Getting close: "Changing Gender: The History and Future of a Concept" literally rolling off the press...

“Just as monstrous and mutant algae invade the lagoon of Venice … in the field of social ecology, men like Donald Trump are permitted to proliferate freely, like another species of algae, taking over entire districts of New York.” —Félix Guattari, 1989

F*cking NYT: Trump says a "whole civilization will die tonight;" they say "striking civilian infrastructure could be a war crime," not "this clearly expresses genocidal intent." Impeach him. Trump says “maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen;” I hope so, but not the way he means.

The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories. First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist: www.propublica.org/article/blac...

American Historical Association (AHA) and Organization of American Historians (OAH) finally issued a formal statement on the censoring of history on govermentment websites and other resources: www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...

So many causes to donate to these days. Here’s another one I’ve just donated to: Annie Jump works hard for the trans community, help out with legal expenses related to a wrongful arrest if you can. gofund.me/a377021f

Reposting: this is a fundraiser to support costs associated with a protest, rally and kickoff for a grassroots community mobilization campaign at the Compton’s Cafeteria historic site next weekend.

I just donated: gofund.me/7daeb81e

As a former Exec Dir of GLBT Historical Society I'm proud to see it join a lawsuit against the Trump regime contesting Exec Orders that seek to erase knowledge of trans lives in the past while deny opportunities for life to trans people in the present. Support if you can: mailchi.mp/glbthistory/...

I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

‘Bout time! www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Next week!

Save the date!

Film fans and cinema lovers everywhere: Bay Area legend, founder of Other Cinema, and maestro of the found-footage form Craig Baldwin is having a health crisis. Help him out here if you have a few bucks to spare gofund.me/bb2efcba

See you Friday!

Thrilled to be included on this list!

This is going to be fun; link below. 2nd International Congress on Media, Gender, and Sexualities: Representations, Literacies, and Audiences, to be held at the Benasque Pedro Pascual Science Centre (CCBPP) from June 8 to 12, 2025.

This is going to be fun... benasque.org/2025media/

Being trans right now is being considered so insignificant that you're hardly worth defending while also so much of a threat that you're worthy of annihilation. It’s dehumanizing on all sides.

Political upheaval is exhausting, but remember: we've weathered storms. Adapt, keep moving. This too shall pass. Focus on what you can control, hold onto hope. As Camus said, "the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

IG Live today Dec 6 at 5pm ET I'll (@susan_stryker) be in convo with Dean Spade (spade.dean) and moderator Wren Sanders (@msclickbait) to kick off @Them's new Trans Futures series. Hope to see you there!

55 years ago today, the government murdered Fred Hampton.

Mya Byrne @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social sent me this video she made about the "trans state of the union" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1p.... Her Rhinestone Tomboy album is kickass, if you are into country (or even if you're not)

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Chandra Laborde just found this on opensfhistory.org. LBJ ‘64 campaign motorcade passes site of Compton’s Cafeteria on right; above it was Hyland Hotel, a Tenderoin “queen’s hotel” catering to trans women, so…on the fire escape…🤷🏻‍♀️

My 2 cents on Joe pardoning Hunter, fwiw: the kakistocrats-in-waiting are already dismantling civil society and Joe’s just acknowledging that it’s game over, new rules, not getting screwed. Like finding a tv on the sidewalk while the store’s being looted, saying f*ck it, I’m taking this home.

This came to my inbox today; passing it along: itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...

Chandra Laborde just found this on opensfhistory.org. LBJ ‘64 campaign motorcade passes site of Compton’s Cafeteria on right; above it was Hyland Hotel, a Tenderoin “queen’s hotel” catering to trans women, so…on the fire escape…🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm creating a little anthology of zines abt trans joy from an ongoing workshop series. We're thinking about distribution & need to gauge interest beyond Vancouver. So, if a full-color anthology of 15-25 mini zines (+ introduction, etc.) about trans joy existed, would you potentially want a copy?

Hey Bluesky community: if you were crowdsourcing suggestions for the top 10 most important developments in trans history since 2016 to update a book, what would they be? Asking for a friend.

Check it out: www.pagemasters.co/shop/tranny-...

Since the election I’ve vowed to do a “be the change you want to see in the world” thing and a self-care thing every day. For self-care I renewed my passport right after the election and it came today, so for whatever it’s worth I have currently valid ID that says I’m me for 10 years.

A colleague in Germany, Kai* Brust, sent me a link to an online exhibit they curated on trans/gnc people in Nazi Germany: check it out... queer-identities-wagtail.k8s.unicode-it.de/en/ausstellu...

Join me tomorrow for a panel on resisting the anti-gender agenda with colleagues discussing the situation in Bosnia, Georgia, and Belarus. calendar.boell.de/en/event-ser...

This morning I’m zooming in to a discussion of trans resistance and the film Screaming Queens, streaming at Bok-a-Bok Russian LGBT film festival in exile.

I’m spending today with 100s of folx in Oakland at a mtg organized by Bay Resistance, part of a statewide gathering of 1000s organized by We Are California, to build a better grassroots movement to defend progressive values, protect our communities, and advance our causes. What are you doing today?

Hello Bluesky! After setting this account up months ago, I’m finally making the move from fkaTwitter. Looking forward to getting settled in here and finding my peeps.