Salam Alaykum!
I’m Sol—a Black, Queer, Muslim writer, lawyer, and care worker based in the Black South. My work spans storytelling for narrative change, community reproductive support, and abolitionist legal advocacy to disrupt oppression and build freer futures.
“…Moral panics require a subject on behalf of whom the state seeks to manufacture consent to "rescue" from deviance. Under the trans panic paradigm, trans children are not treated as autonomous individuals but as victims of brainwashing by predatory ideologies. Gender-affirming care is portrayed as genital mutilation and affirmation becomes abuse. Once again, the state positions itself as the crusader tasked with rescuing these children, while it simultaneously expands its capacity to surveil, investigate, and punish. ”
— Sol Elias, “Freak Generations: The Moral Panic Playbook from Crack Babies to Trans Kids” for Scalawag Magazine
Featured Writing
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Freak Generations: The Moral Panic Playbook from Crack Babies to Trans Kids
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Reclaiming Reproductive Justice: The Combahee River Collective @ 50
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The Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil is a Reproductive Justice Issue.
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Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US
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Reproductive Justice Movement: Show Up for Palestinian Solidarity
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No One’s Coming to Save Us — Not Even the International Criminal Court.
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Refining Fascism: Fetal Personhood, Transphobia, & AntiBlackness
“As the United States perpetuates global reproductive oppression, contemporary movements to end reproductive injustice have become entangled with neoliberal pro-choice politics, electoralism, and imperialism—prioritizing proximity to power over its foundational principles… [SisterSong’s] silence on the U.S.-backed genocide in Palestine–prompting the resignation of three board members earlier this year (Liu, 2024)–rais[ing] critical questions about the movement’s trajectory.
This failure to confront U.S. imperial violence echoes the failures of the ICPD, which promised gender equity and universal access to reproductive health but reinforced imperial hegemony and undermined self-determination…”
— Sol Elias, “Reclaiming Reproductive Justice: The Combahee River Collective & a Call for a Black Feminist Homecoming” for Black Women Radicals’ Special Blog Issue, “50 Years of Combahee”
Featured Projects
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Not Just the Body: A Zine on Trans+ Ways of Desire & Making Sex-Ed Ours
URGE: Sex Ed for All Fest 2025
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The Digital Gag: Suppression of Sexual and Reproductive Health by Big Tech
The Center for Intimacy Justice
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Families Belong Together, Families Demand Repair
Black Families Love and Unite
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For Heavy Hearts, On Holy Nights - A Free Ramadan Grief Support Zine
Activista Consulting, LLC
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Reproductive Autonomy in Uncertain Times – A Free Self-Guided Workbook
Activista Consulting, LLC
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Friends Help Friends Have Abortions! A Zine for Supporting Your People.
Activista Consulting, LLC
“The Trump administration's fixation on "restoring biological truth" is not only about erasing trans identities, but reinforcing a colonial, patriarchal order.
…By enshrining fetal personhood in federal policy, the Executive Order reaffirms the commodification of reproduction, ensuring that only certain forms—those aligned with cisgender, heteronormative ideals—are deemed legitimate.
This mirrors the historical regulation of Black and Indigenous reproduction, where the state determined who could bear children, under what conditions, and with what degree of surveillance or state-sanctioned violence.”
— Sol Elias, “Refining Fascism: Fetal Personhood, Transphobia, & AntiBlackness” for Scalawag Magazine
Featured Appearances & Collaborations
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Abortion is Halal: Challenging Abortion Stigma Through Dua & Community
The Ad’iyah Collective at #JusticeNow2024
A workshop exploring histories of miscarriage and abortion in the Islamic faith, as well as strategies for pushing back against Islamophobia and racism in the Reproductive Justice Movement
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Trans People Deserve a New World: Transfuturism & Reproductive Justice
The Transfuturist Collective at #JusticeNow2024
A workshop exploring Reproductive Justice through a lens of Transfuturism, focusing on how those in the RJ Movement can shape a world where trans communities’ bodily autonomy is honored.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork: Centering Survivorhood
Disability Justice Grounded Birth Work: An Immersion Series by Riotous Roots
This immersive series explored how disability justice principles can transform birthwork practices. My session focused on applying feminist ethics of care to support survivors in the birthwork space, ensuring justice and healing.
Virtual Offering, USA
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The Power in Naming Ourselves: Latinx, Latine, and Beyond
Panelist for Refinery 29 Somos
In honor of Latine Heritage Month, this panel discussion explored the power in self-identification for queer and trans Latino/a/xs of color. I discussed the roots of Latinx and Latine as linguistic protest against white supremacy and patriarchy.
Virtual Offering, USA
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Friends Help Friends Have Abortions (FHFHA)
Created and delivered by Sol Elias, of Activista Consulting, LLC.
This training focuses on teaching participants how to provide compassionate support to loved ones during their abortion journeys, whether in a health care clinic or self-managed at home.
This training is not a substitute for medical or legal advice.
Virtual Offering, USA
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The People's Public Health: What Gaza Teaches Us About Decolonial Care
Hosted by Public Health for Palestine & Collective Liberation at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health
A discussion examining the repression of healthcare workers speaking out against anti-Palestinian racism and genocide, exploring the implications for public health.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
