Dr. Alex Iantaffi speaks with Dean Spade about his life-long work in queer and trans liberation, the challenges of writing about relationships, and the importance of emotional awareness and conflict resolution in relationships and movement building.  

Dean Spade has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation, anti-militarism, and police and prison abolition for the past 25 years. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!.” His new book is Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise Hell Together, and he is the host of a new podcast with the same name. 

Listen to Dean’s new podcast: https://www.deanspade.net/podcast/ 

Find out more about Dean and his work at the following links:  

deanspade.net
IG: @spade.dean
X: @deanspade
Facebook: Dean Spade
Bluesky: deanspade.bsky.social
Tiktok: @deanspade 

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