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hystericalqueen:

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    Hey y’all, so after many years of just trying to deal, I’m trying to raise money for transition-related costs in my life in hopes that I will be a lot less miserable in my body.  I know that most of you have probably heard me be critical of people who ask for money for transitioning expenses on the internet, and in many ways this remains a contradiction that I have a hard time logically overcoming in my head because of my problems with how these things normally unfold, so let me just be clear about what makes me uncomfortable about this:  I hate having to make myself into a sexy and/or pathetic enough trans woman to elicit sympathy from people, I hate that every thing I’ve ever said and every desire I’ve ever had and every physical feature of mine will likely be analyzed to deem me worthy of support, I hate that if I was a middle-class and/or white trans man I would make more money, and I really hate that people might be more willing to give me money than really important projects of trans women’s collective resistance (seriously if you only have a little bit of money please give it to Gender Anarky or Niara or any number of people who are living my worst nightmare ad surviving as gender-variant people in men’s prisons).  I think that these are all valid reasons for hating the culture of transition-fundraising, and I think that these things also remain critiques shared by most trans/gender-variant people I love and respect.

    So why am I trying to do this then?  In short, I’ve been in a pretty bad dysphoric/anxious headspace for the last many months and I’m starting to realize how important dealing with these things is for my personal sanity.  I’d like to really not have to have a panic attack every time I can’t get a close enough shave and get a good night’s sleep rather than get up to pee every hour at night because of these terrible testosterone blockers.  I’ve been doing this whole trans thing for many years and despite my desires to access things that would make my body feel better, I’ve instead put all of my time and energy and money into paying my rent and starting/continuing what I would consider vitally important political projects.  And I don’t regret this for a second, but it’s catching up to me now and my gender dysphoria is a lost worse than ever before to the point where I can barely deal (I’m only remotely dealing because I finally have access to free hormones).  So for my own well-being, I am choosing against my better judgment to do something for myself and start raising money for permanently removing my facial hair and getting an orchiectomy.  In total that’s probably around $5500-6000, which seems like insurmountably large amount of money for me, but maybe actually isn’t that much for ‘normal’ people.  In any case it would make my life like a million times better.  Anyway, I know that I’m rambling, but if you feel like you wanna help me out, reblog this and/or donate below.  If you donate I’ll give you a million tarot card readings and/or draw you a really pretty picture of your favorite animal and/or do pretty much anything that you want.  Sorry to bother people and thanks in advance.

-luna

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[Disclaimer: if you have a little extra money, maybe just give it to Gender Anarky or Niara instead of me.  For more info: genderanarky.wordpress.com and freeniara.wordpress.com]

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whore-fag:

It is now being reported that Moore’s first name was Kayla and that she did not use her legal name to describe herself. Her name is changed here. Original Post from IndyBay:

On February 12th Berkeley Police murdered Kayla Moore. Kayla Moore lived with “mental illness” and has been described by friends and family as a Transgender person who “passed as a woman.” 

From Berkeley Copwatch: 

“The BPD’s press release of February 13th says that they responded to “a disturbance call” at Moore’s apartment. Media reports have said this call was related to mental health. If she was going through a mental health crisis, was anyone present trained to respond to that kind of situation, to evaluate, and deescalate? According to an article from February 26th in the Oakland Tribune: “Berkeley: Man who died after struggle with police  was severely mentally ill,” rather than take her to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation, when they found out she had an outstanding warrant in San Francisco, they told her they were going to arrest her. 

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle dated February 13th “Man dies in struggle with Berkeley police,” mentions “a disturbance between roommates,” as causing the police to arrive. The Daily Californian February 14th article “Man dies after being taken into police custody,” says that other residents heard a “commotion on the fifth floor of the building before the officers arrived on the scene.” None of the witnesses we spoke to heard any sort of commotion or disturbance until after the police arrived. Why the consistent difference? In fact, the police were at Moore’s apartment twice that night. This isn’t mentioned at all by the  police or media reports. The police first showed up around 11:00pm, and left without incident. The incident resulting in Moore’s death was the  second police visit, occurring around 11:50pm. According to witnesses, when they returned a second time, there was a sizable police presence. Why did they come back an hour later with so many officers? What were they preparing to do?” 

Nearly one month later and the Berkeley Police still have not released information as to the cause of Kayla’s death, leaving most questions unanswered. However we do know that there was no commotion or overt disturbance prior to BPD’s arrival. We know when Berkeley Police arrived 
at Kayla’s home, for the second time in one night, they had police back-up but they did not have a mental health mobile crisis team with them. We know Kayla was alive and not on the verge of death prior to the arrival of the Berkeley Police. We know police regularly murder people of color, gender-variant people, and people with “mental illness.” We also know only one Police Officer in California has been convicted in the death of a civilian and his charges were brought only after massive riots swept Oakland. 

Unfortunately Kayla’s death is not an anomaly. This past weekend Bay Area Police have murdered four people and watched one woman bleed to death after she was attacked by her abusive ex-husband. 


San Francisco Police murdered Aaron Sawyer (23) after he allegedly stole a car on Saturday morning. San Jose Police murdered a man yet to be identified after they deemed him to be “suspicious.” Union City Police shot an unidentified man to death after they pulled him over for an unstated reason. Hayward Police murdered an unidentified man after his car crashed into one of their police cruisers. 


In the case of Kayla Moore, whether by neglect or intent the result is the same. Kayla Moore is dead. The Berkeley Police killed Kayla Moore. 

This is a call for an uncompromisingly militant march against the racist and transphobic Berkeley Police who murdered Kayla Moore. The march will begin at People’s Park on Tuesday March 12th at 6:30pm.

It is also a call for queer people, trans people, women, and people of color to form a bloc against police murders and harassment at the March Against Capitalism and Police Repression taking place at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland on Friday, March 15th at 8pm 

Anonymous Queers in Action 

Hey Bay Area!  March Against the Police that killed Kayla Moore on Tuesday in Berkeley!

We’re not professional academics and don’t get paid for the research and publishing we do, and have a lot of exciting projects in the works.  So if you can get money to support queer and trans resistance projects, do it!  Email us at notyrcisterpress[at]gmail.com if you have any options and we can figure something out.

also a grand total of 8 people have reblogged the writing of Amazon, who is actually, in the present today, resisting hella violence against trans women in the prison system.  If you follow us to get some queer scene points from reading zines, you’re welcome to unfollow us.  If you actually want to revolt against the society that makes life unlivable for many poor gender-variant folks, you should actually materially support their resistance today.  Zines and the internet are not the end of social struggle.  This project was created to create a set of writings that would inform people’s actions, and when we see that our posts about materially supporting real people struggling now are ignored while zines are reblogged hundreds of time, it reminds us that the recuperation of our experiences and the spectacular appropriation of our revolt is alive and well.  And thank you to all of those who are fans of the project and display it by hustling for cash for prisoners, writing letters, being in the streets, and attacking this miserable society.

Action Not Words // Reblogging Is Not Active Resistance

delicateheresy:

I received a short letter from Niara/Peaches today, and she’s in need of money for her commissary. Her mother is having money trouble right now and won’t be able to send her money. She currently doesn’t have any writing paper and is using a busted pen that is difficult to write with. So please, if you can, donate to her commissary. As she writes, “I like to think us queer folks have eachother back in time of need.” Let’s make sure that is true.

TO DONATE
1. Go to https://jpay.com/.
2. Type state and inmate ID: Pennsylvania, KU1265
3. Click the name of the prisoner: Herman Burton
4. Register an account
5. Send money, stamps, digital mail, etc

WRITE NIARA

Some prisoners, especially those who are not explicitly “political” prisoners, do not receive much in the way of communication. Show Niara that people out here have her back!

Herman Burton #KU1265
PO Box 200
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17001-0200

[address envelope to Herman Burton, letter to Niara or Peaches]

MORE ABOUT NIARA
from gender anarky

In November of 2012, Niara was sentenced to 25-50 years in prison after she plead guilty to robbing and killing a john of hers and setting his motel room on fire.  Niara, who also goes by Peaches, has asked her supporters for letters after she was recently put in the solitary for getting into a fight with a transphobic man who was giving her shit on the inside.  She doesn’t know how long she’ll be stuck in solitary, so write her a letter and let her know that she has people supporting her!