Making Black Trans Lives Matter

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 10, 2020

Imara Jones, founder and creator of Translash Media, Soros Equality fellow and journalist-in-residence at The Greene Space, and TS Candii, an organizer with DecrimNY and the Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans Ban Coalition, tell the story of Tony McDade, a black transgender man who was shot and killed by police in Florida two days after the death of George Floyd, and about creating a truly inclusive Black Lives Matter movement.

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