though it were the only source of their wrongs, is to remove the complexities of their individual lives and dispossess them of their personhoods."

"His jolt of language is not merely rhapsodic transgressions to be celebrated by liberal frameworks."

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"The surplus of the caste society—the vulgar, the errant, the wayward—are not morally pure members of the society and any expectation of it is also a form of violence on them. As much as the state is responsible for their backward conditions, attributing all their sufferings solely to it, as

to be subsumed under the Western definitions of trans.

"Who is to determine that two things cannot be true simultaneously, that a Panthi could desire penetration and still love a heterosexual woman? These are matters of self-identification that are beyond naming or struggles to legalise."

to hide behind their institutional positions."

"Between the streets, our apartments and the group chats, in person and on our phones, we emphasize community safety as a conscious, everyday practice."

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to hold transphobic (usually transmisogynist) academics personally to account. This style of thinking protects those in institutions, and allows them to hide behind their offices. But why? Holding people to account is a solid way to change things—let people know what they do, and don’t allow people

and share among themselves, young trans people talk about living in bedrooms and not getting out. (One of the loudest protest groups is Trans Kids Deserve Better.) The suffocating social atmosphere constrains our lives. In strategy discussions, we hear from trans allies that it is “inappropriate”

forge practices of solidarity, care, and abolition feminism, resisting state violence and cultivating collective safety.

"The renewed rush of trans organizing by trans collectives, unions, organizations, and NGOs makes itself felt, heard, and seen. Meanwhile, in meetings, where trans people gather

That's so kind of you!

Funny that we had to scream in all caps into this cyberpixeldust. We are all humbled by algorithm. 🥴

“Don’t mess with my children” that is part of a regional offensive strategy promoted by ultra-conservative sectors that seeks to curb the recognition of sexual and gender dissidence rights, using children as a tool."

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political, religious, and media actors used a fear tactic by arguing that they were instead seeking to mutilate children, impose sex changes, and remove parental rights. This led to a massive mobilization to generate pressure to have the bulletin withdrawn, and there is currently a bill called

"There is a setback in trans health care for minors, which has been the main weapon used to attack the trans movement. Here in Colombia, in September 2024, the Superintendency of Health issued a bulletin stating they guarantee the right to health for trans people, but as in other parts of the world,

exchanges with anti-racist and feminist movements are all actions to counter a health system that reproduces the social hierarchy necessary for the functioning of the patriarchal capitalist system based on cisnormativity.