Coalition Against Trans Antagonism

A grassroots community initiative led by and for trans, Two-Spirit, q***r, s*x worker experienced people. Working decolonially & intersectionally.

CATA was created on and is maintained on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples by Two-Spirit, trans and s*x worker experienced community. We organize decolonially and intersectionally, seeking to challenge ourselves to grow politically and in all areas of life; to challenge unaccountable, oppressive, corrupt, violent spaces and ideologies - including our own. This work is never ending.

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The Coalition Against Trans Antagonism (CATA)

A grassroots political community organizing group of people who are two spirit / trans / gender q***r / non binary, Black, Indigenous, people of color, white and s*x work experienced, working class, low income, neurodivergent, disabled and their allies. We are organizing to bring attention, to the issues of TERF and SWERF political ideology infecting the local community through and not limited to, community organizations, non profits, government, businesses, Indigenous groups and people. We center our work from the s*x worker lived experiences of trans women of colour, disabled trans women of colour, trans women and non binary. (as we work decolonially & intersectionally, the usual inequities are kept in check)

Coalition Against Trans Antagonism (CATA)’s work is conducted on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, which include the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations (colonially known as Vancouver, Canada). CATA seeks to work in solidarity with Indigenous peoples’ fight for autonomy and self-determination. (co-founder is two spirited / trans experienced indigenous to turtle island)

TERF - Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist

SWERF - S*x Work Exclusionary Radical Feminist

Our mission is to challenge oppressive ideologies and practices within (and not limited to) governmental bodies (civic/provincial/federal/Healthcare/Advocacy/police/courts, etc), non-profits, academia, unions, community organizations, and individuals, to reduce and eliminate the harms experienced by trans and s*x worker communities.

Our vision is a world where there is safety, support, acceptance, dignity, autonomy and self-determination for trans people, especially trans women, and s*x workers.

Our Basis of Unity:

· We assert that s*x work is work and commit to the fight for safer workplace conditions and ending the stigma and criminalization of labour people of many genders consensually choose to partake in, the majority of whom are women.

· We oppose human trafficking and s*x slavery and seek to center and support victims of these oppressive practices and realities.

· We assert that trans women are women and understand that trans women of colour, particularly Black and Indigenous trans women, are disproportionately affected by violence on interpersonal, positional and institutional levels.

· We understand the gender binary is a colonial construct and affirm the diversity of gender identity and gender expression of people around the world, especially those who are reclaiming identities and roles lost, erased and vilified due to colonization.

Our aim is to address through various political strategies and actions to address this long standing and festering issue of Anti trans / anti s*x work rhetoric, oppression and violence in the local and regional and even international community. We aim to build connections decolonially and intersectionally, share information, experience and grow as a grassroots political community organizing hub by identifying rooms for improvement within ourselves and diverse strategies to build at fight oppression and violence.

Online information:

http://theterfs.com/

We have have organizational meetings. If you are interested in being involved and agree with our mission, vision, and basis of unity, email us about yourself and why you would be interested at: againsttransantagonism @ protonmail.com

We were founded January 2018 (gregorian calendar)

Our email for questions, media and general inquiries is:

againsttransantagonism at protonmail.com

Our website: https://noterfsnoswerfs.wordpress.com/

Our social media:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/noterfsnoswerfs?lang=en

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC13HyPpc2YVfM8uAckg33Nw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noterfsnoswerfs/