Susan Stryker
@susanstryker.bsky.social
Biological Boomer, GenX-identified, but sometimes I get passed as even younger because of my sassy attitude and tastes in music and film||I do trans stuff||susanstryker.net
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...
AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.
historians.org
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
Donate to Free Annie Jump Vicente, organized by Nicole Sanford
Annie Jump Vicente, a well-known West Hollywood transgender rights advocate and founder of Tran… Nicole Sanford needs your support for Free Annie Jump Vicente
gofund.me
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.
Susan Stryker@susanstryker.bsky.social · 2y agoI 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/...
President Trump, We'll See You in Court
mailchi.mp
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...
Letter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web Pages
Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o...
docs.google.com
Next week!
Dr SM Rodriguez (they/them)@smrodriguez.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin me w @susanstryker.bsky.social & @onnigust.bsky.social in transnational thought. ✨ By foregrounding trans scholarship & its intersections with decolonial & abolitionist frameworks, this dialogue will inspire action & reimagine pathways toward collective liberation. www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
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
Donate to HELP SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF S.F. FILMMAKER CRAIG BALDWIN!!, organized by Friends of Craig Baldwin
CRAIG BALDWIN, the genius found footage filmmaker, legendary … Friends of Craig Baldwin needs your support for HELP SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF S.F. FILMMAKER CRAIG BALDWIN!!
gofund.me
See you Friday!
Jenni Olson@jenniolsonsf.bsky.social · 2y agoBay Area: Please come see my new film series! Starts this Friday night at 7pm! Masc II: Mascs plus Muchachas — Butch Dykes, Trans Men, and Gender Nonconforming Heroes in Cinema (Jan 17–Feb 23 at @bampfa.bsky.social). See the full schedule & get your tix. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📽️https://bampfa.org/program/masc-ii
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.
Susan Stryker@susanstryker.bsky.social · 2y agoThis 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.
The government murdered Fred Hampton. Will it ever be held accountable?
The individuals responsible for the assassination of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark have passed away, but the government apparatus designed to persecute dissenters, from the Black Panther Party to water ...
therealnews.com
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)
TransHeartBeat - Mya Byrne State of the Union
YouTube video by TRACTION - trans community action
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From kchandra@bsky.social
Susan Stryker@susanstryker.bsky.social · 2y agoChandra 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…🤷🏻♀️
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...
Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism
Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. ...
itsgoingdown.org