Z novembrom naznanjamo Trans+ mesec, festival spolne raznolikosti in prostor raziskovanja spola od njegove absurdnosti in represivnosti do njegove uporabe kot orodje za osebni izraz. Letošnji podnaslov festivala je “Iste ptice skup letijo” – pregovor o pajdašenju podobnih, zlasti tistih na robu, tistih iste sorte, istega perja in spevov, ki jadrajo nad normami, včasih pa nanje spustijo tudi kak iztrebek.

Leto 2026 znova zaznamujejo politični napadi na spolno in druge oblike družbene raznolikosti, pri čemer transspolnost ostaja eno osrednjih orodij mobilizacije strahu.
Napadi na kvir skupnosti se prepletajo z naraščanjem anti-imigrantskih politik, militarizacije in izbrisa ljudi, ki so že tako potisnjeni na rob družbe. Mehanizmi izključevanja se morda razlikujejo, a jih povezujejo iste težnje po razvrščanju ljudi na vredne in nevredne zaščite, pripadnosti in dostojanstva. 

Po svetu spremljamo val odvzema težko pridobljenih pravic, ki se nevarno bliža Sloveniji. V takšnih okoliščinah postaja vprašanje, kako se povezovati in organizirati, ne pa samo zanašati na državo in njene institucije, toliko pomembnejše.

Fokus Trans+ meseca 2026 so zato grassroots taktike in strategije samoorganiziranja, grajenja zavezništev ter skupnostnega delovanja v času kriz.

Kako se povezujemo, ko nas poskušajo razdeliti? Kako ustvarjamo svoje prostore, izmenjujemo znanja, skrbimo druga za drugo in gradimo alternative sistemom, ki nas puščajo na cedilu? Zanima nas politika vsakdanjih praks, od skupnostne skrbi in DIY pristopov do kolektivnega ustvarjanja in neposredne akcije. Kaj lahko naredimo skupaj, česar same ne zmoremo? In kako iz gneva ob boju za preživetje ustvarimo skupno moč?

Ustvarjajmo ptičja gnezda: skupnosti, ki se znajo organizirati, graditi zavezništva in iskati lastne poti, ne da bi čakale na dovoljenje. Ker iste ptice skup letijo, gliha vkup štriha, muhe gredo na drek, pa za vsako metlo se štil najde.

With November, we announce Trans+ Month, a festival of gender diversity and a space for exploring gender in all its forms: from its absurdity and repressive force to its potential as a tool for personal expression. This year’s festival subtitle is “Birds of a Feather Flock Together” – a saying about kindred spirits sticking together, especially those on the margins, those of the same ilk, with the same feathers and songs, soaring above the norms and occasionally taking a shit on them.

The year 2026 is once again marked by political attacks on gender and other forms of social diversity, with transness remaining a key tool for mobilizing fear. Attacks on queer communities are intertwined with the rise of anti-immigration politics, militarization, and the erasure of people already pushed to the margins of society. The mechanisms of exclusion may differ, but they share the same impulse to sort people into those deemed worthy and unworthy of protection, belonging, and dignity.

Around the world, we are witnessing a wave of hard-won rights being stripped away, one that is dangerously close to reaching Slovenia. In this climate, it becomes all the more important to ask how we can connect and organize ourselves, rather than simply relying on the state and its institutions.

That is why the focus of Trans+ Month 2026 is on grassroots tactics and strategies for self-organization, building alliances, and collective action in times of crisis. How do we come together when forces are trying to divide us? How do we create our own spaces, exchange knowledge, care for one another, and build alternatives to systems that let us down?

We are interested in the politics of everyday practice, from community care and DIY approaches to collective creation and direct action. What can we do together that we cannot do alone? And how can we turn the anger that comes with fighting for survival into collective power?

Let’s build our nests: communities that know how to organize, forge alliances, and find their own ways forward without waiting for permission. Because birds of a feather flock together, flies gather on shit, and every broom has a broom stick.