“[Ashe] and I protested today in New Orleans.

We chanted Black Trans Lives Matter Black Queer Lives Matter All Black Lives Matter.

“The revolution is not about appeal,” Smith continued in his post.

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“It is about demanding what should have been given to us from the beginning.

What should have been given to black, queer, and trans individuals from the beginning.

Which is the right to exist.

To live and prosper in public.

Without fear of persecution or threat of violence.”

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