Tag: politics
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meet the women fighting for trans liberation in paraguay
oestrogeneration chats to yren rotela and mariana sepulveda: the baddies relentlessly campaigning for trans rights in paraguay
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advocating for autonomy: trans and sex workers rights have always gone hand in hand
historically, sex work has been an integral part of trans womanhood. today fighting for trans liberation needs to include decriminalisation of sex work.
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how sylvia rivera paved the way for trans revolution
focusing on individual acts, especially if they’re spectacles, can distract us from the more long-term, harder work that our forebears put into the liberation struggle
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what does international women’s day signify for a transfeminine person?
on 8th march 2022 i had no idea i was a girl. i was a straight cis man who—nine days earlier—had voiced for the first time that i secretly wore women’s clothes. it wasn’t an easy thing to articulate. i tried to write down what ‘crossdressing’ was to me in a note on my phone so…
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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…
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influential bodies: influencer activism and the role of desirability
critiques of the ‘influencer activist’ fail to ignore a crucial element: the role of desirability politics. from emma dabiri’s what white people can do next to a recent piece by jason okundaye, the figure of the ‘influencer activist’ is under scrutiny. this mode of activism is becoming increasingly strained as time goes on and one…
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will the cycle of british transphobic news ever end?
a reflection on the last month in trans news – and its terrifying impact if you are trans and live in the uk, you will no doubt be feeling the collective fear that shadows us all. our existence isn’t just being debated, it is being morally and politically mandated out of the public eye. following…