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this new documentary sheds a light on the history of trans sex workers
the stroll opens with co-director kristen lovell narrating over footage from a 2007 documentary she featured in called queer streets. lovell is part of a community of trans sex workers, many of them homeless, who came together and worked in manhattan’s meatpacking district from as far back as the 1960s until gentrification took hold in the… Read more
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how to fall in love in 90 minutes or less
it’s 2006 and i’ve just fallen in love for the first time. i’m 8 years old and the living room is hot with slurped lager and crunching peanuts. a family friend’s house: the one that slaps my bum every time we come over. england v trinidad and tobago on the tv. for 82 minutes, i’m trapped… Read more
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where to buy tucking underwear in the uk
meet the women creating tucking underwear for transfeminine people in the uk Read more
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what if trans day of remembrance was a public vow to be a good traitor?
you could argue that tdor is a performance of the idea that once one’s transness is known to a trans community, your name and status will be preserved, in direct opposition to the many ways in which it is otherwise erased, and has been erased through history. this is a perfectly reasonable account of what… Read more
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a new legacy: now more than ever, trans women must tell their own stories
a new legacy channels our grief in the creation of new narratives. transfeminine people are currently in an incredibly hypervisible position, both in the streets and in the media, with an unnecessary amount of coverage surrounding us and our legitimacy to rights, yet very little actual transfeminine representation in charge of this coverage. we are… Read more
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i’m tired of hearing about trans widows. i want to hear about the trans wives.
transitioning whilst in a relationship can hold many complexities and have several outcomes, but i reject the narrative that a transition is a death to be mourned, or an impasse, or the tragic, instant full stop on a life together. i don’t and cannot see it that way.i am blessed to have witnessed the beautiful… Read more