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A Story of Trans Genocide, Now and Then, in a Single Photo

On the histories we forgot — and who burned them

May 5

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May 5

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A love letter to those who want me dead.

If you think transgender people are a threat to your way of life, this is for you. Happy Valentine’s Day.

Feb 17

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Feb 17

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Cops Don’t Belong at Pride, “Unseemly” Queer People Do

Marsha P. Johnson and the failures of queer respectability

May 20, 2021

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May 20, 2021

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Who Gave Cis People Their Gender Identities?

Cis people reading this: you don’t have to be trans to opt out.

Sep 21

Who Gave Cis People Their Gender Identities?

Sep 21

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As an antifascist organizer, I am done persuading.

Persuasion does not work. Only education does.

Sep 20

As an antifascist organizer, I am done persuading.

Sep 20

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Charlie Kirk: Wanted Dead, Not Alive

Who Gets To Decide Which Violence Is “Political”?

Sep 13

Charlie Kirk: Wanted Dead, Not Alive

Sep 13

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Fuck Pete Buttigieg and Fuck Queer Assimilation

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Aug 11

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Aug 11

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The Devil’s Bargain: whiteness and the making of the modern age

When I was about 14, my parents took me on a cross country road trip across the US. The beauty I saw changed my life on that trip, but…

Jul 7

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My Trans Liberation from Enforced Womanhood

Or, how feminism, including transfeminism, is always about choice

Jun 19

My Trans Liberation from Enforced Womanhood

Jun 19

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Trans Resurrection

This was written on April 20th, 2025, Easter.

May 3

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May 3

Alexander Petrovnia

Alexander Petrovnia

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Poet, writer, politics yapper, organizer, scientist, gardener. Antifa Mind Doula. Kind not nice. Transmasc. Appalachian white Redneck. Mad Neurodiverse Crip. 29

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