My transgender sterilization, or why my consent meant nothing.

queeranarchism: In 2009 I was sterilized against my will.  And it didn’t happen the way I expected. I wasn’t strapped to a bed or dragged screaming into an operating room. If that had been the case, at least I would have had an easier time understanding what happened to me.  Instead it was the slow … Continue reading My transgender sterilization, or why my consent meant nothing.

thesebattlescarsarebeautiful: curiousobsession101: gatewaycommunism: queeranarchism: Fun fact: in the 80′s the Dutch Unemployed Union held ‘fridge raids’ to protest against poverty.  They’d find out when a politician of big boss who upheld poverty and starvation wages was speaking at some public even, then they’d carefully break into his house with a LOT of people and they would … Continue reading

queeranarchism: queeranarchism: queeranarchism: The big difference between liberal LGBT identity politics and revolutionary queer politics is: That the goal of liberal LGBT identity politics is to present four (or 5, 6, 7, depending on the acronym) clearly defined LGBT identities with an easily digestable narrative to them to so that LGBT people may be understood, … Continue reading

heymrsamerica: bornabitch-allthedaysandnights: acidalchemixer: I swear someone could go stranded on a desert island and have their hair naturally dread up and they would STILL consider it cultural appropriation This post proves the point of why nonblack people shouldn’t ‘dread’ their hair. Only afrotextured (3c-4c type hair) dreads naturally because of its corkscrew shape. All other … Continue reading

patrexes: you cannot decriminalize trafficking survivors and not decriminalize sex work as a whole. we as a society are simply not equipped to investigate the situation of every sex worker ever to prove we are or aren’t being coerced, and even if we had the tax dollars to do that the process would be hugely … Continue reading

vaspider: wodneswynn: tsu-anti: praxisinghomosexual: tsu-anti: fumbledeegrumble: praxisinghomosexual: it is 2018 and i am begging you all to please stop making the LGBT community out to be a collection of freaky abnormal weirdos freaky abnormal weirdo coming through Our oppressors already think we are a collection of freaky abnormal weirdos so we might as well fucking … Continue reading

uroncandidcamera: veganvenom: This graffiti appeared overnight at 5 different job centres in Birmingham. It’s referencing the increasingly harsh benefit sanctions in the UK which are punishing disabled people in particular. Claimants who cannot work due to severe disabilities or chronic illnesses are being categorised as “fit to work” in order to meet targets and are … Continue reading

Dutch police to ‘undress’ youths wearing clothes deemed too expensive for them

tranarchist: Police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have launched a new pilot programme which will see them confiscating expensive clothing and jewellery from young people if they look too poor to own them. Officers say the scheme will see them target younger men in designer clothes they seem unlikely to be able to afford … Continue reading Dutch police to ‘undress’ youths wearing clothes deemed too expensive for them

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