Foremost, do forgive me because while I am not new to modding communities I am honestly new at creating one from the ground up, so I do hope you can be patient with me as you and I both learn together how to get this ball rolling. With that said, it’s been brought to my attention that it’s probably best if I give a generation explanation as to what this community is all about, so here that post is, a 101 introduction to c/tranarchism!

What is tranarchism as a concept?

Let us start with a basic dictionary definition, and then we can delve deeper into the meaning behind the label. Simply put, a tranarchist is a trans person that holds to anarchist views.

For those of you new to anarchism as a whole, here is Anarchy 101 by Bob Black who does a far better job than I probably could in a short text to explain, plainly, what anarchist views are.

So what about tranarchism? Transfeminism developed as a movement for trans women to speak up regarding their own marginalization and to critique mainstream and radical feminist movements, built on the work that came out of the multiracial feminist movement, and in particular, the work of black feminists. Much like it, tranarchism is an intersectional movement and a subset of queer anarchism that exists because we believe forms of oppression and exploitation do not exist separately. They are intimately related and reinforce each other, and so trying to address them individually does not give us a full understanding. Anarchism believes we must fight all forms of oppression and hierarchies, and to tranarchists gender as it is understood, and gender roles are a form of hierarchy and oppression. Abolishing capitalism and the state does not ensure that white supremacy, patriarchy or transphobia will be somehow magically dismantled and so the tranarchist movement aims to create a working class consciousness of, among other, gender diversity.

So what is c/tranarchism for?

This is a safe space for all queer people and specially trans people to discuss anarchist theory, to request or inform of mutual aid, and importantly, to contribute much needed working class theory on gender and the diversity of the working class. This is a community and a communal effort for all trans people and anarchists to shape.

Further reading:

• Strengthening Anarchism’s Gender Analysis
• Gender and Classes
• Workers Solidarity Movement - Queer Opression

Note

I am but one person and I will have missed or over-simplified a lot of concepts, please do add your contributions either via message to me or as a comment in this post and keep the discussion going!