disabledpeoplearesexy:

Kay Ulanday Barrett

“I feel a general approach has been one of “if you ignore disability and sickness enough, someone will heal up magically.” My disability hasn’t gone away. It continues to lead to others’ ablebodied discomfort and I hope that incites awareness. There are moments where I challenge myself to be patient with interactions like these, as I try to remember that I was able-bodied and had such a tremendous room for learning too. What being disabled has done is enhance my love networks and my politics. Just like when I came out as politically queer or trans, I’ve had to choose to let go f loved ones who just couldn’t understand my politically crip/krip existence and how systematic oppression inform my life as a newly disabled API mixed race queer person.”

• TODAY: 3pm-7pm 
  8th Annual NYC Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice
  
  Friday June 22, 2012
  
  We call on our Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) community and on all of our allies from many movements to join us for the 8th Annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice. We as TGNC People of Color (POC) recognize the importance of working together alongside other movements to change the world we want to see. We live in a time when oppressed peoples including people of color, immigrants, youth and elders, people with disabilities, women and TGNC people, and poor people are underserved, face higher levels of discrimination, heightened surveillance and experience increased violence at the hands of the state. We must unite and work together towards dismantling the transphobia, racism, classism, sexism, ageism, ableism, homophobia and xenophobia that permeates our movements for social justice. Let’s come together to let the world know that TGNC rights will not be undermined and together we will not be silenced!
  
  http://alp.org/8th-annual-trans-day-action
  
  To endorse the Trans Day of Action 2012,please send an e-mail to endorsetdoa@alp.org
  
  To organize a contingent to march with us, please send an e-mail to Egyptt at jegyptt@alp.org or call (212) 463-0342
  
  For more information about the March, please send an e-mail to info4tdoa@alp.org or contact TransJustice at (212) 463-0342 Ext. 15

yoursecretary:

j.bee posted a comic about mark aguhar that touched on many of the conversations i have heard discussed since mark’s death - how to mourn someone you didn’t “know” (“know” being a very nebulous word when dealing with an internet culture that has frequently been called and characterized as “oversharing” - whatever that means), public discourse concerning suicide (v murder), how to remember people, how to commemorate people, how art created by/for/about can be sensationalist, how to talk about how death (in general, and specifically mark’s) make us feel (the question about how that matters, does it matter)

j.bee told me that my post that said “lets keep reblogging mark” inspired her comic and we discussed how we see less of mark’s work reblogged and what that means, if it means anything.

as usual, more questions than answers becuase there is no answer. i am just reminded that there is no answer and at least a million questions.

[philadelphia trans health conference this weekend will be full of… trans* and gender non-conforming peoples. if i get my way, peoples all QTPOC about it. i’m also excited about reading terminal market which is a longstanding food home for me prior to  even moving east coast. oh! and i have an additional caucus. 

*i am last minute co-presenting a caucus for Asian and Pacific Islander Gender Non Conforming and Trans* Caucus on TOMORROW THURS 5/31/2012— 12:45pm - 2:05pm / Room: 101. (closed space for API/A trans* & gnc people)

* Trans, Fat and Fabulous: a panel discussion on weight diversity, fat phobia and gender expression. 6/1/2012 — 4pm-5:20pm / Room 103B. (open to all fat, fat-positive, pro-fat allies.)]

SUPPORT Brown Bois who are showing up with some dopeness at this year’s conference!