When we’re talking about queer bodies, immigrant bodies, black and brown bodies, disabled bodies, those disrupt white supremacy and heteropatriarchy — and that’s the context in which we see a lot of criminalization of these communities. When I think of queer survival economies, I think of bodies that disrupt the social order by surviving, existing and thriving.
Veronica Bayetti Flores via Surviving or Thriving: How Economic (In)Justice Matters for LGBT People
We’re here demanding intentional, meaningful investment in our community, and in our community efforts to end this motherf*cking epidemic. We are demanding funders and organizers, especially LGBT foundations and granters, to intentionally invest in the trans community… If you serve us, you need to include us.
It was really important to me that the show didn’t objectify me. I said to Ione, ‘I am not your court jester.’ And I mean it.
It’s hard to not have your humanity recognized by your own home, by your fellow Idahoans. And really, that’s all we want. We’re asking for so little, just the acknowledgement that we are human beings and that we deserve the same basic rights as everyone else.
Mey, our totally badass Trans Editor, testified before the Idaho House about HB2, which would add the words “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to the state’s Human Rights Act.
Say their names: Lamia Beard. Ty Underwood. Goddess Edwards. May they rest in power.
We’ve been nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Blog! Again! Let’s do a Leslie Knope dance now.
From the Renagayssance to the pool to the staff reading and back, this is what happened on Day 2 and 3 at A-Camp 5.0
In 2013, LeslieAnn Manning was raped by another inmate while incarcerated in a men’s prison. Now, she’s bringing a lawsuit against the Sullivan Correctional Facility for their “deliberate indifference” in failing to prevent her assault.
While I’m strongly in favor not being shitty to trans people, not being a jerk does not an ally make. You can’t half-ass your way to allyhood. I don’t have the option to only be trans when it’s convenient and safe, so if you’re really interested in progress for our community, you have to jump in with both feet.