[CN: transmisogyny] Grindr is primarily a gay men’s space, which means it’s full of machismo, femmephobia, racism, and general nonsense about gender. I’m a non-binary trans boy, and I’ve only recently been afforded a level of masculine expression which allows me access to grindr, and it’
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Today, bandcamp is donating all of their profits to the Transgender Law Center in the US. To maximize the impact, I’m doing a 24 hour release of an A Side / B Side single from my new EP “Pansy” for £1. 15% of the money raised will go straight to
Content Note: non-graphic mentions of rape, abuse, and transphobia Last night I read my piece “I Pity The Cis” at the launch of SALT. Magazine‘s launch for issue 9 at Deptford X. SALT is a feminist magazine run by women, and this issue was themed on The Furies (not
Content note: death, misgendering, mentions of transphobic violence [Image description: Pink carnations with baby’s breath against a black background] In collaboration with Gendered Intelligence and The Corpse Project, I have consolidated information for trans people in England and Wales to ensure their gender identity, and other wishes, are respected
Late last night my good friend comedian/performer Nicole Henriksen and I made a vlog about queer crushes and love under capitalism. My camera died at the end because I’m just an amateur filmmaker but the conclusion is: There are lots of kinds of love! Love is good! Tell
Content note: death, misgendering, mentions of transphobic violence In collaboration with Gendered Intelligence and The Corpse Project, I have consolidated information for trans people in England and Wales to ensure their gender identity, and other wishes, are respected in death. It’s written with the aim of being accessible and
Content note: domestic violence Originally posted on my facebook page I was going to write something about Trans Day of Remembrance but instead I slept all day because I am tired. I mourn not just on TDoR but every day I hear about trans people being murdered or killing themselves;
CN: passing mentions of rape and abuse I don’t have time or energy to be empathetic to trash people anymore. Who are the trash people? They’re cops, rapists and their apologists, racists, the royal family, the rich, the LGBTories, landlords, manarchists, violent men, soldiers, medical gatekeepers, art bros,
In the US presidential election I wish we could be real and talk about strategic voting, the problems with Jill Stein & the US Green Party, and the problems with Hillary Clinton which have nothing to do with her illegal insecure private email server. Clinton isn’t unappealing because she’
Queer aesthetics: visual signifiers of queerness, of otherness. In London it’s colorful hair and shaved sides, septum and eyebrow piercings, tattoos, and general brightly-colored flamboyance. For many disabled people, poor people, trans people who can’t/don’t pass, people of color, looking different and Other is a risk.
CN: Street harassment, transphobia, misogyny This is what I wore to the Proms on Saturday night: a normative shirt, slacks, and tie, with a pair of lips drawn on my cheek. I nearly wore a short black business skirt and heels instead, but decided against it at the last minute
Image description: A billboard advertizing the opening of a Byron, photoshopped to include an Immigration Removal van. It reads: “Byron / Exploitation / Immigration Raids / UKBA Collusion / Coming soon” On July 4, Byron Burgers called in undocumented workers from 15 UK stores for a “training session” which was actually a UKBA raid.