Z. Zane McNeill

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    Z. Zane McNeill
    Place of birth Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
    Nationality American
    Pronouns he/him, they/them ("usually prefer he/him")[1]
    Gender identity "genderfluidflux trans guy"[1], genderqueer[2]
    Occupation scholar-activist

    Z. Zane McNeill is a bisexual[2], nonbinary, neurodiverse, disabled scholar-activist. He is co-editor of Queer and Trans Voices: Achieving Liberation Through Consistent Anti-Oppression[3] and co-founder of Sparks & McNeill, a consulting and editorial service.[4]

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    « It was through my vegan politics that I was able to understand myself as a queer nonbinary person and utilize my queerness as a tool to subvert and attempt to dismantle oppressive structures that marginalize people, animals, and the earth.

    As I began to recognize the entanglements of speciesism, a concept that humans are inherently superior to animals, with structures of (cis)heteropatriarchy, a system where men are endowed with authority and power over marginalized genders, I realized that social justice movements do not and cannot exist in silos. [...] Compulsory heterosexuality is inherently intertwined with speciesism and speciesism is inherently connected to cisheteropatriarchy. I realized that in order for us to accomplish liberation for women and LGBTQIA+ people, we must also fight for animal liberation.[3]

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    References[edit | edit source]

    1. 1.0 1.1 Bruges, Trudy (March 2, 2021). "On being a queer, neurodiverse, animal activist and scholar in Baltimore. Interview with Z. Zane McNeill". Crip HumAnimal. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
    2. 2.0 2.1 "5 Questions with Queer Vegan Scholar Zoie Zane McNeill". A Book Publisher That Gives Back. April 6, 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
    3. 3.0 3.1 McNeill, Zane (August 18, 2020). "Zane McNeill on Growing Up Vegan as a Queer Experience". Animals in Society. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
    4. "About". Sparks & McNeill. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2021.