"We know all forms of oppression [racism, classism, misogyny, transphobia, eugenics, and beyond] are inextricably linked, making it impossible to tell where one form ends and another begins."

https://transgenderlawcenter.org/journalist-resource-series-guide-for-reporting-on-marginalized-disabled-people/

Journalist Resource - Reporting on Marginalized Disabled Communities - Transgender Law Center

Huge thanks to Dinux for donating a canopy to The Genital Autonomy Collective! This increases accessibility tabling at events like Pride to raise awareness for Hadachek v. Oregon, a case fighting to expand the genital cutting ban to all children, including circumcision of those assigned male at birth and intersex kids.

This case has deep implications for trans, intersex, and gender-diverse folks. Our shared fight is for *intersectional* bodily autonomy, and Oregonians have a unique chance to lead the way.

GAC offers uniquely intersectional advocacy opportunities and support groups for those impacted:
https://autonomycollective.org/groups.html

I’ll also be using the canopy for local mutual aid when not tabling. Thank you again for supporting this work!

#genitalautonomy #intactivism
#intersex #trans #transgender
#CGM #MGM #IGM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactglobal #hadachekvoregon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc #genitalautonomycollective #genderdiverse #intersectionality #activism #oregon #portland #pnw #Pride #pride2025 #mutualaid

At a local café and the staff were talking in support about Hadachek v. Oregon and Intact Global's challenge to expand protection from child genital cutting to all children including preventing circumcision of boys and intersex surgeries.

People are talking in support of genital autonomy this is not a fringe issue, less than 1 in 10 children are genitally cut in Oregon, and Oregonians are happy to fight for the rights of all children!

Exerpt from my speech:
"I’ve been speaking up against child genital cutting for almost a decade with limited success until I moved here. Portland, Oregon really became my home because we also talk to neighbors here, and we know them. We know that they’re exceptionally diverse, and I believe we’re proud to fight for human rights because we know that. [Pause]
Many people assume that I was not affected by childhood genital cutting, but childhood genital cutting, including circumcision, affects more than just boys and men."

Alliana,
Founder of the Genital Autonomy Collective

#genitalautonomy #intactivism #intersex #trans #transqender #CGM #MGM ##GM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactalobal #hadachekvoreqon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc
#genitalautonomycollective #aenderdiverse #intersectionality #activism #oregon #portland #pnw #cascadia #pacificnorthwest

# Hadachek v. Oregon Intact Global 2025 Press Conference
Please let me know if you find more news coverage on this. We at the Genital Autonomy Collective spoke about intersectionality at the Intact Global 2025 press conference and hopefully some of the news will also mention that. The Hadacheck v. Oregon case will expand opportunities for trans, intersex, and gender diverse people in ways that more people need to be aware of. Circumcision impacts gender affirming surgery options, and impacts our freedom as well, and we're fighting with the broader genital autonomy movement for our shared rights.

An excerpt from my speech:
"Genital cutting is often talked about in the categories of male, female, and intersex, but those categories are not distinct in reality. People inherently defy those arbitrary boundaries. Because of this, many of the children assigned male at birth and subjected to penile circumcision, or other childhood genital cutting, are transgender, intersex, and otherwise gender-diverse
... Circumcision, by removing genital tissue and creating scars, physically limits options for adults seeking genital surgery. This stands in the way of our freedom to make the choice for ourselves as adults just like it does for boys and men. We are working with the intactivist movement for our shared freedom." https://www.youtube.com/live/S4-Cva6dVu4?si=uO4-J9OzUMfypDZD&t=5127

With attention and advocacy opportunities the challenge is bringing, The Genital Autonomy Collective is in need of more volunteers to help. Please message me if you're interested in supporting intersectional genital autonomy for all children in Oregon. While we welcome help of all kinds, we specifically need help with: Graphic design, web design, contacts with press, fundraising, social media management, writing, non profit experience, academic research opportunities, tabling events, etc.

Intact Global is also looking for Intersex plaintiffs who have experienced Intersex related genital cutting in Oregon at any date to add to the Equal Protection Challenge against forced, non-religious genital mutilation. As well as trans plaintiffs who have experienced penile circumcision in Oregon to add to the legal challenge.

Please email me at Allie@autonomycollective.org if you'd like to come forward as a plaintiff or are interested in volunteering. If you're in need of support on violated genital autonomy or would like to help advocate you can join a group at our website: https://autonomycollective.org/groups.html

Alliana,
Founder of the Genital Autonomy Collective

https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/03/lawyers-say-oregon-genital-cutting-law-discriminates-against-boys-seek-circumcision-ban.html

#genitalautonomy #intactivism
#intersex #trans #transgender
#CGM #MGM #IGM
#FGM #genitalintegrity
#circumcision #intactglobal2025 #intactglobal #hadachekvoregon #GAC #bodilyautonomy #childgenitalcutting #cgc #mgc #fgc #igc #genitalautonomycollective #genderdiverse #intersectionality #activism #oregon #portland #pnw #cascadia

in my opinion, there are 2 key takeaways from 'white fragility' by robin diangelo:

1. racism is not an ‘either / or’ binary but rather a continuum &
2. the challenge is to accept and grapple with this truth.

full review: https://idealistatheart.com/white-fragility-by-robin-diangelo/

#book #books #bookstodon
#nonfiction #reading #amreading #read #review #bookreview #bookrecommendation

in 'what white people can do next', emma dabiri unveils race as a social construct—something invented rather than something that has always existed.

i loved her voice throughout the narrative. it isn't just strong or matter-of-fact. it's fierce, it's frustrated, it's hopeful, it's kind. it is all of these things, and it is entirely one of a kind.

full review: https://idealistatheart.com/what-white-people-can-do-next/

The U.S. has become a fascist state. People are being grabbed off the streets and illegally detained, deported and disappeared.

Marginalized groups are watching their civil rights vanish.

Disabled people are fighting funding cuts, threats to healthcare and mask bans.

Tourists from Canada, the UK and Germany been detained for weeks without any form of due process.

It is no longer a safe place. Stop traveling there. Stop vacationing there. Stop looking the other way and get radicalized. Get involved. Find ways to resist.

Whatever happens, don’t tell people to “just leave”. People are trapped. It costs money, time and resources that most don’t have to be able to relocate. Many countries would take you if you’re disabled or trans. Leaving is NOT the answer.

We have to recognize this as a powerful moment of intersectionality and work together to save as many lives as we can.

There are more of us than there are of them.

Also don’t be afraid to take breaks. You don’t need to be informed 24/7. You don’t need to fight every battle. Rest and recharge when needed.

And please wear a mask. It’s much easier to resist when you have your health. Include disabled people in the resistance effort. We have so much to offer. Don’t leave us behind.

Aha!

These ‘48 laws of power’ could go some way to explaining why autistics don’t do very well socially...

(From the bestselling '48 laws of power’ by Robert Greene)

#LawsOfPower
#48LawsOfPower

Published in the special issue "Negotiating One’s Place in the #Mountains" (2024):

"Reflections on the Conditions of White, Straight, Male and Upper-Middle Class Normativity in the #RockyMountains (USA)"

> The text proposes avenues of reflection in an attempt to identify the mechanisms by which the hegemony of a normative white, straight, male and upper-middle class body is constituted in the historic place of the #WildWest myth.

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/14202

New in our electronic #collection:

Belonging and #Identity in #STEM #HigherEducation

https://uclpress.co.uk/book/belonging-and-identity-in-stem-higher-education

Generally speaking, it's easy to differentiate the clout-chasing, performative activists who desperately want to be *seen* "doing good", from the real deal who do it just because they want to do good. The latter wear masks. #intersectionality #AntiAbleism #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

Tune into the Centre for Healthcare Innovation’s (CHI) recorded webinar, “Sharing Circles with Indigenous Cancer Survivors and Elders,” featuring Dr. Tara Horrill, REACHE Lab's primary investigator.

Click the link in our bio!

New on our blog!

Towards FIEL-ine (Feminist International Economic Law) Legalities

#FeministPerspectives #FeministTheory #InternationalEconomicLaw #InternationalTradeLaw #Intersectionality

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/towards-fiel-ine-feminist-international-economic-law-legalities/

#Indigenous people with #disability: #intersectionality of identity from the
experience of Indigenous people in Australia, Sweden, Canada, and USA

https://dgsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dgs_08_02_04-4.pdf

I recently read Abolition Geography by Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and had to write down a few thoughts.

https://write.as/benlockwood/reflections-on-abolition-geography

Boosting the signal for @LeatherCubAndrew

"Looking to find like-minded people into #witchcraft and #activism to brainstorm ideas combining them into #organizing for #solidarity for #intersectionality to combat the threats of bigotry in its many forms and promote #inclusivity.

"Somehow I think we might need to bring this onto another platform, but I am unsure which... lemmy, signal, matrix, others?

"Would like to discuss rituals that non-witches may participate in to coincide with things alongside demonstrations to maximize effectiveness"

#JVP Albany event

#WeChargeGenocide: Black, Palestinian, South African, and Jewish Solidarity | #BlackHistoryMonth

"The radical history of Black, Palestinian, South African, and Jewish Solidarity from the 1940’s to today"

https://youtu.be/Lc7CsolTAlg

#BlackHistory #UShistory #apartheid #antiApartheidMovement #BlackLiberation #PalestineLiberation #PalestineSolidarity #intersectionality #solidarity #decolonialStruggles #UShistory #USpol #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaVIsrael @histodons @palestine