Breaking the Trans Bubble (And How You Can Help Do It)

CW: discussions of homelessness, transmisogyny, anti-trans racism, transphobia, persecution of sex workers, suicide, violence, trauma 

The past several months have forced me to rethink my life. A major curveball has been the introduction of a spicy new fact to that life—

I am a homeless trans woman.

This is That Thing I’ve spent most of my life afraid […]

By |2022-03-08T22:13:31+00:00March 8th, 2022|Narrative, Publishing, Representation|1 Comment
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The Effeminacy Double Bind (Transfem Coding In Fiction)

Content warning for frank discussion of transmisogyny

Let’s talk about coding. Not every message is spelled out unambiguously. Fiction in particular tends to deeply integrate the implied, messages expressed behind the text. You may already be very familiar with a common form of this: queer coding.

Queer coding is when a character isn’t explicitly queer, but seems […]

By |2019-11-15T06:22:18+00:00November 15th, 2019|Narrative, Representation|Comments Off on The Effeminacy Double Bind (Transfem Coding In Fiction)
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