Colin Kennedy Donovan is a (dis)abled queer, transgender, and genderqueer identified anti-racist educator, activist, performer, and writer. S/he is the creator of the radical Queer (dis)ability zine, Fuck Pity. In 2000 s/he cofounded RESYST Seattle with Qwo-Li Driskill. Hir work has been published in several publications including Revolutionary Voices, Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, and XCP: Streetnotes. Donovan is also a practitioner of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed work. The word queer has traditionally meant strange or unusual. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Anti-racism, like other general social attitudes, ideas and movements, has many variations and faces. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... S/he, a gender neutral pronoun akin to sie, and increasingly used by some genderqueer individuals. ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... // Background RESYST (Resources for Youth, Students, and Trainers) was started in the Bay Area by Amy Sonnie and yk hong in 2000 in conjuction with the release of Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie (Alyson: 2000). ... Sie and hir are two terms proposed to serve as gender-neutral third person singular personal pronouns in English (see gender-neutral pronouns). ... Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, edited by Amy Sonnie, is an anthology created by and for radical queer youth, committed specifically to youth of color, young women, transgender and bisexual youth, (dis)abled youth, and poor/working class youth. ... ARA Logo, featuring a masked anarchist smashing a swastika Anti-Racist Action Network (ARA) is a decentralized network of anti-fascist and anti-racist communists. ... Augusto Boal (born 1931 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an innovative and influential theatrical director, writer and politician. ...

External links

• Colin Kennedy Donovan's Website
• The Handi-Capable Bi-Queer Slut of the World #1 Writing by Colin Kennedy Donovan