Not a requirement, just a suggestion. I'll even include a link so y'all don't have to excessively move your thumbs to search for it: https://www.workers.org/book/transgender-liberation-a-movement-whose-time-has-come/
You're welcome. Read up, liberals. ❤️🥰
EDIT: As pointed out by /u/therivercass, please note that this pamphlet is from before our contemporary understanding of gender identity and so it mixes transgender people, as we understand them today, with the gender non-conforming. In the process, it calls transgender men “transgender women” and vice versa for transgender women. I understand that this could be uncomfortable for some, but despite that, it is still a very important and crucial read as it gives a brief, yet informative, overview of the historical trials and tribulations that our people have faced and continue to struggle with under patriarchal, cis-heteronormative capitalism.
interesting, hadn't read this but it's thesis was one I'd actually heard a version of from Caliban and the Witch, on the emergence of patriarchy from the birth of capitalism.
warning for trans folx picking this up: the pamphlet is from before our contemporary understanding of gender identity and so it mixes transgender people, as we understand them today, with the gender non-conforming. in the process, it calls trans men "transgender women" and vice versa for trans women.
this is not to say you shouldn't read it - you absolutely should.
I always love reading new stuff. I ran it through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to make it more accessible for comrades with visual impairments. Cheers! https://mega.nz/file/nopTGQ7S#bAZQbUrbrleGGfmo7IGSeC6LlZYtSxQV8zq4QpDAxEE
Puts it into perspective why pronouns are important:
"Within our community it is a diverse group of people ... demanding the right to choose our own self-definitions."
Rather than use the derogatory or colonialist terms thrust upon us.
