Femininjas

Comportment

0. Be polite, respectful, and quiet. No chanting, no name-calling. No, not even ‘transphobic.’
1. Try to channel Ghandhi, not Ché.
2. If your neighbour is starting to look triggered, gently point it out to her and, if she’s willing to accept your help, try to talk her down.
3. Have love and compassion for everyone involved, especially those who work at Lu’s.

Speech

0. Praise the women’s health collective for putting in this wonderful new clinic…. but then lament its fatal flaw.
1. What Lu’s is doing is illegal discrimination. Mention that many trans women are legally female, so Lu’s is discriminating illegally. They’re not just immoral, they’re illegal. (Although legal status shouldn’t matter either!)
2. When talking to the media, stay on message. We’re feminists, and they’re ‘conservative feminists’. We’re (mostly) trans women, and they’re ‘non-trans women’. (“Cis” means nothing to most people.)
3. Emphasize shared needs of trans and non-trans women. Don’t talk about your transition meds. Talk about your asthma, your Zoloft, your methadone, your protease inhibitors.