The Rise In Transgender Homicides Is A National Crisis

Released on March 9, 2017

In one week alone, four transgender black women were murdered in the United States. So far this year, there have been seven murders of transgender people, well above last year’s figure. And 2016 saw the murder of 23 transgender and gender nonconforming people, the highest ever recorded by groups that monitor this violence.

NOW is Going on Strike

Released on March 6, 2017

On March 8, International Women’s Day, women around the country will strike to demand gender equality. The National Organization for Women will proudly take action for human rights alongside them.

NOW Mourns the Loss of Aileen Hernandez

Released on February 27, 2017

Hernandez was one of the founding officers of the National Organization for Women in 1966, and served as NOW’s national president from 1970-1971.