The conversation around organising and turning inwards to a lesser or greater extent resonates so much as a trans person. Lucky for me I'm white, and in a country where harassment towards queer and trans folks is relatively limited, so I'm not personally affected that much but I definitely feel what's going on around the world esp. in the States/UK. A parallel development to turning inwards I think is creating small barriers to harassment. A recent example is a Shadow Prize organized here that I feel some time ago would've been completely open now had an extra step of the location not being public info but something you had to ask the organisers. It's not a large shift but it's, I think, reflective of a somewhat less hopeful/idealistic, one could cynically say less naive, environment.
Anyways a really interesting read, thanks :)
P.s. As a silly aside I have to ask where does your first name come from? For context Antero is a traditional masculine name in Finland. So I'm curious if you have a connection to here somehow or if this is convergence in naming traditions.
The conversation around organising and turning inwards to a lesser or greater extent resonates so much as a trans person. Lucky for me I'm white, and in a country where harassment towards queer and trans folks is relatively limited, so I'm not personally affected that much but I definitely feel what's going on around the world esp. in the States/UK. A parallel development to turning inwards I think is creating small barriers to harassment. A recent example is a Shadow Prize organized here that I feel some time ago would've been completely open now had an extra step of the location not being public info but something you had to ask the organisers. It's not a large shift but it's, I think, reflective of a somewhat less hopeful/idealistic, one could cynically say less naive, environment.
Anyways a really interesting read, thanks :)
P.s. As a silly aside I have to ask where does your first name come from? For context Antero is a traditional masculine name in Finland. So I'm curious if you have a connection to here somehow or if this is convergence in naming traditions.