Giselle Byrd

1 month ago | igeteo.mx | Ericka Perez |Giselle Byrd |Vera Eidelman

“WAhora, como comunidad, tiene la capacidad de galvanizar “, cube Giselle Byrdla primera mujer trans Black en dirigir una compañía de teatro regional en los Estados Unidos. “Esto es injusticia. Hemos luchado antes y lucharemos nuevamente. No podemos dejar que el fanatismo y el odio nos derroten ni se apoderen de nuestras etapas o lugares de adoración cultural”. Byrd, 32, es director ejecutivo de La ofensiva del teatroque presenta el arte por y sobre las personas queer y trans de coloration.

1 month ago | lgbtqnation.com | Irene Monroe |Giselle Byrd

Transgender rights have been placed on the chopping block by the second Trump administration. Pushback, however, has been equally fierce across the country as activists combat Donald Trump’s attempt to erase our trans and nonbinary communities from the social fabric of American life. For this year’s Women’s History Month, I’d like to honor two Black trans women: Rita Hester and Giselle Kristina Byrd. I honor Hester for her life and legacy and Byrd for her historic appointment.

1 month ago | americantheatre.org | Giselle Byrd

PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Artists and theatre groups are challenging a new certification requirement and funding prohibition for National Endowment for the Arts’ grant applications that requires applicants to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” in order to be eligible for funding, and blocks any projects that reasonably appear to “promote gender ideology” from getting an award.

Jul 2, 2024 | pride.com | Giselle Byrd

The trailer for Canada’s Drag Race vs The World season 2 has arrived and we have a very good feeling that this season is about to bring the heat to the Great White North. Not only is the cast stacked with legends, fan faves, and queens who can’t help but serve up the drama, but one very special guest judge knows how to bring the camp. We’re talking about soap opera legend and former Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, Lisa Rinna. And she's not the only extra special guest headed to the judge's table.

Jul 1, 2024 | advocate.com | Giselle Byrd |Christopher Wiggins

Justin Heath Smith, the 42-year-old adult content creator known as Austin Wolf, is being held in detention in Brooklyn after a judge ruled he was a danger to the public and a flight risk. Smith faces federal child pornography charges and has been accused of sending and receiving “hundreds of videos of child pornography,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.