Mass. Transgender Political Coalition

https://www.hike4rights.org/ 

This fall, Massachusetts voters will be voting on the rights of transgender people in public spaces: that includes parks, trails, and outdoor recreational facilities. To raise awareness for this important issue, we’re backpacking across the entire state of Massachusetts along the Appalachian Trail, from Connecticut to Vermont. We’re going to hike for our rights, and the rights of all transgender people, to enjoy the outdoors in the state we call home. 

Video by Anna Keyes 

It doesn’t matter if you picked them from a list, from a garden, or from your heart.

Use the pronouns that matter to you.

And ignore anyone who tries to tear you down.

ASIAN AMERICAN LGBTQ VISIBILITY

“In August 2015, a homophobic San Gabriel Valley Chinese church announced a march to protest marriage equality. This was met by a huge counter protest led by API Equality-LA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, and other LGBT rights affirming groups. While the counterprotest was successful, one realizes the disconnect between queer APIs from the SGV and a community that may not completely understand who we are. This documentary and project seeks to share the unique stories of LGBTQIA+ Asian Pacific Islanders from the San Gabriel Valley and greater 626 area code.”

Shout out to non-binary folks who cannot use their prefered prouns because there are no neutral pronouns in your laguage.

Shout out to all the non-binary folks that grew up in so heavily gendered society that it’s hard to view something as genderless or gender neutral, even your own identity.

Please add books or essays written by Black and/or POC Queer and Trans* writers (fiction and non-fiction) and books or essays written about the Black Queer and Trans* experience. 

Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology by E. Patrick Johnson (Editor), Mae G. Henderson

Aberrations In Black: Toward A Queer Of Color Critique by Roderick A. Ferguson

Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” by Cathy Cohen (PDF)

Death and Rebirth of a Movement:Queering Critical Ethnic Studies by Cathy Cohen (PDF)

Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action by Andrea J. Ritchie

Mutha Is Half a Word: Intersections of Folklore, Vernacular, Myth, and Queerness in Black Female Culture by L.H. Stallings

Black Queer Identity Matrix: Towards An Integrated Queer of Color Framework (Black Studies & Critical Thinking: Lgbt Studies) by Sheena C. Howard

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Don Weise 

Black Girl Dangerous on Race, Queerness, Class and Gender by Mia McKenzie

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries: Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle (PDF)  A compilation of historical documents, interviews, and critical analyses of STAR, a group of street queens in early 70s New York City who self-organized for survival and revolt. Contained within are pamphlets distributed by STAR, as well as interviews with and speeches by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. Additionally, we are excited to include a critical essay by Ehn Nothing on STAR’s legacy, the enemies of queer insurrection, and the war against gender.

It is perfect!

If you are nonbinary and bisexual you are valid

If you have been questioned “why not just say you’re pan”, you’re valid

If you could identify as pan but prefer to identify as bi (for any reason), you are valid

If you have had to justify your identity to anyone, you are still valid

Meet Rebirth Garments, a clothing collection made for people of all different genders, sizes and abilities. 

Says creator Sky Cubacub of Chicago: 

“I want to give special focus to queer, trans*, and disabled folks as well as people of color — all of whom are left out of mainstream conversations on fashion and society. … Fashion may seem superficial, but it has the power to present yourself to the world and really change your attitude and outlook on life.”

my daily struggle.