activism
-

Bodies That Don’t Reproduce the State
(on why trans existence is always treated as political) In a previous post, I argued that…
-

Public (in)conveniences
I had to come into town to have a contact lens checkup. Busting for a pee,…
-

The Eunuch as Infrastructure
(or: what societies kept building instead of fixing themselves) When we talk about eunuchs, we usually…
-

A Witch, A Woman, A Galaxy: Abigail Thorne’s Quiet Star Wars Revolution
Living without my husband, I am at last free to enjoy Star Wars! I started with…
-

Being Heard – and Being Handled: My MP’s Letter and the Minister’s Evasion (part 2)
After reading the Minister for Equalities’ response – which Satvir forwarded to me as promised –…
-

Being Heard – and Being Handled: My MP’s Letter and the Minister’s Evasion (part 1)
A little while ago I wrote to my MP, Satvir Kaur, about the political and media…
-

Visible and Vanishing: Trans Day of Remembrance
The Weight of Remembrance Every year on 20 November, communities around the world gather to mark…
-

Please Aim for Decency
A modest proposal for ending the gender toilet wars This morning, in the men’s loos at…
-

Teaching positive masculinity
A primary school in south‑west London has made a smart and progressive move by featuring Elliot…
-

Being Heard: My MP’s Response on Trans Healthcare and Hate Crime
You might remember that a little while ago I wrote to my MP regarding the current…
-

After the Evil Empire: Britain’s Long War on Difference
After the Evil Empire: Britain’s Long War on Difference “…since the gradual collapse of the Evil…
-

Letter to MP: Silence Is Complicity: Speaking Up Against Transphobia
I’ve reached the end of my tether watching the steady rise of transphobia in this country,…
-

Bra-Gate and the Tall Woman Panic
I’ve been feeling troubled by this recent furore over the “trans” assistant in the lingerie section…
-
GERM Warfare: Legal Erasure and the Art of Bureaucratic Judo
I read a comment the other day from a trans woman responding to the UK’s recent…
-

End of Pride 2025
This month I looked part of “masculinity” as part of the “Rainbow Pantheon”, investigating how it…
