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How a basketball jersey can open pathways for Native opportunities

How a basketball jersey can open pathways for Native opportunities

Artist Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe) designed warmup jerseys for the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team. They debuted during a game last Sunday that also included jingle dress dancers, traditional drumming and land acknowledgment in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
by Robyn Katona and Feven Gerezgiher

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To raise funds for trans communities, an artist has pledged to do 1,000 pansy tattoos

To raise funds for trans communities, an artist has pledged to do 1,000 pansy tattoos

The project A Thousand Pansies aims to raise money to support the trans community with the tattooing of 1,000 pansy flowers. To get the tattoo, participants must donate $500 to a designated charity.
by Halisia Hubbard

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Vigil for transgender victims draws crowd mourning Colorado Springs shooting

Vigil for transgender victims draws crowd mourning Colorado Springs shooting

People packed a Minneapolis event Sunday for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, looking for somewhere to be together to grieve the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub the night before.
by Feven Gerezgiher and Robyn Katona

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Minnesota Now and Then: American Indian Women's Caucus member looks back on the first ever National Women's Conference

Bonnie Wallace joined Cathy Wurzer to talk about the first and only women’s conference approved of and funded by the federal government, 44 years ago this month.
by Cathy Wurzer and Britt Aamodt

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Minnesota events will honor transgender people killed this year across U.S.

Minnesota events will honor transgender people killed this year across U.S.

Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, when people around the world honor the memory of transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people who have been violently killed in the past year.
by Robyn Katona

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Transgender Day of Remembrance kindles sadness, celebration

Transgender Day of Remembrance kindles sadness, celebration

Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 honors the memory of those killed in acts of anti-transgender violence. On Thursday, Cathy Wurzer spoke with Alex Iantaffi, a Minneapolis family therapist who works with transgender people about the day, and its importance.
by Cathy Wurzer, Ellen Finn and Sam Stroozas

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Louisiana voters rejected an antislavery ballot measure. The reasons are complicated

Louisiana voters rejected an antislavery ballot measure. The reasons are complicated

Voters in four states — Vermont, Oregon, Alabama and Tennessee — approved antislavery ballot measures in the 2022 elections. The Louisiana amendment may have failed, in part, because of confusion.
by Kaitlyn Radde

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