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Transfem Shitposters: The Baddies Of The Memescape
by Eula Kerr (she/they) @eula_kerr Memes provide a profound sense of commonality, a sense of ‘I’m on this, I get it’. That’s what makes...
Mar 12, 20237 min read


Proceedings of the Transgender Activism Online Workshop (March 4th)
Edited by Ricc On March 4h, as Trans_Muted, we inaugurated their first online workshop, titled “Transgender Activism.” The event saw the...
Mar 7, 202314 min read


Why are we still fucking within the system?
by thisvibrantbody (@thisvibrantbody) I’m not writing this for myself. No. That seems self-indulgent, self-absorbed. To pour my emotions...
Feb 22, 202310 min read


Are TERFs Fascists? Part 2: Conspiracy and Patriarchy
Most queerphobic propaganda centres around framing queer people as dangerous, or the fear of some sort of forced queer assimilation of...
Feb 22, 202314 min read


Trans Activists Banned From Pride
‘Reports of trans activists being barred from Prides across the UK as Tories are disgruntled by the prospect of human rights’ would be a...
Feb 1, 20235 min read


See You Never, 2022
It’s the end of 2022, which means that Trans_Muted is now almost a year old! As the duo that runs TM (Riccardo and Dorian), we have had...
Dec 30, 20224 min read


The Power of the Doctor
This piece of memoir-like essay is about how the Jodie Whittaker era of Doctor Who helped me come out as trans. I wrote as a way of ...
Dec 8, 20227 min read


Where are All the Cis Patients in Gender Identity Clinics?
The objective of the trans revolutionary struggle isn’t social tolerance for gender non-normativity, but rather the liberation from gender..
Dec 4, 202213 min read


A Chat with Project Tiresias
On the 21st of November, one of Trans_Muted’s editors, Riccardo, had the opportunity to meet and interview Selvaggia (they/them) and...
Dec 2, 202210 min read


Are TERFs Fascists? - Part 1: TERFs, Fascism and Queerphobia
By J. S. Gupta (Twitter: @JSGupta99) [Content warning: discussion of radical transphobia and sexual assault] What is a TERF? A ‘TERF’ is...
Nov 26, 202212 min read


Tiresias, Hera, Zeus: a Trans* Philosophical Reading
Tiresias, the blind prophet of Apollo of the ancient Greek mythological cycle of Oedipus, is regarded as one the first transgender character
Nov 17, 202215 min read


Being LGBTQ+ and at Risk of Suicide, Suicide Ideation, and Self-Harm: A Systematic Review
References
Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human...
Oct 29, 202225 min read


We don’t “look cis”, you cis-look at us!
By Michel (@blu.issima) Content note: vague talk of gender-based violence, transness, transphobia and trauma This article, structured...
Oct 1, 20228 min read


Surrealism and Beyond Gender
I’ve been wanting to write this for a little while but it is quite a heavy and complex topic so I won’t be diving into too much detail on th
Jul 7, 20228 min read


Queer Liberation is Human Liberation: A Breakdown
By J. S. Gupta The slogan of the day is “Trans Rights are Human Rights”. It is a slogan spoken in support of trans liberation and in...
Jun 23, 202210 min read


THE POVERTY OF BODIES: Commodities, Fetishism, and Nationalism
In this essay we will discuss the issue of the body in relation to nationalistic ideology and human rights, with a focus on the US...
Jun 3, 202225 min read


Binary Gendered Biology and its Discontents
The traditional arguments that transphobes use to justify their beliefs typically find their (apparent) strength through their appeal to...
May 5, 202223 min read


Questioning the Definition of (Cis/Trans)Gender
Even though the word ‘trans’ ‘bear[s] a myriad of divergent meanings, for the many people who use them,’[1] transgender studies scholars...
May 3, 20223 min read


Trans Conversion Therapy in the UK is Everywhere, Hidden in Plain Sight
The plans to ban conversion therapy towards gay people are once again underway, but transgender people are left to fend for themselves...
Apr 1, 20226 min read


Leeds Uni and Transphobia
You may have already heard about how trans rights at the University of Leeds have been called into question, but there are a few things...
Mar 18, 20222 min read


The 'Equality' Commission is Transphobic
(What a shocker.) Yesterday, the 26th of January 2022, the EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) publicly shared their statement on...
Jan 27, 20224 min read
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