AERA 2025 Queer Studies SIG Executive Board Welcome

In a time when anti-trans* and anti-queer ideologies threaten our existence, when global uncertainty and educational suppression attempt to silence us, we choose something different, we choose each other. We choose resistance rooted in radical love. We choose truth shaped by queer and trans* wisdom. We choose to move forward, not in fear, but in fierce affirmation of our being. This is a moment to ground ourselves—not in despair, but in the profound legacy of those who came before us and the courage of those who walk beside us. As Marsha P. Johnson powerfully reminds us,

“History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” Every act of resistance, every gesture of care, every bold dream contributes to the world we are shaping. Let this be our call to reflect, reimagine, and rise. By honoring the past, confronting the present, and courageously envisioning queer and trans* futures, we are not only resisting, we are creating the world we deserve.

In Solidariy, 

"Tlazocamati"

Statement of Commitment, Action, and Solidarity (written and signed by AERA 2020 Queer Studies SIG Executive Board)