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*Re-Release* There is no more appropriate episode for me to publish today, the 50th anniversary of #Stonewall and #Pride, than this one. Please listen. Happy Pride! Episode 11 of #DontMentionIt - My conversation with Lilianna Reyes, Second Stories Director at the Ruth Ellis Center & Co-Executive Director of the Trans Sistas of Color Project. We talk about the Ruth Ellis Center, life for trans women of color, and about the role racism and privilege play in access to resources for people of color in the LGBTQIA+ community. Note: This episode contains difficult subject matter including violence against trans women of color and survival sex work. All opinions expressed by the me in this podcast are my own, and do not represent the views of anyone else, or any employer, company, or entity. Show Notes Links Ruth Ellis Center Website: http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/ Second Stories Drop-In Center at Ruth Ellis http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/what-we-do/2ndstories/ Ruth Ellis Center 2018 Report http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ReReport.pdf Ruth Ellis Center on Twitter: @REC_Detroit Instagram @ruthelliscenter FB at facebook.com/RuthEllisCenter Trans Sistas of Color Project - Detroit https://www.facebook.com/TSCOPD/ Trans Sistas of Color Project Detroit Twitter @tsocproject Instagram @tsocproject To Donate Monetary Donations (Please remember that if you want your donation to go to Trans Sistas of Color Project, to indicate that in the notes field): https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=rutheci&id=1 Clothing & Other Items: http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/get-involved/donate-items/ Articles Vice.com, Pastor charged with murder of black trans woman near notorious Detroit park Human Rights Campaign, Violence Against the Transgender Community in 2019 Human Rights Campaign Report, Dismantling A Culture Of Violence Human Rights Campaign, New Report on Youth Homeless Affirms that LGBTQ Youth Disproportionately Experience Homelessness Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims President Obama Designates Stonewall National Monument Killings of transgender people in the US saw another high year Monuments  Stonewall Forever - A Living Monument to 50 Years Of Pride New York City Monument Will Honor Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Organizations & Podcasts Trans Doe Task Force The Fall Line Documentaries Stonewall Uprising, THE YEAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA - American Experience, PBS The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Release date: October 6, 2017 (USA), Director, David France How To Survive A Plague - Independent Lens - Release Date:September 21, 2012 Paris is Burning - Release Date: August 1991 (USA), Director, Jennie Livingston Additional Music Credits “In Suspense”, from PodSummit.com is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication License. Edited for length for episode.