A Truth You Can Choke On: Black Trans People Are Your Salvation
“In an ideal world, queer, trans, and nonbinary people wouldn’t have to perform in order to survive. But we do what we have to (and a few of us really love it!). sometimes the only ways that those of us who refuse the binaries and templates of our times can be understood is within the role of a performer - as goddess, witch, entertainer, or muse.
... See moreDr. Shay-Akil McLean, a Black trans educator, organizer and sociologist, says our conversations about gender autonomy and self-determination must be situated within a decolonial, historical context. By this he means it’s important to note that trans folks were only ever called trans because cis people needed a way to differentiate, and further
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