For Decades, Trans People Have Helped Lead the Fight Against Sexual Violence

by Gabriel Arkles | Apr 30, 2026 | Activism, Gender Nonconforming, LGBTQ activism, LGBTQ Rights, Op-Ed, Organizing, Resistance, Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence, Stonewall, Supreme Court, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Rights

Over the past year, we have seen the Trump administration repeatedly use the specter of sexual violence to scapegoat immigrants and trans people — specifically women and transfeminine people. Both historically and currently, these groups are disproportionately likely to face sexual violence, but in the right-wing narrative, they have been reframed as its perpetrators. While breathtaking in its…
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