Our friend Niara, a black trans woman imprisoned in Pennsylvania, is in desperate need of money. For the past few months, she has been economically supported by another inmate, who she began a romantic relationship with. She is now attempting to escape the relationship, but he is using his support of her as leverage to pressure her into sex with him. She desperately needs money in order to get this man to cease his coercion and abuse.
Words are not enough, and if we claim to be against white supremacy, against homophobia, against transmisogyny, we must act in solidarity with those who suffer under these systems of power.
PLEASE give whatever you can to help Niara!
To donate: 1. Go to https://jpay.com/ 2. Type state and inmate ID: Pennsylvania, KU1265 3. Click the name of the prisoner: Herman Burton 4. Register an account 5. Send money, stamps, digital mail, etc
Helen Joyce says, openly and on video, that she believes all trans people are damaged, that TERFs like her will never have full social support and must “get through to the decision-makers” in order to push unpopular and authoritarian policies anyway, and that her goal is to reduce the number of trans people that exist because every single one is an obstacle to what she considers a “sane”, ideal world.
She explicitly treats trans people existing at all as a problem and wants to block them from transitioning “for their own good” even if it would make them happier. Like, she just says this outright. That is what “Gender Critical” is about.
Why do trans women always get blamed when formerly “female” products or spaces get turned to gender neutral or whatever, like radfems getting mad at trans women for some reason for the female symbol being removed from menstrural products…. trans women aren’t the ones that is supposed to be for you know…… not saying there is anything wrong with that symbol getting removed because there isnt…… like the people advocating for things advertised towards women to be gender neutral are transmasc people. trans women uh, actively want to be referred to as women. I feel like that should be obvious.
trans men: can we stop referring to abortion as a womens rights issue because it affects us too and it makes it difficult for us to get abortions when we need it
terfs: why did trans women do this? you cant even say women these days, all because of trans women
(Edited for clarity: Tumblr won’t let me remove the damn tag (or doesn’t seem to be anyway), but I’m aware the phrasing is ambiguous, so to be clear: I am genuinely wondering if they are enjoying this, or are horrified and considering it to somehow still be the fault of trans women. Either way, my own stance is that this is horrific and child abuse, and also, I believe we should find a legal way to have terfs and other transphobes flung into Jupiter)
