Lateral violence is displaced violence directed against one's peers rather that one's true adversaries. Our true adversaries are kyriarchy and all those who perpetuate it. We live in an interlocking system of oppression; one oppression built on top of another with its core being white supremacy and white supremacist concepts of gender. Challenging transmisogyny and transmisogynistic concepts of gender are indispensable to anti-oppression. In part, this means challenging the idea that trans women have to "pass" (god I hate that word) to be truly… Read more.
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Tag: Calpernia Addams
Tag: Calpernia Addams
To Calpernia Addams and Andrea James: Trans Cyberbullying is Never OK
August 30, 2011 · Marti Abernathey
I've been keeping tabs on the continuing drama between Gina Grahame vs. Calpernia Addams and Andrea James and it's getting pretty ugly. The argument seems to have blown up after an email that Grahame sent TYFA Concerning James' work on "Likin Big Dicks". James is a board member of TYFA and Grahame was concerned that the video wasn't appropriate for a board member to be affiliated with. What happened after the email was a lot of "she said, she said"… Read more.
Trans101 For Dumbasses
February 28, 2008 · Marti Abernathey
If you're wanting to ask your favorite transgender person questions and you're not that bright... this video is for you. Read more.