Fuck assimilation.
Fuck Gay Inc.
Fuck your sponsored pride march.
Fuck your whitewashing of Stonewall.
We want revenge, we want revolution.Fuck gender neutral bathrooms in government buildings that uphold oppressive systems.
Fuck recognition of our genders by the state.
Fuck ‘trans friendly’ cops. All cops are bastards.
Fuck trans-positive advertising by companies that exploit us.
Fuck trans celebrities that play poster child for politicians.
Fuck capitalism and the state trying to make a nice liberal safe trans movement out of our community.
One solution: revolution.
What EXACTLY do you mean by revolution?
I mean the complete dissolution of the state, prisons, the police, the military, borders, capitalism, patriarchy, cissexism, ableism, white supremacy and all other oppressive systems & the creation of self ruled anarchist communities that celebrate human diversity and work together on a ‘work according to your ability, receive according to your need’ basis.
I have reading lists if you’re interested in learning more. Maybe start here.
Some of you may wonder what this has to do with the struggles of trans people. The answer is: everything.
A society always shows its worth by how it treats it’s most marginalized. Trans people have long been among those most marginalized and as a result knew exactly how rotten the whole damn system is and knew the system had to go.
Now, like the gay rights movement before them, trans people in many countries are given some basic rights, some basic protection from the worst the system has to offer, and are beginning to forget.
Now, the most privileged segment of trans people are offered a safe respectable way out of marginalization at the expense of leaving behind everyone else to rot and accepting that the system itself will remain.
This is a mistake. This is a bribe. We must resist this at every turn. Assimilation is
a surrender of everything we once fought for. No one is free unless all of us are free. To achieve that, the whole system has to go.
no offense or anything but how do you suggest i avoid getting killed for going in a non-gender neutral bathroom or is that just like. youre saying “protect trans people” but im not seeing it. i dont have time for Radical Praxis im just trying to avoid getting killed.. sorry about that i guess
Oh what a fucking strawman.
I’m saying don’t celebrate gender neutral in government buildings that uphold oppressive systems because you are celebrating the illusion of safety inside a building where people’s deaths get engineered every day.
I’m saying don’t praise a murderous system because they’re creating token safety for a few people while continuing to do the same shit they’ve always done.
I’m saying don’t let little symbols of acceptance distract you from the fact that the state is offering you breadcrumbs that may keep you alive today but they are simultaneously stealing all the bread that should be yours.
A gender neutral bathroom in a government building is a breadcrumb keeping some of us alive inside a well-organized killing machine, nothing more. Don’t get distracted by it. Fight for the whole fucking loaf of bread.
You wanna protect trans people who gotta pee? Create apps that localize safe toilets. Build your own safe bathrooms. Talk with your neighbours about gender neutral bathrooms in your neighbourhood, talk with your classmates about gender neutral bathrooms in your schools. Organize to meet your needs. There are a billion ways to do that without celebrating the state.
