Bossy Femme!

[trigger warning for violence against queer people]

kiriamaya:

“Of the victims murdered, 70% were people of color, and 44% were transgender women. “Communities of color and transgender communities are particularly impacted by murder because they face multiple forms of discrimination based upon their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression,” the report indicates. Both transgender people and people of color were also the groups least likely to receive medical attention for their injuries. People who identified as both transgender and of color were almost two and a half times as likely to experience discrimination than white, non-transgender individuals.”

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Angela Dallara, Research Shows Increase in Hate Crimes Against LGBT People | GLAADBlog.org

Question: LGBT stuff is big news in the US right now, so why isn’t the above being pushed on the airwaves by all of our activists and allies?

Answer: Classism, Racism, Transphobia.

(via transsexualferox)

American violence

readnfight:

wildunicornherd:

Yeah, it’s not Tumblr Tuesday or #followfriday, but, just to mention—I’ve been checking abbyjean and radicallyhottoff’s Tumblrs for news and analysis about the recent shooting in Arizona.

Some scattered thoughts—it’s incredibly sad and terrifying. I’m glad that Giffords survived, but, Christ, six people also died. Neither Giffords’ nor Loughner’s political alignments fit easily into the liberal/conservative dichotomy that even “progressive” Americans subscribe to. Nevertheless it’s hard not to see this as part of the sharply rising trend of vitriol and threats towards public figures, which narrows political discourse, divides representatives from their constituents, and normalizes violence.

“Violence” to many people means only a physical attack, like this shooting. But violence is bigger than that—it’s hate-filled rhetoric, Christian-nationalist white supremacy, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, overseas military interventions, prisons, group homes, the American healthcare system from top to bottom, poverty. There is no such thing as an isolated attack. It is part of a bigger picture, an overall culture.

For real. People want to talk about violence in Arizona? All right, let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about the border, let’s talk about demanding people’s papers, let’s talk about Sheriff Arpaio, let’s talk about sexual assault and maquilladoras on the other side. Get it complicated. There are no lone wolves; this world doesn’t leave space for neutrality.

readnfight, I’ve only been following you for a week or so but I’m really glad to have found your tumblr. I am looking for a broader view on this assassination attempt and its many contexts (not just the white female senator and white female child I wrote about yesterday). If you have resources you’d like to share, I’d welcome that a lot.