Given that gender roles are a societally enforced social class system, what liberation from those roles means isn't 'seperate but equal' and it isn't about finding the 'correct' way to express gender roles, it's about being able to live as the person you want to be without being told that's the wrong way to be. That means having the same chance to do the work you want to do as anyone else does, being able to wear the clothes you want to wear, have any surgeries you want to have, take any hormones you want to take, and in general just be the way you want to be without the people around you trying to 'fix' you or tell you that you shouldn't do that or that you 'don't have to be that way' (the implication being that you shouldn't be that way).
Because the problem with our current society isn't that the social class of gender has been defined incorrectly, but that it shouldn't exist as a social class at all. This doesn't mean ignoring how people oppress and are oppressed in the current system of gender--doing that only helps to reinforce the current system. People can't fight what they ignore and in fact will tend to reinforce those oppressions they ignore. But it does mean that the end goal is a society where no one can oppress or be oppressed by gender, where the very concept of gender is illegible and meaningless. Which means that ultimately liberation is not about finding some "correct" conception of gender, but about abolishing the concept entirely. We need to stop confining people to gender boxes entirely. In such a society, personal expression and autonomy would flourish in ways we can scarcely now imagine, without being stifled as it is now for not fitting neatly in one of two binary roles. And society would flourish in ways it presently cannot, as gender currently forecloses on many opportunities for people to live up to their full potential.
A trans person in the UK woke up yesterday with fewer rights than a year ago. The EHRC published its draft Code of Practice and told every trans person in Britain they may be lawfully excluded from gender-specific spaces — the proper accommodation being a third, gender-neutral facility service providers can be sued for failing to build. A separate door. A separate sink. A separate category of human. This is not compromise. It is segregation in inclusion drag, and any hospitality worker asked to judge which body belongs in which room is conscripted into policing genitals. Hospitality venues are not border checkpoints. They are about to become them. Full piece:
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#TransRights #LGBTQ #EHRC #UKPolitics #TransActual #QueerCommunity #Pride #HumanRights #TransLiberation #Equality #QueerVisibility #SolidarityThe EHRC published its draft Code yesterday and told trans people in the UK they may be lawfully excluded from gendered spaces — the accommodation being a third, separate door. This is not compromise. It is segregation in inclusion drag, and any barmaid is now conscripted into policing bodies. The full piece, with what comes next:
https://twp.ai/9OVuir#TransRights #EHRC #UKPolitics #TransActual #LGBTQ #TransLiberation #QueerNews #HumanRights #TransJustice #UKTrans
What Survives the Morning: When the Old Parties Crumble and the Bees Keep Working
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Bamby Salcedo has organized for trans Latina survival in Los Angeles for three decades. The TransLatin@ Coalition she founded in 2009 serves more than 400 trans women annually. Her work pushed California to allocate $15 million in trans-specific health funding. — the Black queer playwright behind Moonlight — funded a $3.2 million Yale endowment for emerging writers of color. Sarah McBride sits as the first openly trans member of Congress: 17 trans-rights bills in 16 months, a healthcare protections bill with 42 Democratic co-sponsors. Three HIV long-term non-progressors holding viral suppression without antiretrovirals. Iceland's queer youth housing pilot cut LGBTQ+ youth homelessness by 34%. The work does not wait.
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#TransRights #TransJoy #LGBTQHistory #SarahMcBride #BambySalcedo #HIV #QueerHistory #Visibility #TransLiberation #BrightSignals #QueerJoy #ResistanceBamby Salcedo — three decades for trans Latina survival, $15M secured in California. Sarah McBride — 17 trans-rights bills in 16 months. Three HIV non-progressors holding viral suppression without antiretrovirals. The work does not wait.
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What Survives the Morning: "Better Get Moving, Fast" — Or There Won't Be Anything Left Of Us Either
Witness urgent analysis from Wendy on survival, geopolitics, and what persists when the world fractures. Grounding practices for the overwhelmed.
As I'm sure we all know, this year has been a particularly rough year for trans people. November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, where we remember those in our community we have lost to violence and hate. Despite the devastating new statistics shared within, I still found this article’s message about lifting up the most marginalized among us inspiring. Lots of love to all of y’all, please reach out if we can help.
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This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.
We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.
Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!
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Stanford Medicine is hosting a free webinar on Gender Affirming Voice Care Options on Today, September 16 from 6pm – 7pm PST. It's open to the public & will provide a safe & supportive environment to learn & ask questions about gender-affirming voice care.
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#trans #nonbinary #genderaffirmingcare #transrights #transliberation #slp #slplife #voicetraining #vocalcoach
Hi everyone! Our next gender affirming voice meetup is Thursday, September 4th at 5 PM CST. This is the second in our six month series we’re excited to share techniques for powering your voice, & building consistency. Please RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ex2bSXs6r/
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