Trans and Queer Liberation Rally + March

We Oppose
- White supremacy in all forms
- Deportations and oppressive immigration policies
- Trump’s proposed registry of Muslim people
- Oppressive policing in communities of color in Boston
- Boston Police’s plan to spend $1.4 million on surveillance of social networking platforms
- The proposed repeal of the recently passed public accommodations bill, which bans discrimination against trans people accessing public accommodations (like bathrooms)

Schedule of Events
1:45 - Begin gathering
2:00 - Opening remarks by organizers
2:10 - Speakers
- hand warmers will be passed out
- Boston Food Not Bombs will provide some food
- signs will be passed out
- limited seating will be available
- there will be sign language interpreters
2:45 - Music by Evan Greer
3:00 - Healing circle facilitated by Luana Morales
3:15 - We take to the streets and march! Musicians from School of HONK will march with us.

Marching + Points of Oppression
We have enough people to march after the rally! The length of the route will be 1.1 miles and the route will mostly be on road and asphalt. While marching, we will pass locations that have a history of oppression (e.g. banks, hotels, etc). We will designate these locations as “points of oppression,” where folx can gather with signs that expose this history and the current oppression existing there today. For those who are unable to march an entire route, but still want to participate by gathering at these points of oppression during the march, please send a private Facebook message to Genevieve, Jasmine, or Michelle.

Accessibility Information
We will have: limited seating for the rally, sign language interpreters, hand warmers, warm food, and options for participating in the march without having to walk the route.
We still need: street medics and ear plugs

Poster Making
We have several poster making sessions happening before the rally. Attend one or more to connect with local trans and queer folks + allies and to make posters and noise makers!

1/8/17 @ 3:00pm with Black and Pink (downtown)
www.facebook.com/events/1705665676372088/

1/12/17 @ 5:00pm with the Greenough Co-op (Jamaica Plain)
www.facebook.com/events/300631313671995/

1/13/17 @ 3:00pm with Boston GLASS (Roxbury)
https://www.facebook.com/events/476305562539761/

1/13/17 @ 6:00pm with Tod@s (Roxbury)
www.facebook.com/events/1844830552462435

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Full Messaging
We the members of the trans and queer community of Boston, as well as our allies/accomplices, announce a rally to denounce Trump’s hateful rhetoric as well as other local violent measures that will harm oppressed communities. We denounce Trump’s anti-LGBTQ and racist vice president Pence, and we denounce the anti-LGBTQ and racist cabinet that Trump and Pence are assembling.

We oppose white supremacy in all its forms. We support immigration rights, denounce the proposed Muslim registry of the Trump administration, and denounce the continuation of deportation policies carried on from the Obama administration. Deportations tear apart our families and communities, and the trans and queer community will not be silent on this issue.

On a local level, we denounce the continued surveillance of and oppressive policing in communities of color in Boston. In particular, we denounce the recent initiative by the Boston Police Department to expand surveillance to social networking platforms. This move to target personal online speech is another violent step in the targeted criminalization of Muslim people, people of color, and trans and queer people. Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/gnc25cy

In addition, we call on Governor Baker to voice clear opposition to any repeal of the recently passed public accommodations bill, which bans discrimination against trans people accessing public accommodations. This bill will be challenged as a ballot question in 2018, and we must hold our local officials accountable for supporting equality over oppression. As this is a ballot measure, we ask you to also talk to your friends and family about this important issue. Convincing voters is crucial in protecting public accommodations for trans folx. Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/hwa5s92

We ask that in addition to rallying with us on January 14, you call the following individuals and ask them to (a) oppose increased policing and oppose police surveillance of social media, (b) support immigrant rights, and (c) support the transgender public accommodations bill as it exists.

Boston Police Commissioner: (617) 343-4500
Mayor Walsh: (617) 635-4500
Governor Baker: (888) 870-7770

If your organization is interested in co-sponsoring this event (i.e helping with logistics, spreading this event on your listserv, etc), message [email protected]. Thank you!

Thanks to Our Co-Sponsors
1. American Civil Liberties Union - Massachusetts (www.aclum.org)
2. Black and Pink (www.blackandpink.org)
3. Black Lives Matter Cambridge (www.blmcambridge.org/)
4. Bagly (www.bagly.org)
5. Boston GLASS (www.jri.org/servi…/health-and-housing/health/boston-glass)
6. Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund (www.emafund.org/)
7. Evan Greer (www.evangreer.org/)
8. Boston Food Not Bombs (www.fnbboston.org/).
9. Greater Boston Practice for Educational Empowerment
10. HBGC Boston (Hispanic Black Gay Coalition - www.hbgc-boston.org/)
11. Jewish Voice for Peace Boston (www.jvp-boston.org)
12. Mass Trans Political Coalition (MTPC) (www.masstpc.org)
13. MassEquality (www.massequality.org/)
14. NAPAWF Boston (National Asia Pacific American Women's Forum - www.facebook.com/napawfgreaterboston)
15. Pleasure Pie (www.pleasurepie.org/)
16. Queer Muslims of Boston (www.qmob.wordpress.com/)
17. SURJ Boston - Showing Up for Racial Justice (www.surjboston.org/)
18. The Network/La Red (www.tnlr.org)
19. The Queer Asian Pacific Islander Association (www.qapa.org)
20. Repeal Hyde Art Project (www.repealhydeartproject.org)
21. TODOS Collaborative (www.todosinaction.org/)
22. Welcoming Faiths of the Merrimack Valley (www.welcomingfaiths.org/)

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