HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We are celebrating Pride today with two amazing people, Mckenzee Griffler and Pax Ahimsa Gethen. Mckenzee holds a certification in Animal Sanctuary Management and is the Executive Director at the Open Sanctuary Project. Mckenzee is a trans woman and shares with us some basics of trans etiquette, unpacks some of the most pressing issues facing the trans community, and conveys why respecting and supporting trans people and trans kids saves lives. Pax Ahimsa Gethen is a blogger, photographer, Wikipedia editor, and long-time vegan. Pax shares their thoughts on the connection of being trans and being vegan, some San Francisco trans history, proposing gun abolition, and the story of their connection with a neurodivergent alpaca at VINE animal sanctuary.  

Resources from Mckenzee (she/her/hers):

Podcasts:
Gender Reveal
TransLash Podcast
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine

Websites:

Them.us
https://genderdysphoria.fyi/
SingularThey.info
State Action Center - National Center For Trans Equality

Books: 

A Quick & Easy Guide To Queer and Trans Identities
A Quick & Easy Guide To They Them Pronouns
Queer: A Graphic History
A Queer History Of The United States

Orgs:
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Trans Lifeline
The Trevor Project
The National Center For Trans Equality
ACLU

Resources from Pax (they/them/their): 

Website:

http://funcrunch.org

Blog Posts:

Dare to disarm

Resistance to going vegan - excuses and responses

The Transgender District: https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/

Office of Transgender Initiatives: https://sf.gov/transcitysf

Compton Cafeteria Riots: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/21/stonewall-san-francisco-riot-tenderloin-neighborhood-trans-women

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