feature: ‘8 transgender women of color who are doing more than just being visible’

As the world remains abuzz with images of Caitlin Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover story (the first out transgender woman to cover the magazine), The Root have chosen to direct some of this attention onto 8 remarkable trans women of color who are not only living their truth, but using their “visibility into power and resources for trans people of color and doing far more groundbreaking work than simply being visible”. Check out these these inspiring women below.

By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor

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Precious Davis
LGBT youth activist

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Tona Brown

Musician

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Monica Roberts
Writer, Activist and founder/managing editor of TransGriot (a blog dedicated to black trans history)

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Janet Mock
Author, Activist and Host of the MSNBC show ‘So Popular!’

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Angelica Ross
Activist and Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises (a training academy and creative design firm that contracts transgender workers)

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Laverne Cox
Actress and Activist

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Fallon Fox
Mixed Martial Arts Fighter

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Cece Mcdonald
Prison Reform Advocate