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our work is everywhere

Copyright 2021 by Syan Rose (Sarah Rosenblatt)

Foreword copyright 2021 by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any part by any meansgraphic,

electronic, or mechanicalwithout the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer,

who may use brief excerpts in a review, or in the case of photocopying in Canada, a license from

Access Copyright.

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Arsenal Pulp Press acknowledges the xmkym (Musqueam), Swxw7mesh (Squamish), and

slilwta (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, custodians of the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories

where our office is located. We pay respect to their histories, traditions, and continuous living cultures

and commit to accountability, respectful relations, and friendship.

Reclaiming & Revolting Bodies: Fat: The Play originally appeared in Truthout , March 21, 2016.

We Are All Elders, a collaborative comic with Vivi Veronica, originally appeared in Bitch , 2018.

Cover art by Syan Rose

Layout support by Jazmin Welch

Proofread by Alison Strobel

Printed and bound in Canada

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication:

Title: Our work is everywhere : an illustrated oral history of queer and trans resistance / Syan Rose.

Names: Rose, Syan, 1990 author, artist.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200211188 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200211277 |

ISBN 9781551528151 (softcover) | ISBN 9781551528168 (HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: GaysPolitical activityComic books, strips, etc. | LCSH: Sexual minorities

Political activityComic books, strips, etc. | LCSH: Transgender peoplePolitical activity

Comic books, strips, etc. | LCSH: Gender-nonconforming peoplePolitical activity

Comic books, strips, etc. | LCSH: Gay rightsComic books, strips, etc. | LCSH: Political activists

Comic books, strips, etc. | LCGFT: Nonfiction comics.

Classification: LCC HQ76.5 .R67 2021 | DDC 323.3/ 26022dc23

leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha

syan rose

raven taylor

november 2016

dusty lamay

december 2016

caleb luna and nicole arteaga

december 2015

vivi veronica

june 2018

ceyenne doroshow and cyd nova

january 2019

mirna haidar

january 2020

phlegm

july 2018

amber kim

march 2017

steph niaupari

august 2020

jaye sablan

february 2017

the founding members of trans

assistance project (tap)

april 2017

anabel khoo and sze-yang ade-lam

september 2020

geleni fontaine

july 2018

ra malika imhotep

june 2020

nube f. cruz

june 2020

brenda angelica gutirrez mora

june 2020

our work is our queer survival hustle beauty bloom

our work is love

All the times people have said, youre so busy,

youre so productive, wow I wish I could do what

you do, you must be really slammed, wow I know,

life is crazy, right?

All the times people have said, flaky, irresponsi-

ble, do you even have a job? we wanted reliable,

youve canceled a lot, unfortunately we dont offer

sick leave, youre still crying? oh, youre suddenly

sick and cant make it? oooookay. working from

home is only allowed under very limited circum-

stances and must be requested and approved in

advance, youll want to bring your proof of dis-

ability, im sorry, your work didnt show signs of

consistent excellence, so you didnt receive the

fellowship.

All the times I have: spent time repotting the

geranium that hangs at my front door. Faffed

about, walking around in my sleep shirt and

some booty shorts, picking up things, putting

the kettle on, answering a textand then

getting an Idea. And sitting down, in that same

messy house, in those same stanky booty shorts,

and wrote about it, ignoring my phone.

All the times I had a twenty-hour-a-week (at

least) unpaid job listening, giving resources,

cracking jokes, driving someone to the clinic,

bringing tacos. And sometimes, receiving same.

All the times I worked and worked and worked,

up til 2 AM on some project Id get a hundred

dollars for, sending emails til my eyes burned,

wakingup and going to openthestore,

getpickedupbymybosstoteachmedstudents-

thepelvic, teachthewebinar, dotheaccessrun-

through, catchtheplaneontimetogospeakat-

thecollege, andcollapseandrecover afterwards.

our work

this work

this queer work

this queer everyday labor

everywhere

every where

everywhere?

the labor of being depressed and Black and

female

the labor of writing

and producing

and directing

a Fat queer play

in Texas

the labor of making

a queer Brown healing collective

in Flatbush

the work

of being a Black woman

in pain,

emotional and physical

keeping a roof over your head

sitting in your room

typing your stories

as the rain falls on the roof

and feeling your way

through legacy

of what it means to be Black, female, raised

poor

and writing

sometimes I feel embarrassed & foolish

to think that I should be a writer,

a working writer.

who the fuck am I, the daughter of two people

who didnt even finish middle school, to think

that I can do all these things that my mother

couldnt? (Raven Taylor)

or when Dusty LaMay says,

I know you want me to talk about astrology

or legal work ...

Both are vehicles through which I hope these

greater skills are channeling to my community:

self-forgiveness,

boundary appreciation,

self-actualization, & self-determination.

is that work?

that is work.

this is work.

our work is everywhere

even as its

shitted on, despised, and erased.

its still here, speaking.

Reading and witnessing

this gorgeous graphic novel storykeeping book,

what echoed in me was how much I live with an

everyday reverberation

that none of the work i do is real

that none of the work i do matters

that all of the labor I pour like stars

into this world

is illegitimate

laughable

the way that one white woman once laughed,

oh you dont need a contract, youre just doing

a little job, its not real work.

But i know I wake up from a disabled sleep and

work

getting to go make the tea and the coffee is

work

texting three friends asking them how they are,

work

answering emails

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