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CATA’s work is conducted on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, which include the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), & Səl̓ílwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations (colonially known as Vancouver, Canada). CATA seeks to work in solidarity with Indigenous peoples in the journey for autonomy and self-determination.

CATA’s core organizing group: We are a group comprised of trans women, trans femmes, nonbinary people, and cisgender women. Our core organizing team has members who are Black, Indigenous, people of colour, and white; and we are led by trans women and trans femmes with s*x work experience and prison experience. We embody various political philosophies that include anarchism, socialism, communism and others. Between the organizing committee and solidarity committee, most of us are neurodivergent, some of us are disabled, and our incomes range from poor, low-income, working class to middle class. We also have a non-profit coalition that comprises of organizations whose mandates serve LGBTQ2S+ communities, trans communities, and s*x working communities.

Our mission is to identify and challenge oppressive ideologies and practices within (and not limited to) governmental bodies, non-profits, academia, unions, community organizations, and individuals, to reduce and eliminate the harms experienced by trans and trans s*x worker communities. We envision a world where there is safety, support, acceptance, dignity, autonomy and self-determination for trans people directly affected by transmisogyny (including but not limited to trans women and non-binary transfeminine people) who also experience s*x worker antagonism.

Transmisogyny is the intersection of trans antagonism and misogyny; the oppressions faced by trans women and those society perceives as trans women. Although others may be indirectly affected by transmisogyny, its targets are exclusively those expected to perform a masculine role due to their assigned s*x, whose gender identity and/or expression is feminine or perceived as feminine.

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