In the third episode of the "Queer Healing & Liberation Series," listen to abolitionists and anti-capitalist organizers Amy Tran and Katie Lee discuss the foundational principles of abolition, critique the mainstream “homonormativity” movement, analyze how prisons, healthcare inequities, and capitalism perpetuate violence, and how they define Queer Justice. 

Audio Produced by Sophie Warrick, and co-hosted by K McClendon, Teigh McGee, and Sam Koltes. Podcast Art by Mercy Garriga (@MercyFullRes). 

Full episode transcripts available at www.envisioningqueerjustice.org/episode-transcripts

This podcast is fiscally sponsored by Hamline University Center for Justice & Law, and PeaceFirst. All opinions expressed on this podcast do not reflect the views of our sponsors. 

Organizations to Check Out:

Please support Indigenous-led organizations, some located in the northern midwest (where most of our team is based), are Honor the Earth, the NDN Collective, and the Black Hills Bail and Legal Defense Fund. Check out native-land.ca as a tool to begin understanding the land you reside on, and understand your responsibilities to Indigenous people. 

In addition, please check out the following organizations named by Amy and Katie: 

Critical Resistance, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, BYP 100, Project NIA,  MPD 150, generationFIVE, Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, Incarcerated Workers Organizers Collective, and the Combahee River Collective.

Readings & Resources:

To learn more about prison abolition through a Queer lens, check out the Envisioning Queer Justice Toolkit, curated by the Envisioning Queer Justice Collaborative. In addition, check out the following reading lists on prison industrial complex abolition. 

• Resource Guide: Prisons, Policing, and Punishment | by Micah Herskind
• Prison Abolition Syllabus – AAIHS
• If You're New to Abolition: Study Group Guide

In addition, check out the following readings named by Amy Tran and Katie Lee: 

• The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lorde 
• Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference by Audre Lorde 
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire 
• What Is Homonormativity? By Buffy Flores 
• Gay Power is Trans History: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries by Women at the Center 
• Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis