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Book Review - A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton (2025, Dead Ink)
A trans-collective review of Jeanne Thornton's 'A/S/L', published by Dead Ink Books. ‘A/S/L’ is an abbreviation for ‘Age / Sex / Location’, a greeting particular to certain internet chat platforms, and is often the first message in order of two strangers meeting for the first time.
Jun 307 min read


Trans & Traumatised
Everyone has a different experience of life. More specifically, everyone has a different experience of transition.
Jun 1112 min read


Butch-to-Butch
Butch-to-butch Will you take a moment with me? Butch-to-Butch? I worry that us Butches do not take care of our bodies enough. Are we...
May 224 min read


Trans Lives in Early Film
Trans Lives in Early Film discusses the history of transgender representation in film, beginning before the term "transgender" existed. It explores how theatrical traditions of travesti, where actors cross-cast in roles, influenced early cinema.
May 228 min read


After All (2024) – Film Review
Rebys J Hynes discusses suicidality, film, and trans representation in After All (featured at MINT Chinese Film Festival).
Apr 75 min read


Trailblazers (2024, Sobia Bushra) is a film every queer should watch
Trailblazers is a documentary about Asian Purrrsuasion, the Welsh Ballroom community, and being a queer South Asian in Wales today.
Sep 23, 20243 min read


Orlando, Our Political Biography
Orlando, My Political Biography (2023, Paul B. Preciado) is a French documentary film that has just finished its limited run in UK cinemas.
Sep 16, 202411 min read


The Last Year of Darkness Review
She throws up her middle finger as yet another taxi drives past. Eventually, a driver stops for the drag queen in the bridal dress and the
Jun 13, 20246 min read


Trans Athletes, Oklahoma and Pro-Wrestling
By J S Gupta The following article is an exploration of trans women in sport, focusing specifically on a recent case in the US state of...
May 19, 202415 min read


Transphobia at Pride
It’s apparent that several Prides across the world in 2024 are still enjoying a transphobic tradition, as well as a great deal of other prob
May 14, 20247 min read


WTF GenderGP?
Countless numbers of us trans folks have been attempting to deal with GenderGP’s (GGP’s) ‘fumbling’ of our healthcare...
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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Deredjeto - Chalga, Kurvi, Nema Pàri, Samo P*dali[1]
Let us start by attempting to define what chalga is. It is a musical style/genre that originates in the Balkans...
Feb 26, 20247 min read


#tofacetransvoice: An International Collaboration of Two Trans Artists
In July 2023, thanks to the ART.Transfer Work Scholarship from the Dortmund Cultural Office, I, Linn Schiffmann, non-binary visual artist an
Feb 14, 20247 min read


An End to the Year 2023
Eyup folks! Apparently it's the end of 2023, which may come as a shock to some - I myself thought we were nearing the end of 2024 (I'm re
Dec 22, 202312 min read


Questions You Wish You Could Ask A Gay Transgender Man
Author's Note: "This is a short satire piece in an interview format, presented as a tongue-in-cheek take on cisgender people's frequently as
Nov 1, 20238 min read


Are TERFs Fascists?
A ‘TERF’ is a ‘Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist’. It is a controversial label used to denote proponents of a specific strain of transphob
Oct 4, 202334 min read


'Our Lady of Anatolia': A Reflection on the Transliminal Spirituality of the Meter Theon
Ought I to say something on this subject also?
And shall I write about things not to be spoken of
and divulge what ought not to be divul
Aug 25, 202331 min read


Transgender Marxism: Personal Reading Thoughts
by Fili Gena This essay first appeared on the Feminist Political Economy and Global Development course blog in June 2023. In the past...
Aug 8, 20235 min read


Speech against an anti-trans bill
by Alex Premise "Basically in Trento (Italy) there was a proposal for a law that amongst other things would forbid to teach at any school...
Apr 16, 20233 min read


TDOV 2023 - a few words
by Ricc While days of celebration such as the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) are important for society in broader terms, to raise...
Mar 31, 20232 min read


Throwing a Brick Using Crip Time Theory : An Essay on the Politics of Disability and Temporality
by Charlie Chamber-Randell (@8unnyteef) CHECK THEIR PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT T BOY SWAG How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank...
Mar 25, 202313 min read
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