Recently, Laverne Cox has been in the news for calling out the US Census (I think) for not counting trans people in the US.

It isn”t that I think she”s wrong, exactly, but that ideologically, I don”t think this is the solution to teh communities problems.

Yes, I know that the Injustice at Every Turn report has been massively influential in terms of policy within the US because it provides much needed data for a world increasingly driven by data (and being encouraged to push data-driven solutions). I also understand that data and demographic data is frequently used to justify or provide cause for certain communities to be allocated (artificially scarce) resources.

As a short term, immediate, and pragmatic goal, yes, I agree with Ms. Cox.

However, in a longer term, ‘let”s get free” sense, I really want to say this:

State surveillance isn”t the answer we are looking for.