Rae Garringer

Oct 17, 2024 | lithub.com | Rae Garringer

Elandria Williams · they/them, 34 years oldAnitsalagi (Cherokee), S’atsoyaha (Yuchi), and Miccosukee lands · Knoxville, Tennessee · interviewed on August 11, 2013Article continues after advertisementI first met Elandria, also known as E, in 2012 through the STAY Project. Over the next several years, I was blessed to get to learn from them, and to laugh and dance with them. Elandria was the kind of organizer whose brain and words moved so fast that the rest of us had to work hard to keep up.

Oct 8, 2024 | haymarketbooks.org | Rae Garringer

“‘We are everywhere.’ You’ve heard it said, and with Country Queers Rae Garringer makes it plain. This book is such a gift to rural queer folks. It renders us visible. Renders our past and present experiences, questions, and struggles to navigate complicated feelings about people and place visible. More broadly, Country Queers reminds us all that even in the smallest places, in the ‘reddest’ states, there have always been queer people fighting for our collective liberation.

Oct 7, 2024 | them.us | Rae Garringer

You Can’t Stop the Queer South is Them’s series spotlighting LGBTQ+ voices of resistance and resilience in the American South, created with guest editor adrienne maree brown. In the time since producing these stories, Hurricane Helene has devastated areas across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia, with nearly 200 dead, a million without power, and countless homes destroyed or displaced. We ask readers to support on-the-ground relief efforts however possible.

Feb 29, 2024 | prismreports.org | Aja Arnold |Rae Garringer |Charmaine Lang |Nour Saudi

President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are in Texas today touring different sectors of the Southern border, a spectacle that encapsulates how central immigration is to each of their reelection campaigns. It is Biden’s approach to immigration in recent months, however, that has been a source of controversy on both sides of the […]

Dec 8, 2023 | objectivejournalism.org | Aja Arnold |Victoria Bouloubasis |Rebecca Chowdhury |Rae Garringer

This op-ed was co-published by In These Times, Mainline, Mondoweiss, Prism, The Real News Network, Reckon, Scalawag and Truthout. Copyright, Truthout.org. Original op-ed reprinted with permission. As journalists and media workers, we know that silencing a free press is a key tactic of authoritarian governments. We are horrified that the Israeli military has now murdered an unprecedented number of journalists and media workers in Gaza — at least 75 people as of December 4.