Olive Badger
Informational Workshop
Olive Badger is a neurodivergent-nonbinary genderqueer-antifascist-abolitionist-water protector-Appalachian of mixed ancestry, member/loved one of NoDAPL Political Prisoner Support Committee, and member of support crew/ loved one of political prisoner Eric King. Olive is dedicated to direct action, prison/court support, tending to traditional family altars, and tangibly dismantling corporate/systemic/intergenerational/and lateral violence.
There's Always Been More Than Two Genders
Olive is offering several traditional cultural teachings, creation stories, and respected community roles of gender fluidity from around the world. The workshop addresses gender historically being understood as beyond two genders, beyond Westernized concepts of "queer", and beyond a mere personal identity of "gender", with a brief history of criminalization, erasure, and homogenization of nonbinary genders being confronted. Early historical records, Indigenous, European, Pacific Islander, Asian, and several more perspectives will be offered.