Calling dmab non-binary people!

deanwinchesterinmyheart:

So I’m a part of a group of 9 who are looking to start a non-binary collab youtube channel with information and opinions and fun.  We’re all currently dfab and we’re looking for a little dmab diversity!  If anyone would like to join us, that would be awesome!  add me on facebook and send me a message!

A bit about our channel.  It was inspired by ftmtranstastic and collab channels similar to that.  So there will be weekly topics we respond to and upload videos to… fun stuff.  

So yeah, if you’re dmab and interested, hit me up!  

Need $240 to Make Educational Videos about Nonbinary Gender

as some of you may be aware, I have recently begun making educational videos about nonbinary gender called “Nonbinary 101”.

My plan was to do a series of videos 3-5 minutes in length covering basic concepts of gender in order to simplify and demystify transgender concepts for a cisgender audience in the most accessible way possible.

Before I was able to complete editing of my last video, my trial period of Adobe Premier ran out, and I am now unable to access my video files or continue working on this project.

I have spent a lot of time searching free video software but have not found anything that meets my needs. I have also spent a lot of time attempting to work around the payment system for Adobe Premier, to no avail.

At this point if I am unable to purchase a legitimate copy of this program I will be unable to continue working on this video project, which many people have found very helpful and informative so far.

As I am disabled, deeply in debt, and have no source of income beyond paying for my basic living expenses through government assistance, I cannot cover the $20/month it would cost me to use this program.

I have set up a paypal account and am requesting donations to reach a goal of $240, which would allow me one year of video creation with this software.

As this is a relatively small sum of money, I am hoping if enough people donate even a dollar I will be able to afford the software I need to continue this educational video project that I think could be extremely helpful in removing the burden of education placed on trans people. by helping to remove the cis/trans language barrier we will be able to work towards more respectful and informed discourse in the future.

you can donate here

thanks,

-newt

CALL TO ACTION: Jane Moved to BOYS’ Facility! Call & Tweet DCF and Malloy

anarcho-queer:

justice4jane:

Yesterday, July 13, Jane Doe was unexpectedly transferred to CT Juvenile Training School, a locked facility for boys. The transfer was done in secret, without informing her lawyers. DCF is claiming that she is currently being held there in solitary confinement. This means that at best, our sister is in solitary AGAIN, this time in a facility for delinquent males who have been charged with crimes. At worst, she is in general population with those same males.

Effective immediately, we are asking people to call and tweet at CT Governor Dannel Malloy and CT DCF with the following demands:

1. Release Jane Doe from the CT Juvenile Training School into an appropriate environment approved by her therapist. CJTS is a facility for males on parole status - Jane is neither male nor on parole! Release her immediately into a loving foster / adoptive home! 
2. Fire DCF Commissioner Joette Katz now. This person has done enough damage to Jane Doe and who knows how many other youth in her “care”. She is clearly on a sick vendetta against Jane, using Jane’s gender identity to torture her further.
3. CT legislature must repeal CT statute 17a-12, which allows DCF to imprison children and place them in inappropriate, traumatizing environments
4. Launch an independent investigation into CT DCF to uncover ALL the abuses permitted and perpetrated against children in their care.

Call Malloy: 860-566-4840
Call DCF (demand Jane’s immediate release): 860-550-6300
Tweet: @CTDCF and @GovMalloyOffice. Use #JusticeForJane hashtag.

Sample message(s):

• I’m calling to express my disgust that the abuse of Jane Doe, the 16-year-old transgender victim of trafficking, is continuing at the hands of DCF Commissioner Joette Katz. I am demanding that Jane be immediately released from the CT Juvenile Training School boys’ facility, be given the therapy she deserves and be allowed to be fostered or adopted into a loving home. 
  
  
• It is clear that a commissioner who goes on such a sick vendetta against an abused child, lies about the child’s treatment and demonizes her in order to preserve her own reputation is unfit to hold her highly compensated position. No child should suffer like Jane Doe is. I am demanding that Commissioner Katz be fired now and that her position be filled by someone who knows how to deal with trauma and is not prejudiced against trans* youth. 
  
  
• CT statute 17a-12, which allows DCF to imprison children and which has been the legal root of Jane’s suffering, must be repealed by CT legislature immediately. 
  
  
• Finally, these events and the words of other children in the care of DCF show that Jane is not a unique case. I am demanding that an independent investigation be launched into CT DCF’s treatment of children. Whatever Katz’s preferences may be, it is not OK for a department whose agents traffic and rape children to investigate itself. The safety of these children is at stake and an independent investigation is imperative.

Please stay tuned for announcements of on-the-ground protests, rallies and marches to support Jane. Spread this information far and wide!

FYI: Jane Doe is a 16 year old Latina trans girl. She was previously held in solitary confinement for over a month in an adult prison because the law prohibits under-aged inmates from being in contact with adult inmates.

She is now being held in a juvenile facility for men on parole.

She has not been charged with any crime but is in prison because the Connecticut Department of Children and Families has been unable to provide her with a safe and therapeutic environment.

The transfer to a male facility puts her life in danger as well as puts her at extremely high risk for abuse and sexual assault.

Sign the petition to Free Jane Doe and click here for more ways to help.

Absolutely. I am glad these resources exist!

-Kai