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Queer Trans Block on march this Saturday

... | 27.02.2008 18:51 | Gender | Liverpool

Call out for show of trans queer solidarity!

All genders, all sexualities, all ages, all races and all backgrounds together –

Reclaiming the night, reclaiming our rights – and the streets!

When?

5:30pm onwards, Saturday 1st March 2008

Where?

5:30pm – Meet @ Retro Bar, 78 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3NJ
Map:
 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=The+Retro+Bar+M1+3NJ&ie=UTF8&ll=53.477345,-2.235761&spn=0.012132,0.029182&z=15&iwloc=A

6pm – Congregate to march @ Sackville Park, Sackville Street, Manchester City Centre. Look out for the giant pink ‘QUEER TRANS BLOCK’ banner!

7:30pm – All genders rally @ Sackville Street, Manchester City Centre.

Please note: QUEER TRANS BLOCK will share the same start and end points on
Sackville Street as the “women” only and “men” only demos, but will be actively queering gender, space and separatism as an entirely unique protest accountable to itself.

Please bring any info/fliers/zines/free resources/vegan cake to hand out which are trans-positive, queer-positive, sex-positive, anti-oppressive and celebratory of biodiversity!

Why?

QUEER TRANS BLOCK is a transfeminist response to the separatism, erasure and censorship of transwomen, transmen, sex workers, gendervariant, genderqueer, non-gender-normative and intersex folk within the populist feminist movement.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfeminism

QUEER TRANS BLOCK is called in memory of Sam Roberts, genderqueer human rights activist, eco-gender warrior and trans social worker/counsellor, who organised the mixed genders Reclaim The Night March and Rally in Ipswich, December 2006. This gender inclusive RTN rally gave a voice to everyone affected by the Ipswich sex workers’ murders, especially the sex workers themselves:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/topics/gender/

As a result of this progressive community-based approach to RTN, Sam received death threats from and was even labelled as a “paedophile” by London Feminist Network, who denounced Ipswich mixed genders RTN.
Sam was reviled by separatist feminists until herm death in May 2007.

One example of anti-trans separatist feminist propaganda designed to cause divisions:
 http://www.questioningtransgender.org/


Sam’s friends will read out some of hir poetry and give their own first hand accounts of Ipswich mixed genders RTN to inspire and provoke debate around the future of political movements actively challenging all forms of oppression and separatism.

The NUS Women’s Campaign have publicised Reclaim The Night NORTH as being “women only (including trans women)”, although this definition has been edited, erased and left out of all the other publicity materials for this significant national feminist demo for some unexplained reason:
 http://www.officeronline.co.uk/women/275060.aspx

Currently, trans people are not protected from
discrimination in the provision of goods and services in
the UK, transsexual people in Wales are refused
healthcare and treatment from NHS Gender Clinics by
NHS Wales and there are no legal/cultural protections for
trans people under 18, genderqueers, intersex folk and
anyone who doesn't fit within the binary gender system of
"male" or "female" - Homeless trans people are left
for dead on the streets by local authorities who cannot
provide safe appropriate housing to any vulnerable minority group.


Reports and feedback on this transfeminist action can be found on:

Manchester Indymedia:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/

Trans Youth Network:
 http://www.transyouth.org

G7UK Blog:
 http://www.g7uk.com/

Get Bent Manchester:
 http://www.get-bent-manchester.com

Quit moochin’ on’t’interweb, we’ll see you on the streets, lovely people of all genders XXX

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Additions

Get involved in planning BIG trans rights demo outside Parliament...

27.02.2008 21:40


Please add any positive comments/feedback to the Facebook event:
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21743520412

Several trans rights activists will be getting together soon to plan, organise and run a national trans rights demo outside Houses of Parliament (have to get permission and permits a la Mark Thomas!), as the Goods & Services legislation has completely stalled and there a tiny handful of cases being brought by trans people to the Commission for Eqaulity and Human Rights - right now, the government is flouting many EU laws, but that's nothing new...

Also, meant to add to the press release:

There are no “official” figures for the amount of trans people who have been abused, raped, assaulted, murdered, suffered transphobic violence, hate crime and discrimination in all areas of their lives because they are all undocumented cases ignored within a system for cisgendered “men” or “women” only.

Transfeminist
- Homepage: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21743520412


Comments

Display the following 30 comments

  1. Piss Off — Charlie
  2. Is there as much power in a white dildo as a white penis?? — Queer feminist
  3. positive — ...
  4. Reclaim the night - what's it all about? — Emma wood
  5. yes but — jo
  6. ... — Kidda
  7. Take Back the Night — Luckynkl
  8. re: Take Back The Night — Rich
  9. Are you lot SO very confused? — stormy
  10. Oh shut up — Charlie
  11. Take Back The Night — Luckynkl
  12. ...what she said... — stormy
  13. dildo/penis power...What? — Typical
  14. All self-identified women welcome... Like the Manchester Pankhurst Centre... — Transfeminist
  15. Men taking over - usual... — men taking over
  16. Essentialising about Gender — Foibey
  17. "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people too." — Katie
  18. This is very sad. — Fisky
  19. Where to start, where to start. — Oliver
  20. Separatists are NOT feminists — a normal feminist
  21. *bangs head against a brick wall* — Leo
  22. (name removed) and his wild imagination — Charlie
  23. charlie.... — Kidda
  24. Feminism or Revisionism..? — Katie/David
  25. 2008, time to move forward — boo boo
  26. Separatism is extremism — me
  27. enough! — mum
  28. “Is there as much power in a white dildo as a white penis??” — 123
  29. Let's Get Personal — I prefer to remain anonymous Ta!
  30. annoyance — Charley

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