Erlick wrote in the book in response to the current attack on trans people, particularly trans youth in the US and UK (which turned out to be a very strong theme of the conversation, surprise, surprise). He chose the stories according to how useful they would be in providing counterpoints to arguments presented by the gender critical movement. So, not at all cynical then.
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My love for Catholic statues (don’t glaze over just yet).
It came about because I’d gone on a biking holiday to Guatemala, graded easy to moderate, so I thought it’d be a cinch. Peering out
Another foray into NHS trans activism
We’re funding this crap. The blurby bit About the event The event was held on the premises of the charity Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation,
Nicola Sturgeon: Frankly
Like most people, it wasn’t until Sturgeon was in her thirties that she loosened up and became more comfortable with herself, but unlike most people, Sturgeon believes this marks herself out as different.
Book review: Talk to Me by Munroe Bergdorf
It’s been a big year for Bergdorf, as this Penguin how-to/self-help book, called Talk To Me (how to talk about the things that matter) was published. And there was also the documentary Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf. These were released within days of each other. As of the date of writing, there is one review on Amazon, and, unusually, not a single endorsement embedded into the official blurb. These people all have the same agent, so it’s not like there’s a dearth of Z-list slebs to gush over the truly inexecrable, therefore I suspect a marketing choice.
Don’t sweat the small stuff: My (sort of) superpower
About twenty years ago, my epiphany that not-all-people-think-like-me came when I was telling a new friend a night at the cinema had been ruined by a bobbing head. I was annoyed with myself, but also still with the bobber. She laughed her head off. Didn’t even pretend.
“Don’t you ever feel that way though?” I asked, widening and then narrowing my eyes.
The Lies They Tell 
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