I had the great pleasure of appearing on Democracy Now! today with my favorite thinker/talker/doer, Mariame Kaba, to talk about the growing network of mutual aid projects and pods responding to COVID-19, and the broader context of mutual aid in left social movements.
Delete Your Account Podcast Interview
I had the pleasure of joining Mariame Kaba, Roqayah Chamseddine and Kumars Salehi recently on the Delete Your Account Podcast. We talked about mutual aid, abolition, and more. Check it out! And enjoy this photo I took near Mount Baker this summer.
Webinar, radio interview, and podcast
Yesterday, I did an interview with KUOW’s The Record about how Washington and many other jurisdictions are adding an “X” option as a gender marker on DMV ID. I talked about why we should, in addition to working to make it easier to change gender markers, work to eliminate gender markers from ID and oppose ID. I tried to tie this conversation about the X to opposition to law enforcement–policing and immigration enforcement–and all government and corporate surveillance.
Today I’m giving a webinar for Showing Up for Racial Justice at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern. Join if you can, or they might have it available recorded after. Not sure.
Finally, I recently got to talk to Nick Venegoni on his Queer Spirit podcast about the self-help book for activists that I’ve been working on for about five years. I also want to recommend his interview with my sister, Lis Goldschmidt.
Stonewall Was Not a “Peaceful Protest”
For Pride 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion, I wrote an op-ed for Out Magazine.
Op-ed: Honor Our Stonewall Veterans by Being Your Most Queer Militant Self
The Stonewall rebellion was not a “peaceful protest.” Queer and transgender people threw shoes and bottles at cops who routinely raided gay bars, beat and raped queer and trans people. Today, under the direction of a multi-million dollar Pride industry, Stonewall is celebrated with big parades where police, the military, banks, and politicians wave rainbow flags. In some cities, the cops roll out special rainbow-painted police cars. The radical acts of rage and disobedience against illegitimate authority that erupted at Stonewall are now reflected back as a story about “progress” in which the institutions that run our lives through coercion and violence claim to be “gay friendly.”
Podcast Interview on Trans Rights
I had the opportunity to talk with Susan Stryker, J Mase III, Liz Coston and the host of 1A, Joshua Johnson recently. You can listen here.
Article about Sylvia Rivera’s Legacy
Don’t miss this article by Raquel Willis, How Sylvia Rivera Created the Blueprint for Transgender Organizing.
New Vice Article about Queer Trans War Ban!
Big thanks to Leila Ettachfini for this new article about Queer Trans War Ban! We are getting ready to create new sticker and poster designs for 2019 summer outreach, so if you have ideas or designs, be in touch!
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New Syllabi and Article about Feminism and War
Sarah Lazare and I recently published an article raising concerns about the celebratory declarations the media has been making as women take leadership positions in defense industry companies and military and intelligence government agencies. Thanks to Jacobin for republishing it.
In other news, I am teaching Race and Law for the first time this semester, and teaching Gender and Law again and added some new books and articles. I am thinking about pulling together all the reading questions I give the students and posting those with the syllabi as well in case they are of use to other teachers or to reading groups. Look out for those soon!
And here is a picture of my dog Bennie, when he was a puppy, with the dearly departed Shelby.
Interview with Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford
I had the honor of talking to Glen Ford about my dismay at recent celebrations of women leading weapons manufacturing corporations and military and defense agencies in the government. You can listen here.
TDOR Interview with Real News Network
I had a chance to talk with The Real News Network yesterday about trans people, Trump, and mutual aid. Here it is.