Labor Day and the LGBTQ Community

In honor of Labor Day, we are sharing two articles about how the history of the labor movement and the LGBQTQ community are interconnected.

Learn more from GLADD about the stories behind Milk, Brother Outsider, When We Rise, and Pride, with a particular focus on labor.

According to a 2019 article in Teen Vogue, “the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) [reports that] more than one in four trans workers have lost a job due to bias, with over three-fourths reporting that they’ve experienced discrimination at work… Queer labor activists have been fighting against discriminatory policies and demanding better protections since the early 20th century, when organizers like the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)’s Pauline Newman, Helen Marot (who was executive secretary of the New York Women’s Trade Union League), and IWW member and radical abortion provider Dr. Marie Equi went toe-to-toe with the bosses to fight for their fellow workers.”