Introducing the April 2, 2018 Queer Anti-Militarism Townhall at the Seattle Public Library, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore states, \u201cThere\u2019s so much cognitive dissonance when people say they support trans military inclusion but not war. What do they think the military is for? Or when people say the military helps trans people escape poverty without mentioning the ways the military creates poverty. No one should have to join a murderous regime to escape a scary home, pay for college, or get out of a deadend town.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the wake of Trump’s trans military ban, we’ve been flooded with patriotic and pro-military images of trans military service. But what about how we hate war and militarism? In this town hall, speakers explore queer and trans resistance to militarism and the racist, sexist, transphobic, and environmental violence of U.S. imperialism.<\/p>\n
Thank you: Ang\u00e9lica Ch\u00e1zaro, Davida Ingrahm, Orlando Lugo, Manochehr Nourizadeh, and Bean Yogi, Seattle Public Library, Seattle University School of Law, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. Filmed by Sabel Roizen, Edited by Dean Spade and Hope Dector. \u201cTrans Liberation Not More U.S. Invasion\u201d art by Micah Bazant.<\/p>\n