#queer vegans

[vegantanya]

It is always sad to see a fellow vegan behave like other non-vegans and make fun of people for being different/queer. My blog is specifically for animal rights and anti-speciesism so I don't post about anything else or follow anyone who is non-vegan.. so it's very jarring to stumble across transphobia or just general nastiness because most of the blogs I follow tend to be against all forms of oppression. Most of the vegans I know hold similar stances. I expect all this nastiness from non-vegans (and I know that even they can do better because once even we were non-vegans), but not my own community. We are literally here for animal rights and about bridging the gap created by the discrimination against other species.. we have overcome the greatest form of oppression ingrained in us since birth, so how can we fall for any other form of hatred? And did we forget that other animals are queer too? That homosexuality has been observed in animal groups like lions, birds, fishes, giraffes etc and not just humans? So why.. why do we discriminate? Anti-speciesism is the very principle on which veganism is based on and it teaches us SO much about looking at the animals and the world with lens of equality.. let us never discriminate please. And don't forget that vegan gays exist, vegan transgenders exist, vegan bisexuals exist, vegan queers exist and we hurt when someone from our own community makes fun of us. Lots and lots of love to all my fellow queer vegans and the vegans who are our allies and stand with us like a rock and a happy pride to you all.

[femininefreak]

11 in-depth interviews on the link between animal rights and gay rights.

This project explores the connection between animal rights and gay rights through in-depth interviews with LGBTQ individuals (including trans, non-binary, immigrants, and people of color) on why they stopped eating animals, how their experiences of marginalization relate to animal suffering, and why veganism is an integral, albeit complex, part of the social justice movement. 

[vegantanya]

A very very Happy Pride Month to my fellow queer vegans 💚

[vegantanya]

If amongst patriarchy, you can be a feminist

If amongst homophobia, you can be an ally

Then amongst speciesism, you can be vegan

Patriarchy, speciesism, homophobia etc all stem from deeply ingrained prejudices that all teach us to hate women/fellow animals/queer people etc.. But if we know that it is morally wrong to make someone else suffer, some one who has the capacity to suffer; then we should stop taking actions that cause such suffering and do better 💚

[kiloueka]

Queer and Trans Voices: Achieving Liberation Through Consistent Anti-Oppression by Julia Feliz Brueck and Zoie Zane McNeill

What does it mean to work towards our liberation? How can we center and make space for ourselves and others? How is nonhuman animal liberation part of our own fight for queer rights?

With a focus on building bridges between movements and dismantling hierarchies between oppressed groups through consistent anti-oppression, Queer and Trans Voices: Achieving Liberation Through Consistent Anti-Oppression follows the concise and  to-the-point style of resource activist and author Julia Feliz Brueck. In this volume, Feliz Brueck and queering activist-scholar Zoie (Zane) McNeill collaborate to raise the voices of LGBTQIA+ vegans across the world working to acknowledge the interconnections between social justice groups in order to consistently and effectively achieve liberation for all.

[katesolnoble]

where all my queer vegan buddies at???

[hamletsveganfood]

Pics from food at The Red Fern in Rochester, NY! I love seeing queer vegan spaces! (The food is amazing, as always.. I always try to stop in here when I’m in town!)