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Thank you @WashDC_NOW for your integrity in this moment, and for being an ally to Black and brown trans and queer folks in DC (even going against @NationalNOW to support our #DecrimNowDC campaign)!
I see National NOW as an irrelevant, outdated relic of white feminism that no longer needs to exist *in this iteration.* It’s clear they cause more harm, particularly to poor women, Black women, Indigenous and women of color and trans women. The stories are so numerous. +
Honestly, the most feminist thing @NationalNOW could do would be to hand over all of their resources to women of color and Black, Indigenous and POC LGBTQ organizations and collectives who are doing truly liberatory gender justice, decolonizing and feminist work.
Two Black trans women were violently taken away from our community this week by patriarchal violence and white supremacy, and we cannot be silent about the fact that #BlackTransLivesMatter. Their names were Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells and Riah Milton. #SayHerName
They should still be here and we have to fight for folks while they’re still alive, which means fighting for housing, healthcare, safe communities, abolition, decrim, and dismantling patriarchal violence in our communities *and in ourselves.* #BlackTransLivesMatter
Black cis queers, what are we prepared to do to protect our trans, two-spirit and non-binary siblings? We need to put our bodies on the line, move resources, show up in solidarity, listen, move out the way and speak up (not over) about the violence our siblings experience.
let me just remind y'all why I love and #DonateToCASS @SafeSpacesDC (thread):
1. I came to CASS very impacted + traumatized by #StreetHarassment and wanted alternatives to carceral responses to sexual assault, domestic violence and workplace harassment. bit.ly/givetocass
1. I came to CASS very impacted + traumatized by #StreetHarassment and wanted alternatives to carceral responses to sexual assault, domestic violence and workplace harassment. bit.ly/givetocass
2. @SafeSpacesDC fills a gap, bringing attention + solutions to the way that gendered harassment intersects with police harassment + highlighting the specific ways gendered and racialized street harassment intersects for women + LGBTQIA+ people of color! bit.ly/givetocass
3. @SafeSpacesDC has done organizing to pass legislation like the landmark #StreetHarassment Prevention Act, worked on campaigns like #DecrimNowDC + helped to get fare evasion decriminalized in DC to end ALL gendered violence, including state violence. bit.ly/givetocass
