#BlackTransLivesMatter: Towards an Intersectional Vision for Black Struggle
This past Sunday, thousands came together in the spirit of solidarity, love, and outrage at the Brooklyn Liberation march for Black trans lives. This action came just one day after new information was revealed about the death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco. Layleen was only 27 when she died. She was a part of the New York ballroom scene. She was both a daughter in the House of Xtravaganza, as well as a house mother to one of her childhood friends, and was known for