When I correct you on my pronouns, I don’t want to hear about how I have no idea how difficult it is for you to change the way you speak.
Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks, but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation? The prejudicial feelings some blacks may express about whites are in no way linked to a system of domination the affords us any power to coercively control the lives and well-being of white folks. That needs to be understood
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When you can honestly tell me that the fact that 1 in 12 trans women will end up a murder victim is not important or relevant to your “struggle” against “oppression,” then I have no interest in engaging with you.
You Know You’re Trans* When: #2498 You’re reading porn and you’re completely shocked when both of the characters are cis.
(TW: rape, IRA GRAY) So apparently Ira Gray - AKA Ira Sanchez is running the tumblr Queer Dictionary.
http://queerdictionary.tumblr.com/ is the location of the blog - which is not very active.
Ira Gray’s extremely disturbing history of rapes, rape apologism, and otherwise problematic material can be found in the Ira Gray tag on tumblr, but this post sums up some of his actions:
From the post: Ira Gray (AKA Ira Sanchez) is a rapist [account here] and abusive [account here] towards his partners. I’m pretty sure there are other accounts of abuse out there from his ex partners that I’m missing. Please reblog and link them.
Ira has been well respected and looked up to in many trans* spaces. Let him know this will no longer be. Please contact all organizations he is affiliated with and ask them to remove him in positions of authority as a speaker, facilitator, and a representative of gender and sexual minorities. Do NOT remain silent about this issue! He is counting on your silence to avoid all accountability and responsibility for what he has done. Let the survivors know that they have been heard and that you stand with them. Take the time to read what you can do to help here and read and reblog their open letter to Ira here.
For a list of all of the organisations and groups that are affiliated with Ira, check out this link: http://quinlanskyler.tumblr.com/post/25306662741
Take action against rapists and rape apologists. Get rapists out of queer spaces. Spread the word. Do not let people forget that Ira Dalton Gray - Ira Sanchez - or whatever else he is going by nowadays is a serial rapist.
^ TW: rape, IRA GRAY ^
Data from the new study show, for example, that women make up a majority of the gay and transgender population, and people of color are more likely to identify as gay or transgender than whites. Gay and transgender women, and especially women of color, are also more likely to be raising children than their male counterparts. These data suggests that the “typical” gay and transgender family is likely battling sex and race discrimination in addition to the economic barriers unique to gay and transgender Americans. In other words, achieving social equality and economic security for these families cannot be accomplished by achieving only gay and transgender equality.
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New Data Demonstrate the Unique Needs of Gay and Transgender Families | Center for American Progress Fascinating… And of course, isn’t that new show ‘the new normal’ about two white cis gay men? hmph. (via biyuti) |
