Gender Justice League’s Danni Askini discusses gay conversion therapy and the success her organization has had in bringing about change in Washington.

Members of the Gender Justice League— a group of transgender, gender non-conforming and allied activists— discuss what the upcoming TransPride event means to them.

Friday, June 24—It’s been drizzling for a while, but now the sky is straight-up pissing on the roiling mass of human bodies spread across Cal Anderson Park. Sparse patches of umbrellas poke up from the crowd like mushrooms, but most people just get soaked.

As Seattle kicks off Pride Weekend for 2016, many of the holiday’s traditional themes of celebration, community, and dancing, have been washed out by a larger tension and concern for safety.

The march was both a protest and a celebration.

An incredible downpour didn’t stop Trans* Pride — but it definitely made more than a few people including Gender Justice League organizer Danni Askini consider calling it a night to head somewhere warm and dry. Instead, they danced.

Some anarchists are not promoting May Day with cringeworthy riot porn. Some anarchists are doing something awesome: Holding a rock concert in the middle of downtown Seattle to promote anarchism, have fun, and bring together the Gender Justice League, the Tenants Union of Washington State, the environmentalist Backbone Campaign, Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction, and Rojava Solidarity Seattle* in one event.

For many people, using a public restroom does not require much thought or effort. But for transgender people in Washington state, the basic human need to use a restroom has shifted into a political act that has been fought for fiercely, particularly during this session of the Washington State Legislature…

Councilmember Kshama Sawant thanked the Gender Justice League and all activists who helped to defeat Senate Bill 6443 yesterday, a bill intended to roll back protections for transgender people.

Socialist Alternative interviews Danni Askini about the struggle for equal rights for trans people.