Tag: history
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how sylvia rivera paved the way for trans revolution
focusing on individual acts, especially if they’re spectacles, can distract us from the more long-term, harder work that our forebears put into the liberation struggle
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advocating for autonomy: trans and sex workers rights have always gone hand in hand
historically, sex work has been an integral part of trans womanhood. today fighting for trans liberation needs to include decriminalisation of sex work.
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this new documentary sheds a light on the history of trans sex workers
the stroll opens with co-director kristen lovell narrating over footage from a 2007 documentary she featured in called queer streets. lovell is part of a community of trans sex workers, many of them homeless, who came together and worked in manhattan’s meatpacking district from as far back as the 1960s until gentrification took hold in the…
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the transfeminine archive: six free films to stream right now
a list of transfeminine films available to watch for free on youtube right now!