Documentary review: Heightened Scrutiny
Beginning with portentous music and court scenes, Heightened Scrutiny follows the story of pip-squeak lawyer, Chase Strangio, a trans-identified female working for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as she attempts to persuade the courts – and us – that GnRH agonists are, in fact, life saving healthcare for pre- and -pubescent children. A vast…
Lecture on Gender, Sex and the Law, a UCL Law Event
Shaz was there at the beginning of it all, i.e. the 2004 Gender Recognition Act (GRA). There had been a Telegraph article titled: Gender is no substitute for sex. (In fact, the article is no such thing, rather a jokey piece written by the Telegraph’s sketch writer, worth reading, especially for a dig at a…
Review: Trans Mission – A Solidarity Concert
For the benefit of the Fox Killer’s coffers. My review I came, I saw, I conkered (quite literally the most spelling mistakes evs). Not everyone is a fan of my work, however … But nice to see people fighting back against my fat phobia … Again, probably not fans but Ayn Rand being compared to…
In conversation: Petra Lord and Juno Dawson
Juno Dawson sounded like he was sucking on a secret supply of helium. The blurby bit The room Not particularly a trans crowd, I have to say, but it was a nerdy bunch. Quite a good turnout. Mostly adults. Juno Dawson, who sounded like he was sucking on a secret supply of helium, described himself…
Are you kink curious?
Kink play is an ’emotionally rich’ but ‘confusing terrain’ to be in. This was due to ‘social taboo’, of course, rather than normal psychological responses we experience in response to danger. For example, when engaging in ‘blood play’ and other types of dangerous BDSM, we needed to think ‘about our triggers’ and ‘how to keep…
Trans book fest
Pechey introduced himself as a they/them, describing himself as having ‘strawberry blonde hair,’ when we could all see he’s bleached blonde. Despite being an ‘award winning author, presenter, educator,’ the hand wringing began immediately. Things were so awful right now, Pechey was so very thankful that the other panel members had managed to roll out…
Keynote panel talk at the Barbican’s ‘Dirty Weekend’ takeover
One panel member had been scared off being her real self due to the conservative push back, affecting how she ‘showed up online’ and had been forced to take twelve months out to do an art residency so that she could regain her confidence. She wanted now to make pieces (dildos?, I really don’t know)…
Review: TESTO by Wet Mess
Interestingly, the blurb published for TESTO obscures the fact that the show is about the trans-identified female experience of taking exogenous testosterone. Now why would the Southbank want to do that? At least it had an age-guidance of 18+ though.
Meet the artist who documented her bilateral mastectomy
Garrod interjected to state that even though Top is essentially an information display, it didn’t feel cold, the artist didn’t feel absent, that you did feel the emotions and that Bowler had imbued inanimate body parts with meaning, i.e. about as arse-about-face as he could’ve got. Bowler responded that archives weren’t dead spaces, they were…
Review: Transpose Pit Party – Subverse
This is the most grown up Transpose Pit Party yet. The last one, held in 2023, was so dire as the curator and director, Dani Dinger, looked and acted not unlike the love child of Sid Snot and Thumbelina and I swore never to go again. So, now Transpose is back after a two year…
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