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Trans activist Monica Jones was convicted of “manifesting prostitution” in Phoenix, Arizona. Jones was arrested last May for accepting a ride to a from two undercover police officers. In Phoenix, “repeatedly stopping an engaging someone in conversation” can lead to arrest, even if one is no attempting to engage in sex work. Jones was arrested under this […]

A petition by the Sex Workers Outreach Project is calling for the release of Monica Jones. Jones, who is a trans and sex workers rights activist and student at Arizona State University, was profiled and falsely arrested through a prostitution diversion program called Project Rose. The petition calls for not just Jones’ release, but to […]

An Arizona court has sided with a transgender woman who was convicted of prostitution simply for walking down the street.

By Deria Matthews “The university was not created to save my life. The university is not about the preservation of a bright brown body. The university will use me alive and use me dead. The university does not intend to love me. The university does not know how to love me. The university in fact, […]

 Jamie Broadnax is an example of someone who saw a void that needed to be filled and chose to do it herself. When Broadnax founded Black Girl Nerds in 2012, there was a clear need for an outlet for female nerds of color. Four years later, Black Girl Nerds has a website full of contributing writers, a podcast that was […]

As costs rise, colleges say aid to students is rising, too Staff Writer, Duluth News Tribune, February 13, 2011 All cultures should support Youth Radio D’Shannon Brown, Greenville News, February 12, 2011 From Florida, school reform that works Katherine Kersten, Star Tribune, February 12, 2011 Young black males are focus of discussion Jon Hand, Roc […]