{"id":6126,"date":"2022-04-17T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2022-04-15T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:51:56","slug":"responding-to-the-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2022\/04\/responding-to-the-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to the backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span> wave of legislation targeting trans and queer people is sweeping across the United States from Alabama to Arizona. These laws deny youth access to gender-affirming care, effectively criminalizing trans youth and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Like the manufactured panic over Critical Race Theory and the recent attacks against Roe v. Wade, anxieties directed toward transgender and gender-nonconforming people have become central to the GOP\u2019s incursion into the culture wars. Without a doubt, the attacks against trans youth are a calculated political play aimed at motivating conservative voters ahead of the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>In efforts to overturn this wave of reactionary legislation, mainstream queer activists have primarily turned to legal strategies. These are important and necessary efforts, but, (just as in the past) they are not enough to ensure justice for all trans and queer people.<br \/>\nWhat is motivating these attacks and how should the left respond?<\/p>\n<h4>A Tempest Discussion Panel<\/h4>\n<h5>Sunday, April 24th at 1pm ET\/12 CT\/10 PT<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6127\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION-1800x1013.png 1800w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tempest hosts a <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/3bsn64Fp9\">panel discussion<\/a> featuring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Isabelle<\/strong> is an intersex activist, writer, athlete, and coach from Rochester, NY now living in Portland, OR<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Kristen Godfrey<\/strong> (they\/she) is a Black, non-binary community organizer and social worker living on stolen Tohono O\u2019odham and Yoeme ancestral and traditional lands. Kristen has worked alongside LGBTQ+ young people in after-school programs, community resource centers, and higher ed for nine years. She is a member of Tempest Collective, and a co-founding member of Thompson House Tucson, a socialist organization and mutual aid collective.<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Ash Terry<\/strong> (she\/her) is a student at the University of Texas. She organizes with the grassroots network TEAR IT UP and is a member of Trans Resistance of Texas (TRoT). Both groups have been at the fore of organizing protests in response to Governor Abbott&#8217;s February executive order criminalizing trans youth and gender-affirming care.<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Eric Maroney<\/strong> (he\/him) is a transgender organizer and an active union member with the AFT. He teaches community college English, and he is a graduate student at the University of Connecticut. Eric is also a member of the Tempest Collective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/transtempest\">Registration link<\/a> for Zoom. <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/3bsn64Fp9\">Facebook event<\/a> details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wave of legislation targeting trans and queer people is sweeping across the United States from Alabama to Arizona. <em>Tempest Collective<\/em> will be hosting a panel discussion on <strong>Sunday, April 24th at 1pm Eastern<\/strong> on what motivates these attacks and how to respond. Registration <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/transtempest\">link here<\/a>; Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/3bsn64Fp9\">event details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[295,278,292,293],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-anti-trans-reaction","tag-event","tag-queer","tag-trans-liberation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STRUGGLE-FOR-TRANSGENDER-LIBERATION.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}