanic or white...