This week, you’ll hear two segments. First up, we spoke with Crystal and Alecia from the Auto(nomous) body shop. From their website:
The Auto(nomous) Body Shop is a Pittsburgh based mobile mutual aid resource supporting bodily autonomy & community care. We provide free info + supplies + propaganda to support & empower folks to be the go to friend for reproductive health, abortion care, & harm reduction in their community. We also fundraise for repro health to break down barriers to care, conduct workshops, collaborate with & support other mutual aid orgs.
The discussion touches upon the many facets of their organizing in the Pittsburgh region, the climate for reproductive healthcare and gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area, and their expansion into other regions of the state. The conversation also includes discussion of their coalition-based strategy to broaden the breadth and depth of their efforts and the need for joyful celebration of their values and goals. To that end, we get into the social events and zine publication coming up later this month.
- Website: theautonomousbodyshop.com
- Instagram: @the.auto.body.shop
Anti-LGBTQIA+ Repression in Turkey
- TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper
Then, we share an interview by FrequenzA out of Germany with a guest about recent repression against queer people and organizations across Turkey from September 12-14th, 2026. This crackdown against activists, organizations and spaces was named “My Family Is Safe”, with the reactionary government of Erdogan’s AK Party using the same rubric of upholding cis-hetero nuclear families as the only healthy model against “gender ideology” as you hear from regimes in the US under Trump, Russia and from right wing movements around the world. This interview will also appear in episode 106 of B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World from the A-Radio Network, of which we’re a member.
- Longer version of the interview (as found in podcast)
- KaosGL Instagram @KaosGL
- Velvele Instagram: @Velvele1977
- Istanbul Pride Instagram: @IstanbulPride
- Istanbul Trans Pride Instagram: @TransPrideIstanbul_
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Featured Tracks:
- TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper
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