Transgender model Munroe Bergdorf, who was fired by L'Oreal Paris after speaking out against racism, is not letting industry censorship keep her down. Thanks to vocal support from the queer and Black communities, Bergdorf is rising above L'Oreal's attempt to silence her.
It's fitting, then, that Dazed tapped Bergdorf to perform Maya Angelou's iconic poem, "Still I Rise," in a short film directed by by Bec Evans and Laura Kirwan-Ashman. Watch, below, as the British model incants one of Angelou's most beloved poems.
Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.