Dearest loves,

Allow us to be absolutely clear. 

Our love is a queer love. 

Our love is brown. Our love is fat.  Our love throws molotovs.  Our love protects the water.  Our love is indigenous.  Our love is autistic.  Our love is trans.  Our love is consensual.  Our love is black.  Our love is resistance.  Our love grabs back. Our love destroys pipelines.  Our love is disabled.  Our love spray paints acab, and blm, and
nodapl.  Our love is
#nocopsonoutreach.  Our love is a
decolonial love.  And our love is
ungovernable.

The appropriation and co-optation of love
by capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy wrenches the
sharp teeth from the jaws of love. 

For our love is both tender and ferocious.

In honour of celebrating the ferocity and
queerness of our love we want to share a print donated to the 2Spirit Warrior
Society Raffle by an artist we love dearly.

‘Dandelion’, by trans, mixed race
indigenous artist beyon wren moor is an ocean of queer love.  When a beloved friend and 2Spirit Nahua land
defender, Xóchítl Pāpalōtl Ramírez, was hospitalized and in a coma this painting was
created for them.  ‘Dandelion’ has been
shared across Turtle Island as an act of love to facilitate mutual aid and
support a beloved warrior; a warrior who is a reminder of the power of love to
all who know them. 

A warrior who makes this world more livable
just by their presence within it.

Growing up as a broken branch, passed
between the limbs of a family tree, torched and decayed through generations of
colonial violence and genocide, beyon’s work exposes intergenerational trauma
and its roots in the continued state violence towards indigenous peoples. 

beyon is the powerful love of her ancestors made
living in a present time when a decolonial love is desperately needed to turn
the tides of fear and hate. 

And you are
too.

Please help us support the ones we love
fight for the land, fight for the water, fight for the medicine and fight for
each other.  Enter the 2Spirit Warrior
Society raffle for a chance to win a limited edition print of ‘Dandelion’.

https://2spiritwsraffle.tumblr.com/

You can also purchase and support beyon’s work directly through the Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front Lines Speak online store.

http://voicesbook.storenvy.com/

And love fiercely dear ones.  Love each other so hard that we are full to
the brim and ready to face our enemies.
Love courageously.  And remember,
in the times that feel dark and the times that feel impossible that you are
deeply loved. 

We need you and you are loved.

https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/dearest-loves-allow-us-to-be-absolutely-clear/