There Still is No Hierarchy of Oppression

TNS contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell writes a jeremiad on the betrayal of transgender citizens.

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In 1983, Poet and philosopher Audrey Lorde published a short essay  called “There is no hierarchy of oppression.” In it, she lays out a maxim that is elegant in its simplicity and profound in its meaning. She asserted that people experience various oppressions simultaneously, so we are obligated to fight all…