Content note: sex work, whorephobia The guardian recently published an incoherent editorial titled, “The Guardian view on criminal policy: sex, money and the long arm of the law” which suggests that the recent legislation passed in fRance which criminalizes sex workers’ clients “could help reduce harm”. The majority of the
This winter I was approached by a design studio and photographer to model for them, which was a pleasant surprise as I’m not a model. “You’re so David Lynch” they said. Edgy; on trend. “You look like a boy wearing lipstick!”. “I am a boy wearing lipstick,” I
This article was rejected by the trans publication which commissioned it because it’s “too alienating for cis people”. The irony of coddling a cis audience by protecting them from an antagonistic piece on cis fragility—in a publication which alleges to be focused on trans experiences—is not lost
This text was found in a queer social event at The Field café in South London in late 2015. It is presumed to be written in 2015. The author is uncredited in the print version I found, but is credited as tumblr user “genderkills” here (this url is now owned
Gendered spaces are everywhere. In our patriarchal society masculinity is “default”, and lots of spaces are already masculine-only. These spaces are cesspools of machoism and competition. Because masculinity is fragile, it constantly needs re-upping: men must regularly reassert their masculinity to prove it to their peers. That’s not what
Monogamy is a relationship contract which demands sexual and emotional exclusivity under the guise of loyalty. Your one partner is expected to fulfill all of your romantic and sexual needs, or else face with horror the idea that they are not “enough”. In platonic friendships these behaviors would be rightly
Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is a detention centre in Bedford, UK which mainly houses women and families awaiting immigration. Many detainees are taken to Yarl’s Wood after dawn raids on their homes, and the centre has a history of hunger strikes by detainees protesting negligence. Last week
A creepy drawing I did of Nicolas Cage from Vampire’s Kiss was featured in issue two of Bad Movies, a zine about popular culture. You can download the whole issue for exactly £0.00 or buy a hard copy for $10.88.
Saturday Nov 7 // Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Friargate Theatre // York, UK Thursday Nov 26 // Whitechapel Gallery // London, UK The Space In Between is a very short film about me, by Lucy Brydon. In it I talk about the liminality of gender and trans. It contains some nudity and a lot
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About 250–300 people took direct action to block the Eurostar departure gates at St Pancras last Friday night in solidarity with the migrants and refugees in Calais and detention centers in the UK and across the EU. Activists blocked the departure gates and passengers were stopped from boarding the
The wait time for an initial appointment with the Gender Identity Clinic in Charing Cross is about 12 months. In that appointment the doctor is supposed to verify your gender identity and pathologize your personal history, and five months later you’re given another appointment during which they might prescribe
Kinderkommunismus: A Feminist Analysis of the 21st Century Family and a Communist Proposal for its Abolition is a brave and articulate imagining of social reproduction without the gendered coercion inherent in the nuclear-family unit. Notably, this proposal is trans inclusive and takes an intersectional approach to feminism. ***Content note: child