this info came my way...

There is a new group for BME trans men and women in London which takes place every Saturday.

The flier says:
Purple Explosion! Open forum hosted by BME trans people challenging the taboo. 'T' House welcomes all BME trans people. Why not check us out?
Unplugged! Passionate debate. Cauldron of repressed anger. 'We too have a ( Read more... )

later today i'm hoping to get along to the first official meeting of a transfeminist group i've been part of making happen ( Read more... )

the most comprehensive sexual health resource that i've come across to date for queer/bi trans men, and the men (and people generally, imo) who're into them can be found here.


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i've been reading many interesting things lately...

some books i've recently[0] read include:

"exile and pride: disability, queerness and liberation" by eli clare.

"self-organizing men: conscious masculinities in time and space" edited by jay sennett. this one is avaialble as free .pdf download, btw, from homofactus press (founded by jay sennett ( Read more... )

here are some of the things i remember (or scrawled down on the back of a flyer)[0][1] from the f-T-eminism workshop at the feminist gathering on sunday just gone (anyone else who was also there is very welcome to contribute points i've missed/overlooked/not explained as well as they could be in the comments - thanks *smile ( Read more... )

the 9th march feminist gathering, at the hackney social centre, was an enjoyable and interesting event ( Read more... )

The TRANSperspectives questionnaire is the first stage of a three-year world-wide photography project by the internationally exhibited photographer Sara Davidmann, who has worked with trans identified people for over eight years. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council ( Read more... )

this conference looks really interesting, but i think the cost of attending will be limiting/excluding for me...

David Solomon has created a petition on the government petitions webpages, calling for legal recognition of third gender status in the UK.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Transgender/

Call for Submissions for a Proposed Edited Volume: Transforming Sociology: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity ( Read more... )