Tag: Theme: Trans Community
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New Works, Releases, & the Flamingos Coffee House Event

Hello hello! In order below, we’ve got an announcement for a new publication from A Coup of Owls; a charity drive for the Black Trans Travel Fund; Monstrous May and a new work published; some chatter about TV and film this week; and finally, a write-up of the Flamingos Open Mic earlier this week and…
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The Joy of Trans Creation

On the liberty of making unapologetically transgender art. Originally published in Prism & Pen. For me as a child, there was no real transgender representation around me. Transfeminine characters were exciting when I saw them, even though they were frequently the butt of jokes, highly sexualised, or the targets of violence from the narratives they…
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Woe, Boypussy Be Upon Ye: Transing Characters in Fanfic & Fanart

What’s the deal with envisioning your blorbos as transgender? Originally published in Prism & Pen. It’s been unbelievably positive for me as a trans dude, the change in approach to trans characters in fandom and subsequently in media in general, and I just wanted to write a bit about my experiences with the cultural shift…
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Where do I find the queer people?

Making friends and finding social & community spaces as an LGBTQ+ adult. This piece originally published in Prism & Pen on Dec 31, 2023. A friend and I recently went to a Queer Open Mic night after I saw it advertised on the same afternoon. While we were on the way back, she asked about how…
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Passing Privilege: Through My Eyes, as a Trans Man Who Passes

Second puberty and the waves we send through the spaces around us. Originally published in Prism & Pen in June, 2023. I came out as trans at about fifteen or sixteen, changed my name, and I’ve lived as a man since. As a young man doing my A-Levels, going to university, and working afterwards, I was…
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Do I have to be masculine to be a top?

Unpacking some feelings of gender in and around sex and sex acts. Photo by Anete Lusina via Pexels. Another blog post coming from an anonymous ask on Tumblr! Anonymous asked: Okay so similarly to last anon about topping as a trans guy/trans masc, how do you build the confidence within yourself to top someone with a penis?…
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Being A Slut: For Trans MLM

Blog post from an anonymous ask about MLM cruising culture as trans men. This is just posting over from my Tumblr, as I thought it’d be relevant to my Medium audience! Anonymous asked: Possibly an odd question, but……do you have advice on how to be a slut? I’m recently out as a gay trans man, in…