On day 10, my love goes out to Micah Bazant, an artist who uses their tools and skills to fight like hell for the living and for the dead. You've probably seen Micah's art and not even known who the artist is, from a lot of the work in the Trans Life & Liberation Series to protest signs made to honor the too-many Black trans women murdered each year. Micah's art is often either free or used to fundraise for organizations. An example the poster for Trans Day of Resilience supporting the Audre Lorde Project.
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On day 9 of #TransLoveNov, I send love to Kay Ulanday Barrett. Kay is an artist who weaves activism and advocacy into every breath and word. Kay is also knows for dapperness, bringing crip politics into the room, and a deep love of snacks. Check out Kay's page for upcoming readings and performances.
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov The second week of #TransLoveNov goes to the cultural producers. Although, it would be just as easy to include trans and gender nonconforming cultural producers in the activist week because our art is resistance. Micky Bradford is the perfect example of that and my love on day 8 goes out to her. An organizer with Transgender Law Center, Micky famously vogued to "dance away my anger, frustration, and sadness" in front of police stationed outside of North Carolina governor McCrory's house.
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov On day 7, I send my love to Raquel Willis, a brilliant writer who gives her day time to the Transgender Law Center. She is one of my favorite people on Twitter to follow, and one of the newest hosts of the Black Girl Dangerous Podcast. I can't wait for her book to come out!
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov On day 6 of #TransLoveNov, I send my love to Asher Kolieboi, the first person I think of as someone who challenges faith and spiritual workers to show up as healers and advocates. He's worked with a half a dozen different progressive organizations, is a university chaplain at Johns Hopkins, co-organized the 2010 Soulforce Equality Ride, co-founded Legalize Trans, and launched (un)heard: Transmasculine People of Color Speak! It's anyone's guess what he'll do next. Oh, he was at Ferguson too and is about to get officially ordained with the United Church of Christ.
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a living legend, so I could not go this week without sending her some mad love. She was at the 1969 Stonewall Riots and became politicized while in prison. Miss Major only recently retired from being the Executive Director of the Transgender, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project, leaving it in the very capable hands of Janetta Johnson. Miss Major's legacy is now a documentary film called MAJOR!
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov On day 4, I send my love to Chase Strangio, an attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT & AIDS Project, who advocates for and with incarcerated trans and gender nonconforming people. He represented TGNC folks when he worked at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and founded the Lorena Borjas Community Fund for bond assistance to LGBTQ immigrants. Chase also writes a bunch of smart things, so I follow him on Twitter.
With love and in solidarity. #TransLoveNov On the third day of #TransLoveNov, I send my love to CeCe McDonald, who took her experience of an unjust incarceration for defending herself against racist and transphobic violence and put it into prison abolition work. Her story is immortalized in the documentary FREE CECE! produced by none other than Laverne Cox.
With love and in solidarity. #TransLoveNov Today I want to send my love to Bamby Salcedo, nationally and internationally recognized activist, advocate, community organizer and social justice advocate and professional. Bamby initiated the TransLives Matter National Day of Action, and organizes and works for the trans community, immigration, HIV, youth, incarceration, and Latinx communities. Learn more about and support the organization she leads, the TransLatina Coalition.
With love and in solidarity #TransLoveNov The first week of #TransLoveNov goes to activists. On the first day, I want to send my love and gratitude to the original inhabitants of this land and all those at Standing Rock, putting their bodies and livelihoods on the line to protect our water. I want to especially lift up those at the Two Spirit Camp for protecting our water and for the daily work of decolonizing gender and sexuality.
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