{"id":459,"date":"2018-02-28T00:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/?p=459"},"modified":"2018-02-28T00:21:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:21:16","slug":"major-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/uncategorized\/major-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Major!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most significant things I learned from watching <em>Major!<\/em> was the formation and impact of the TGI Justice Project (TGIJP), especially since this is an organization I had never heard of. It\u2019s remarkable how actionable this organization is in their mission to resist against human rights abuses, particularly police violence and the mass incarceration of transgender POC. Learning about the direct action and advocacy the organization practices\u2014including the relationships and outreach they maintain with currently incarcerated people\u2014was really telling. It\u2019s also significant that this organization comprises so many transgender women of color, many of whom were previously incarcerated. These voices are so thoroughly marginalized and underrepresented in society, even in many outlets for social justice and advocacy, so it\u2019s remarkably meaningful for these voices to have such a firm, actionable place in TGIJP.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the film, something I\u2019d like to learn more about is organizing to hold law enforcement accountable with respect to transgender rights. The wild disproportion of transgender incarceration was previously unfamiliar to me, so I absolutely want to stay better informed about this moving forward. And I believe accountability\u2014policing the police\u2014is important to this end.<\/p>\n<p>Ophelian, A. (Director). (2015).\u00a0<em>Major!<\/em> [Motion Picture]. United States:\u00a0What Do We Want Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most significant things I learned from watching Major! was the formation and impact of the TGI Justice Project (TGIJP), especially since this is an organization I had never heard of. It\u2019s remarkable how actionable this organization is in their mission to resist against human rights abuses, particularly police violence and the mass &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/uncategorized\/major-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Major!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}