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Lead Data Scientist, activist, survivor. Was actually assaulted by an actual right-wing terrorist. Opinions belong only to me, especially the bad ones. she/they

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    1. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      Trans women in particular are easy to identify. Broad shoulders and boobs make you pretty identifiable even through a mask.

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    2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      All of this puts trans activists at risk. And largely, trans activists have their needs ignored or minimized even by well-meaning comrades.

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    3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      This makes our situations quite a bit more complex. It changes our calculus. I have to assume that the second I show up at an action, I'm doxxed and a target.

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    4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      And if a crime happens, even if I am the victim, it's super easy to figure out that I'm there, unless I go through great lengths to hide my gender identity.

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    5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      "Hiding my gender identity" in this case means "passing as male." Unacceptable.

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    6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      In Charlottesville, we're dealing with 5+ years of a trans missing person case handled badly by the state. As a trans activist, I cannot let people come in, advertise that they're going to beat up trans people, and stay home and be quiet.

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    7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      Cis people *will NEVER* stop the cycle of violence against trans people. Never. They will never rise up to end it. It's on us.

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    8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      And that means that my loyalties to trans comrades has to come before anarchist principles. That means some uncomfortable shit, and it means acknowledging that I've already given the state a fuckload of info about who I am that they can use to target me regardless.

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    9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      I am very privileged in many ways. I work in tech. My household income is in the six figures and the first number isn't a 1. I can withstand a lot. But not all trans people can.

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    10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      And if a trans person is hurt in an act of terror or violence and can't work, it is *FAR* more likely than not that they don't have the money to last until the next rent payment comes due.

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      Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

      To access money one is entitled to--insurance funds, victim compensation funds--one must often file a police report. That means engaging with the state.

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        2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

          Under nominal circumstances, most trans people have difficulty accessing appropriate medical care. Thousands of trans crowdfunding requests just sit there, never getting filled.

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        3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017

          I see a trans crowdfund request *EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.* What am I supposed to tell a trans activist to do if they're injured by a Nazi and can't work as a result, when there's money they need sitting right there and no one else is stepping up for them?

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        2. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          We can’t control what the state with information they are given. Even benign details can be used to connect dots we don’t know they are trying to connect. If we agree the State is ultimately a white supremacist structure...

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        3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @chaos_stuff

          Yes, you are explaining very basic 101 level stuff to me

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        4. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Then I suppose I don’t understand exactly what you’re getting at. The logic doesn’t follow that just because you have to give more info about you personally, why this then means you should put yourself and others at even more risk by engaging with a state investigation?

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        5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @chaos_stuff

          That's not the conclusion I'm drawing. I'm saying that being trans by itself *already* puts you at that risk level, regardless. That it's part of the value calculus.

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        6. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
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          I can see how it puts you at *more* risk, but not how it’s the same as cooperating with an investigation clearly meant to drum up info on anti-fascists. If they wanted to dismantle the Right, they would have. Their opsec is god awful

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        7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @chaos_stuff

          Yeah I'm not talking about any specific investigation with this thread. I'm talking generally.

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        8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @chaos_stuff

          My Aug 11 references were just to draw an example of the kind of targeting that often happens.

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        2. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          You’re right about the issues of access with trans folks compared to other people of course. But anarchism doesn’t advocate no engagement with the state. Even cis anarchists get drivers licenses and have social security numbers etc.

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        3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @chaos_stuff

          Yes, but you are evidently missing the point that trans folks have to give *substantially* more privileged info to the state than cis people.

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        4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @chaos_stuff

          I had to give the State of Virginia my therapist's name just to get my ID. The state can use that to find my therapist and subpoena them. Client privilege isn't a catch-all.

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        1. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Why would we expect them not to use ANY info they get against the Right against the people that want to dismantle white supremacy as well? Perfect example being the mask law originally crafted to police the KKK that is now used against anti-racists

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        1. whatever-being‏ @chaos_stuff 28 Nov 2017
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          But there are long lists of trans anarchists and anarchists of color who have refused to cooperate with the state in investigations related to political activity, because they know how this can be used against the movements they are a part of

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