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Dear Friends,
The continued loss of Black trans lives, the recent Supreme Court Title VII ruling affirming gay and transgender workers are protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 –– these events call us to continue examining the intersections between race and gender.
Eliminating transphobia and other forms of gender-based discrimination and violence requires not only examining bigotry, but also the political, and material capital of the wealthy and powerful upholding these systems. The webinar aims to provide a better understanding to participants of how the gender binary functions to maintain white, wealthy, cisgender men and women at the top of societal hierarchies.
#RaceAnd The Gender Binary will be a virtual online introduction to the past and present connections between race, colonialism, and the resulting mainstream gender binary. Through a race-explicit lens, participants will learn about:
- How racial hierarchies have evolved over time through gender-based violence.
- The stories of transgender and gender non-conforming African/Indigenous people that resisted colonialism and the gender binary, taking place at least 400 years before the Stonewall uprisings.
- Ways to educate and agitate to dismantle existing oppressive systems through a Black queer feminist lens.
If you have any questions, or would like more information on our #RaceAnd series, please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
In Solidarity,
The Race Forward Team
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