A map of Mississippi with Kosciusko marked with a green star. Jackson is also marked in Mississippi. Other towns and cities in neighbouring states marked are Memphis, Little Rock, Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile, Baton Rouge and New Orleans

In his late 20s Jim moved to Kosciusko, where he rekindled a friendship with Smiley Jones, now church pastor, who agreed to keep Jim's secret so he could build a life.
Barely a year later, Jim was stopped in his car by a white police officer. A pat-down revealed Jim was trans
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Dua Saleh is a Sudanese-American poet, actor, and singer, exploring identity and culture through genre-defying music. Discover new music from Black trans artists this Black Trans History Month! Listen at forge.tips/black-trans-artists
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Activist. Scholar. History-maker. Kylar Broadus founded the Trans People of Color Coalition to ensure no one is left behind.

#KylarBroadus #BlackTransHistory #TransLaw #BHM2026

Nicknamed Little Axe, Willmer Broadnax sang gospel like his soul depended on it. Like the gospel he sang, Broadnax defied the violent anti-Black and cis-patriarchal systems built to destroy him. Only upon his death did it become known that he was trans. #blacktranshistory #littleaxe

"I defy any doctor to prove I am not a woman." Reclaim the legend of Lucy Hicks Anderson this February.

#LucyHicksAnderson #BlackTransHistory #DefiantJoy #BHM2026

How can we begin our Black Trans Histories and Futures series without Marsha P. Johnson? A Stonewall legend, Marsha was an advocate for Black Trans youth and sex workers, and that advocacy continues at the Marsha P. Johnson Institute. #blacktranshistory #marshapjohnson

From Mississippi to the world: Jim McHarris lived as himself despite the laws. Honor this legendary Black trans queer ancestor.

#JimMcHarris #BlackTransHistory #QueerAncestors #BHM2026

✊🏿🏳️‍⚧️ This Black History Month, TA honors the Black trans trailblazers who made our movement possible. We would not have the rights, language, or community we have today without Black trans leadership, past and present.
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✊🏿🏳️‍⚧️ This Black History Month, TA honors the Black trans trailblazers who made our movement possible. We would not have the rights, language, or community we have today without Black trans leadership, past and present.
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#BlackHistoryMonth
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#HonorBlackTransLives

Their legacy reminds us that liberation movements are strongest when they center those most impacted, a principle deeply aligned with C.T.T. C.O.T.T.O.N. — Collective Organizing Toward Transformative Outcomes Now.

#BlackHistory365 #BlackTransHistory #MarshaPJohnson #SylviaRivera #TransLiberation

Green and white text overlaying an image of a femme person wearing a gold crown and jewelry with write robes, posing elegantly. Text: "Black Trans History Month 2025. 'I just think that the stories of Black trans women need to be highlighted.' Andrea Horne, Trans Historian. http://forge.tips/transcity-sf" FORGE logo.

Black trans history will not be erased. Andrea Horne is a historian at the Curry Senior Center in San Francisco, working to preserve stories of Black trans women dating back to 1836. Read one of these stories, about Mother George, at forge.tips/transcity-sf

#BlackTransHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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"Revolution Is Love" is a celebration of contemporary activists in New York City and the power of Black trans voices. In a conversation with Qween Jean, Raquel Willis says, "Every time I see you, I hear you speak, I hear you sing, there is a testimony."

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistory

To the Lady Chablis, May you rest well. Follow me for more BHM fact of the day.

#zeethahistorian #theladychablis #blacktranshistory #savannahga #historiansofbluesky

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"As Black trans women, we are the caretakers and the mothers of community," writes Ganesha Gold Buffalo in an article with the Gender Justice League. Read the full article at forge.tips/genderjustice

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistory #CommunityCare

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“Being a person of trans experience in this right now moment, the second that you step foot out of your doorstep, when you cross the threshold, you committed a revolutionary act.” - Dee Dee Watters, at a 2022 TDOR event.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistory #TransSurvivors

Green and white text above four images of book covers. Text: "Books about Black Trans History." Book covers include: Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by by C. Riley Snorton; The Black Trans Prayer Book by Dane Figueroa Edidi; Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility by Eric Stanley, Johanna Burton, and Reina Gossett; Revolution is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation by Mikelle Street and Raquel Willis. FORGE logo.

For Black History Month, we're sharing stories about advocates doing the important work of archiving the history of Black trans communities. Have you read any of these books on Black Trans History?

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackTransHistory

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Black Trans History will not be erased, despite current legislative attempts to remove BIPOC and trans stories from our cultural narrative. Read the GLAAD article by Tymia Ballard at the link in our bio.

@glaad.bsky.social #BlackTransHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackQueerHistory

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In "Revolution is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation," Souls of a Movement writes: "Meaningful change starts within, in the depth of our beings, because only our individual transformation has the power to create a new reality.”

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistory #TransSurvivors

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Kicking off Black History Month with none other than Marsha P. Johnson!

For more information about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our story/bio. Image courtesy of The LGBTQ Center NYC.

#DTA #TransHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTransHistory

Born in 1924, Jim McHarris embraced his identity as a trans man in his early teens.

In the 1950s, after a traffic stop exposed his identity, McHarris was forced through the legal system and out of his home. He said, "I ain't done nothing wrong and I ain't breaking no laws." #BlackTransHistory

Black History Month means Black Trans and Nonbinary History - MTPC Black trans and nonbinary people contribute so much to society yet, continue to be excluded in the narrative of history. MTPC recognizes and honors our Black history makers and pioneers. Here […]

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Frances Thompson Thread: Formerly enslaved Black trans woman and anti-rape activist 📚

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Lady Java, Storied Entertainer and Trans Nightlife Legend, Has Died Known as “Sir Lady Java,” the actress, singer, dancer, and comedian rose to prominence in the 1960s Los Angeles club scene, where she was the righteous challenger of a municipal “cross-dressing law.”

Lady Java was #BlackTransHistory. She wowed the world (and James Brown, Redd Foxx, Lena Horne) with her stunning performances in the 60s and 70s. And she fought to strike down a cross-dressing ordinance in Los Angeles. She was the doll of all dolls! www.them.us/story/sir-la...