Captive Genders book launch

Join Eric Stanley and Nat Smith the editors of Captive Gender: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex to celebrate its official release.

Readings and conversations with a number of contributors including:
Ralowe T. Ampu
Jayden Donahue
Vanessa Huang
Miss Major
Tommi Avicolli Mecca
Michelle Potts
Jennifer Worley
(more contributors may be added)

About captive genders:
Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the enormity of the prison industrial complex. The first collection of its kind, Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics to offer new ways for understanding how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity. Through a politic of gender self-determination, this collection argues that trans/queer liberation and prison abolition must be grown together. From rioting against police violence and critiquing hate crimes legislation to prisoners demanding access to HIV medications, and far beyond, Captive Genders is a challenge for us all to join the struggle.

http://captivegenders.net/


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