I wrote something for them about how we need every single person to join in the fight to care for each other and resist our opponents’ nightmare world, and how to get started.
New Article: The Summer’s Hottest Trend is Resisting State Repression
Radio Interview with OutFM about Trump’s Attacks on Trans People
I recently got to talk to my old friend Bob Lederer about the current attacks on trans people coming from new Trump administration. You can listen to the interview here.
In our first segment, Out-FM’s Bob Lederer interviews prominent trans liberation fighter Dean Spade about the larger nefarious logic behind Trump’s anti-trans attacks, and the important principles to follow when mounting resistance to them. This includes the anticipatory obedience of several hospitals which have discontinued gender-affirming care for young people — even before any binding federal rules have forbidden that. Fortunately, as he notes, mass protests for these actions have already occurred at the New York and DC hospitals in question. In Part 2, we discussed some of the themes of his new book, Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together. In particular, we talked about the ways of building lasting social-change organizations based on a commitment to respectfully and lovingly working through differences, while we all stay focused on our common goals. Then we invited listener calls.
Video: Mutual Aid Workshop for CAT-911 with ASL Interpretation
I recently got to do a political education workshop about mutual aid for a group I really admire, CAT-911. They are working to build ways of responding to emergencies without calling the cops, and their work is very thoughtful and inspiring!
Podcast Appearance: Red in the Face
I had a fun conversation with the hosts of Red in the Face about mutual aid and more.
Video: Lecture about How Mutual Aid is the Infrastructure of Protest Occupations and Encampments
On Jan 25 I gave this lecture as part of UC Berkeley Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Social Reproduction in Crisis Series. See below for the flyer that lists all the other upcoming events!
Interview with The Nation about Mutual Aid
Video: Mutual Aid Panel with Mariame Kaba, Kali Akuno and Klee Benally
This conversation was very rich and useful for me. I hope you enjoy it! I am grateful to the organizers and my fellow panelists.
New Video: Conversation with Dream Defenders, Ujimaa Medics, Mariame Kaba, and Dylan Rodriguez about Mutual aid
“Mutual Aid” is a People’s Movement: Beyond Philanthropy, Charity, and Dependence on the (Police) State
An American Studies Association 2020 Freedom Course recorded on April 22, 2020
Framing questions: * What is “mutual aid,” and how is it different from charity, philanthropy, and state social services? * How is mutual aid part of current and historical freedom, liberation, and self-determination struggles of different peoples? * How are mutual aid efforts responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? * How can people participate in mutual aid projects RIGHT NOW?
Participants: * Rachel Gilmer, Helen Peña, and Dr. Armen Henderson Dream Defenders (https://dreamdefenders.org/) * Amika Tendaji Ujimaa Medics (https://umedics.org/) * Mariame Kaba Project NIA (http://project-nia.org/) * Dean Spade Seattle University School of Law (http://bigdoorbrigade.com/) * facilitated by Dylan Rodríguez Univ of California, Riverside; President-Elect of the American Studies Association (2020-2021)
The Ability to Live: What Trump’s Health Cuts Mean for People with Disabilities
New Writing in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice
The Seattle Journal for Social Justice just published a new issue that includes a cluster of articles and art on trans issues. You can read the introduction I wrote for the cluster here.
Here is an interview with advocates working on Medicaid access for trans people in three states.
Here is an article by my colleagues at SRLP about the role of lawyers in trans resistance.
Read all articles in the issue here.
We’re having a symposium featuring several articles from the cluster at Seattle University School of Law on October 20 from lunchtime until evening open to the public and free. Please come!