Healing and Joy as Resistance: Words of Wisdom from a Beloved Activist (Winter 2022)

“For Dr. Hunter-Fowler, this work to uplift and celebrate the voices and experiences of trans people, particularly Black trans women like herself, is a joy and a dream come true. The impetus for starting TWOCC—to create healing spaces in response to the fatal attacks of trans people—still holds precedence today. For years, with the ongoing violence coupled with systemic oppression, many Black trans women have operated under the notion that their life expectancy is no more than thirty-five years. As such, Dr. Hunter-Fowler states, ‘Every breath a trans person of color takes is an act of revolution.'”

by Nineequa Blanding