As most of you are aware, since Kamala Harris’s election loss (which trans people were not in charge of nor responsible for), Democratic politicians and pundits have been signaling that they plan to throw trans people under the bus. Sadly, this came to fruition last week, when Republican congressperson Nancy Mace pressed house speaker Mike Johnson to
Cutting to the chase:
So… a blog post and social media campaign.
No fucking wonder we aren’t getting anywhere. This is some tragically weak-ass protest action.
We need to get creative and we need to get into people’s faces.
We need to set goals and consider sidelining a few issues that we’re getting beat on.
We need to show our allies how they can help. Hitting ‘like’ on a social media post doesn’t count.
That’s all an ally has ever been good for. You’re looking for accomplices.
Check the top post in this community, horizontal organising is the only real way to fight back against the state.
Agreed. Do you have any suggestions? I do also think it will be easier to mobilize people if there is a successful social media campaign.
I have been pushing for Black Panther styled militia building. I am starting the process for that on my end, but the paperwork takes a wile
That’s going to be damn-near impossible. The Black Panthers existed in a social setting that is completely different from the physical and social reality of trans people here in the early mid 21st century.
Black panther organizations were extremely local affairs. They were based in black neighborhoods and were built around engaging with those in the immediate area. That’s the kind of setting that an armed militia actually makes sense in. The Black Panthers existed in dense, urban, majority black neighborhoods.
Compare that to trans people, who are a scattered 1% of the population. There are no “trans neighorhoods.” Even the broader LGBT “gayborhoods” of the 20th century are now mostly memories. Now, if discrimination against trans people really did get bad enough, history suggests that you might actually start seeing some trans-specific neighborhoods form. But we’re a long way from that point.
I mean, just think of the logistics. So you want to get a group of trans people together and form a militia. You find a group of people; they live scattered across a broad suburban metroplex. Where exactly are you going to patrol? What neighborhoods will you seek to protect? Where exactly, physically, is the home you’re supposed to all be defending?
That’s the problem with this. An armed Black Panther-style movement really needs to be confined to a certain geographic area. And there is no such area for the trans population.
People don’t seem to find it hard to protest
A militia? Seriously? Gtfo with your violence-pushing agenda.
Violence is only allowed to be perpetuated against the lgbtq community.
It’s not about starting shit anyway, just showing that violence against the community can be returned. People are willing to stand up for themselves
That’s how you get trans people killed.
Black people spent decades just being killed until armed coalitions formed. Then the people in power were real interested in negotiating with the peaceful protest crowd
You mean like all the trans people already killed?
If anything, it’s past the time for armed resistance.
The oppressors don’t give rights “because they feel like it”, they give it after the oppressed fight for those rights. This is one of those cases.