Trans Author & Activist Janet Mock at Women's March: "I Am My Sister's Keeper"

democracynow.or... - On Saturday, January 21, Democracy Now! provided special live coverage of the Women’s March on Washington. In this historic event, huge crowds converged on the capital to deliver messages of resistance to the newly inaugurated Trump administration. The rally featured the voices of America Ferrera, Gloria Steinem, Cecile Richards, Janet Mock, Michael Moore, Van Jones, Ashley Judd, Scarlett Johansson, Angela Davis, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, Maxwell and Madonna, as well as national co-chairs Carmen Perez, Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour.
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[@IBBMS]

How can you not love Janet Mock. Such an inspiration and smart woman.

[@aakim58]

Thats a man.

[@BeastlyGamer]

Storm Bey it's a dude... no surgery or makeup can change the FACTS.

[@IBBMS]

k. Still love her!

[@matthewbrilliance8721]

Storm Bey by inspiration you mean disgrace. by smart you mean deranged. by woman you mean MAN

[@LDedios432]

One love. Love her, she's amazing, despite what some people say. I 100% agree with you, Storm Bey.

[@0007123451]

I am a transgender woman and seeing Janet speak is inspiring and comforting.

[@LDedios432]

Thank you DPW. We're all in this together as members of the LGBTQI community and allies. Love our Allies. We all make each other strong. Don't back down.

[@nebraskafrankcourtny]

What a beautiful passionate speech from a beautiful lovely intelligent person!!

[@lacydoe]

people are hateful smh... but, trans author??? why not just author??? this is why i get a funny feeling with these marches. is it really a women's march for all woman? is it for the lgbq rights??? or is it for all man and woman??? malcom x and mlk, and countless people has already said all of this, but we still seem to manage to separate more and more instead of focusing on the main goal of coming together as a nation to get theses crooks out of here

[@Rebmetpes4]

We like corruption, especially internalized corruption!

[@hannahburke4862]

She is a trans author. why not be proud of who she is? We cannot pick apart our identities - humans are complex, and everything that is a part of us makes up who we are. There is nothing wrong with her proudly proclaiming she is a trans author, any more than it would be for someone to proclaim they are a woman, a person of color, or anything else. Besides, trans women are more marginalized than cisgender women - just as black women are more marginalized than white women, and disabled women are more marginalized than able-bodied women. Intersectionality means recognizing that our intersecting identities affect the way we are treated, and the way we experience the world. It isn't a bad thing - it is recognizing who is suffering and who needs to be empowered

[@hannahburke4862]

to just ignore these intersections, to neglect to lift up the voices of trans and disabled women, especially women of color, would be to ignore the structural violence that they face unique to those identities that not ALL women (white, straight, cis and/or able-bodied) face. ignoring these intersections say: your specific issues do not matter, even though you are a woman. Only certain women's issues matter, because only certain women matter. And that is not okay. The women's march and women's rights movement is for ALL women

[@Tricybear21]

This poor person wants attention. She has experienced trauma and now the liberal media is using her trauma to promote and agenda. They are propping her up and allowing her to perpetuate this narrative that she is fighting for freedom and liberation.

[@deannagreen2006]

Yessss Janet Mock speak for us gurlllll I love it 5/19/24 .

[@lisemuller6247]

Goosebumps....

[@meganh7872]

You go Girl!

[@Guitarist888]

Boy*

[@dollylove3430]

🔍

[@jbugdale]

can she have a baby?

[@Sogood869]

ITS NOT A WOMEN. ITS A MAN.

[@Rebmetpes4]

No u don't Master Janet! Ur a snobbish woman HOW CAN U LOVE?! LOL!

[@TheFinnmacool]

Losers march for all the world to see.

[@brynnplant]

Her autobiography "Redefining Realness" was excellent. I love listening to her talk. A true activist. Love from Canada.

[@sweetlady3651]

writerofbaddreams bullshit

[@brynnplant]

yasmine lewis Which part? Did you not like the book?

[@sweetlady3651]

writerofbaddreams​ this is a confused mMAN!!!

[@Windsingerful]

Does that threaten you, because this person cannot be put in your box? Judge not, lest you be judged.

[@sweetlady3651]

Windsingerful I'm not thereaten by a man that's stupid find something else u sound foolish.

[@saltmuffin]

Could you please add subtitles to these? And all of your videos, really? That way people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have auditory processing issues can enjoy them too. Accessibility matters.

[@ccchakras]

saltmuffin KZbin has a subtitles caption option as well. Hope this helps.

[@matthewbrilliance8721]

saltmuffin can you also put subtitles translated into the 100 most spoken languages in the world. also some small popup screen of the 5 nost popular sign language translators. and also some ebonics cos black lives matter

[@GlobalSmart365]

its NOT about women's, or Black's or Tran's but about the RIGHTS of Honest WORKING CLASS CITIZENS Everywhere

[@Mo-zl2vb]

not a woman.....Trans woman

[@cindyqueen7228]

A trans woman is a woman bigot.

[@mr.eggplant866]

Nice speech Pal.

[@mjcutie8954]

you're a transphobe.