Our Texas crew spent the first day of Diciembre in San Antonio tabling (for our first time ever) at San Antonio Zine Fest!
San Anto Zine Fest (SAZF) is organized by Yanaguana-based Latina zinesters who are dedicated to prioritizing queer and BIPOC independently-published media to grow community and creativity in Texas and beyond.
Big love to our venue hosts, Sociedad Fraternal Cruz Blanca, and to all of the organizers and volunteers, y the abuelas churning out tacos, who made the space so welcoming and warm!
We talked extensively with many fest-goers about how to access and download our free digital publications like our letter writing guide, our resources for teaching or health care provision and our SW Syllabus. We distributed multiple physical copies of these resources as well. We were among several tables featuring narcan/naloxone, and Plan B and condoms were available for fest-goers at the free table! We LOVED seeing this. While we didn’t reach our fundraising goal for this fest, we did make plans to build cross-state solidarity with other sex worker organizers–and that’s rich as hell.
We connected with the baddies fighting for the San Antonio Reproductive Justice Fund (Follow their work via Buckle Bunnies, Sueños Sin Fronteras, Lilith Fund, and Avow Texas).
We got to vibe with the comrades from Wetty Collective — who engage in work to dismantle oppression, and build queer eco-erotic conocimiento through radical queer feminist BIPOC literature & community activism. Absolutely over the moon to have met them!
And we got to spend more time with the comrades from Texas People’s Tribunal. Currently, TPT is building the foundation for a people’s tribunal on Texas’s use of lethal violence amounting to genocide against racialized peoples. Through this effort, TPT intends to further the movement to end the mass killings of targeted peoples, and abolish the death penalty in Texas–so thankful for all their work!
Our table neighbors were the most supportive crew!! This is what going to fests is all about–meeting other radicals, swapping zines and growing our networks of creative makers. We loved spending time with Gender Non-Compliant poetry and art, A Frustrated Bohemian, zeebintime, and Mobile Suit Marxist. Be sure to check out their beautiful zine, poetry, political education and art practices!
💋Where can you find us next?💋
Chicago: 1) Decrim IL has publicly launched! They held their first virtual public town hall today and shared their coalition’s commitments, strategies, and a fact sheet for the bill they’re supporting. Check that bill’s fact sheet out here. If you’re in Illinois, and want to get involved, fill out the form here.
2) Stay tuned for details for this year’s December 17th or International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, gathering and vigil.
3) Save the date for another Dante’s Originals event, 7PM, December 21st!
Austin, Tx: Stay tuned for details for this year’s December 17th or International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, gathering and vigil. We’ll be holding space, and hosting a small protest vigil locally.
NYC: Want to get involved with work to decriminalize the trades in NY? Check out our comrades in DecrimNY (a coalition of orgs and individuals, that we are founding members of). DecrimNY is responsible for the proposed bill Stop Violence in the Sex Trades Act (SVSTA) and regularly engages in public demonstrations, lobby days, mutual aid efforts and more. Fill out their interest form here.