If you can't respect this, you don't respect me.

I am a survivor. I have survived several physical assaults and one sexual assault. One time I was beaten so that I thought I was going to die. Another time I was beaten unconscious. I live with the trauma.

In part because of the violence I've suffered, I choose not to use violence against others. In particular, I would not use the criminal system against others even if I could. That said I can't because the system is stacked in favor of some people [rich cis hetero white people, police officers, public officials] and stacked against other people [poor people, trans people, lesbian, gay and bisexual people, people of color, and so on].

I will not accept any standard that would expect us to support that system, or that would silence us if we refuse to support it. And what about survivors of violence from that system? like here? ->

http://dctranscoalition.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/tonight-at-6pm-emergency-rally-in-response-to-transphobic-police-violence/