When the System Itself is the Problem- Trans women anarchists share Occupy Wall

[SandraJane]

When the System Itself is the Problem- Trans women anarchists share Occupy Wall Street message

BY GINA QUATTROCHI  | Published: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:19 PM CST


http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2011/11/09/gay_city_news/news/doc4ebace95a0c26985577656.txt



Justine and Zoë, trans women anarchists who collaborate on the OccupyWallSt.org website and the @OccupyWallSt Twitter feed.


Two weeks ago, within hours of Gay City News publishing my piece "Occupy Wall Street's Tragic Lack of Gender Analysis," a group of trans women reached out to me. They have been an integral part of OWS since its inception and they wanted me to know it.

What follows is a distillation of hours of conversation with two of these women, Justine and Zoë, founding members of the "tranarchist" affinity group that helped jump-start a movement that has swept the nation and the world. Justine, a 26-year-old open source technology developer, and Zoë, a 32-year-old community and online activist, joined forces shortly after anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters' July 13 call for an occupation of Wall Street.

[Mahsa Tezani]

I used to see transpeople at the protests I went to. I have some of them on video protesting stuff.

I'm not liberal or even remotely liberal btw........ We vote Republican.