Artemis T. Douglas
I've been described as a "prolific writer" and an "academia slayer." My journalism interests boil down to "loudly declare what is happening" as an act of both radical community defense and self-care.
Operation Lifeboat is continuing to organize people and resources in order to get trans people in Kansas safe
The Operation is addressing requests for assistance, but needs additional resources to do so at the scale of the crisis in Kansas.
EEOC implements a federal workplaces trans exclusion policy affecting "intimate spaces”
The EEOC banned trans people in a move that also undermines equality and integration for cis people, the aims it was historically set up to achieve.
South Dakota signs multiple patriarchal enforcement bills into law
South Dakota Governor signs bills erasing trans people, making abortion and emergency contraception a felony, and allowing children to marry adults on the same day. More legislation signed on the same date mandates sex-based segregation and effectively bans trans people in publicly funded lodgings.
Kansas DMV tells trans people to get new driver’s licenses by March 25
Kansas is preparing to enforce a law that invalidates the driver’s license of anyone who has changed their gender marker on that document, echoing historic policies that targeted “other” groups by revoking their identification.
Operation Lifeboat is providing direct aid to trans people in Kansas– by helping them flee the state
Now that the skeleton for the operation is in place, the work turns to getting and giving funds and labor.
United States fails to define gender as man and woman at United Nations
The resolution was defeated 23-3, with 17 countries abstaining and one not voting. The only countries who voted alongside the US were Pakistan and Chile.
Trans community rallies around fight to stop anti-trans FDA petition
“Doomscrolling is a real problem, people don’t know how to act on the news.”
European Court of Justice defends right to change legal sex
The ECJ ruled that trans people being prevented from changing their legal documents violates their fundamental freedoms.