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3 Strategies to Fight Transphobia
Last October, a long essay was published in Volcánicas, over 30,000 words, arguably a book: “El terfismo en América Latina: un borrado histórico de las personas trans / Reportaje completo.” The reporters are Katia Rejón and Arlen Molina, and the analysis is by Katia Rejón, Matilde de los Milagros, and Catalina Ruiz-Navarro.

Gay and trans freedom is everyone’s freedom
Be who you are, choose your path, and let’s do it together. A big reason to support LGBTQ rights. We don’t have to continue our role in a bad situation. We can speak up and ask for help getting free. May we all be happier because we are here together.

Let’s make hope
Some people do not like the word “hope.” It is often an empty word. It is used in greeting cards. But hope, just as often, has deeper meanings. I am not attached to the word “hope,” but it is a common word for certain concepts that are important.

‘At any age’: Trump doesn’t want trans people
How Trump will oppress trans people if reelected in 2024. Trump’s influence on the GOP continues to have nightmarish effects for trans and queer people. If he is given power again, we know exactly what he’ll do.

Right wing lies about trans suicide
Steven Crowder makes up numbers and unfortunately is on Twitter. A former coworker actively fantasizes that my 21st-century transgender life is more miserable than if I were in a concentration camp.

2 times a trans man’s opinion was dismissed just because he’s trans
One happened to me. One happened to a more prominent trans person. Sure, these are “just” anonymous online comments. But they aim to delegitimize. Try to imagine the ripple effects into the rest of a trans man’s life.

I’m a gender autonomist
The term ‘gender activist’ is used to point at trans people living with dignity and solidarity, capable of saying ‘no thank you’ and daring to shrug at and disagree with someone who doesn’t like them just because they’re trans. ‘Activist’ is used as an insult for someone who believes in autonomy.

Cricket’s Still Alive (a poem)
Out of the gravel pit, up into the light. A poem after Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’. About Kristi Noem and the young dog she brags of shooting. Beautiful trans child, goddamn untrainable dog.

What’s in the 2023 Florida bill about gender transition
The bill is called ‘Treatments for Sex Reassignment’ (SB 254). Stigma and silencing is the real purpose of Don’t Say Gay. Restricting gender transition is another way of making it difficult for certain people to thrive.