A March for ALL Women: A Trans Woman’s Impassioned Defense of the Women’s March AND the Pussyhat

Thoughts about the Women’s March, feminist inclusivity, transphobia, black activism, trans activism and where we go from here.

A random thought about groups, circles, opinions:
People all across the United States adjust their clocks backwards in the Fall, and forward in Spring. All across the US that is, except for Arizona. You see, Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time. All of Arizona, that is, with the exception of the Navajo Nation — which DOES. Well, excluding a small zone inside of the Navajo Nation — the Hopi Reservation, which does NOT.

This piece is not about timezones. It isn’t about hats, either. It’s about inclusion in activism. It’s about injustices and microaggressions, about human rights. And ultimately, it’s about unity against oppression. Please read on.

(And note: At the end of this piece, written in 2017, is an updated 2020 position, with some a new lens on white privilege.)

Why I love the Women’s March

On Tuesday night, November 8, 2016 I sat in a roomful of women — all dressed in white, all filled with optimism and hope. That hope became dread, became consternation, became shocked bewilderment and defeat. A man who we all saw gloating openly about sexually assaulting women was elected the 45th…