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Captive Genders Is Here!

Posted on September 13th, 2011 in Uncategorized

We’re thrilled to announce that our Baltimore office has received copies of Captive Genders, meaning that our warehouse copies should be arriving at any moment! As soon as we get those, we’ll be shipping out all your preorders, and if you haven’t preordered yet, there’s still time to get your copy at 25% off the list price. Do it now!!! And if you’d like to get discounted copies for your distro or reading group, please let us know and we’ll be happy to hook you up.

And while you’re waiting ever-so-patiently for your copy to arrive, check out Toshio Meronek’s recent SF Weekly interview with the book’s editors: “Book Editors Say Queers ‘Shouldn’t Ask to Sit at the Table — We Should Dismantle the Table'”. Editor Nat Smith says: “We shouldn’t need or want a piece of paper from the state to be able to love and be loved, to be able to get access to health care, or be allowed to stay in this nation. We shouldn’t be asking to sit at the table — we should be dismantling the table. Fighting for marriage, fighting to be in the military, fighting for hate-crime legislation to criminalize and imprison more people — these are not solutions to the day-to-day issues we face of poverty, violence, or lack of respect as community members. These reforms actually work against us, strengthening this system rather than weakening it.”

The book’s editors and contributors also had a great release celebration last week at Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco. Check out the Captive Genders facebook page for photos of the event! And here for your viewing pleasure is a video from the event, of a talk by TGIJP organizer Miss Major, with former AK collective member (and continuously awesome person) Jay. Get inspired, and read the book!