Lesson 5.5: Joy as Resistance

6. Key takeaways

• Joy is a political act that challenges fear-based ‘anti-gender’ narratives.
• It fosters solidarity, courage, and emotional restoration.
• Joy sustains long-term resistance by keeping imagination alive.
• Even in repressive contexts, small acts of joy create space for connection and hope.
• Together with care, creativity, and knowledge-sharing, joy forms a crucial part of the infrastructures that enable queer, trans, and feminist communities to survive and thrive.