If not for medical gaslighting, maybe Jewel would still be around but unwell, managing her condition just as I manage mine with medication, rest and surgery.
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The truth is, you can’t ask, “What makes someone butch?” without also asking what makes someone cis, trans or non-binary. The borders blur. The categories leak.
For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to artist Jarrad Levy, known for his queer headshots and fetish photography.
Chosen names offer a synthesis of literary and psychoanalytic analysis. When you choose a name, it is imbued with references, history and storytelling.
Since coming out as trans, I find myself suddenly scared of traversing the sorts of barriers I was crossing solo at 14, 15, 16 years old.
Shame can be a powerful emotion as a queer person. Recently, shame has centred around my high libido.
Once I started taking testosterone, I made an album that documented the way my voice changed.
My family only really knows the old me, holding onto a dead man’s name – and I use the word “dead” as a trans woman. But I have been able to heal and grow as a woman.
If not for medical gaslighting, maybe Jewel would still be around but unwell, managing her condition just as I manage mine with medication, rest and surgery.
For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to superstar musician and DJ Fresh Hex.
“Nature depends on transness – we see it in mycology, fungi, plant life, fish and hyenas.” Zoe Terakes chats to Alex Creece.
