Support of the LGBTQ+ Movement
Bob Lederer’s 2020 Radio Documentary “Mumia Abu-Jamal Embraces LGBTQ Liberation” outlines Mumia’s evolution to open solidarity with queer and trans liberation. He is deeply moved by what he has witnessed: suicide attempts, brutal mistreatment, and the horrendous oppression experienced by LGBTQ+ prisoners, stating,
“for trans and gay men in prison, it’s a hell in a hell, you know? They get the worst of it.”
Confronting Anti-Trans Violence
In 2019, Mumia addressed the onslaught of violence against trans women, reinforcing the notion that protecting our most marginalized members of society is protecting society at large. He explains that those whose identities are isolated from their community become the natural targets for rightist fascist forces, and that we must defend such isolated identities in order to fortify our strength as a movement.
“And if it’s Black trans women today, it’ll be Black straight women tomorrow and Black children soon thereafter.”
Solidarity of Struggle
Prison Radio founder, Noelle Hanrahan, and Mumia have discussed the fact that the majority of women on Mumia’s defense committee were part of the LGBTQ community, questioning what exactly provoked members of this community to come to Mumia’s aid. In Hanrahan’s words,
“We’re deeply oppressed by this society and those of us who are revolutionaries see our liberation bound intrinsically with yours.”
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