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My Body isn’t Mine
Despite all the work I had been putting into healing my relationship with my body, the years of body dysmorphia and internalised fatphobia hid that what I truly hated deep
Mavi Veloso – from country girl to performance artist
Mavi Veloso's work is shown in the underground scene as well as in museums. Ana Paula Lima talks to Mavi about the background of her comprehensive project Travesti Biológica.
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He / she/ they ?
Ryan (non binary trans) and David (cis) are a happy queer couple and Ryan is halfway their pregnancy. In an intimate correspondence they share their thoughts and feelings with each other, and with us.
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According to Ana Paula
I was born and raised in a city where the world’s biggest Pride is celebrated: São Paulo, Brazil. In 1997, the first Pride took place there and I was present. That’s a day I will never forget.
Comic
Age bender
Monthly comic by Joris Bas Backer. Some see him as a so called gender bender, but that merit pales into insignificance compared to what he achieves as a stretcher of age
On the doormat?
Once a year, TRANS comes out in print – full of personal stories, interviews, photo series, and more! (In Dutch)
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Transitioning together
'My mother has to be the person who most intensely experienced my transition. She also gained her own personal growth through my transition.
Being trans in the city or in the countryside: the search for home
Visibly trans is more difficult in the countryside than in the city.That is what's assumed. What about this really? In this article I dive into the statistics, share my own experience as a non-binary Frisian, and talk to three trans
How to find your own, new name
What’s in a name? A lot, especially to trans people. The letting go of the old, ‘dead’ name is to them an important step in self-development. A long process of thinking preceded the choosing of my own, new name.
Sex toys for micropenises and neo-vaginas
Sex can be a challenge for trans people going into physical transition. For many a new world opens up in which there is a lot to explore
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Young dad Rowan looks back on his pregnancy
Rowan, known from the TLC-series Onze transgender liefde (“Our transgender love”), has postponed his transition to be able to have a child with his (transgender) wife Louisa. In
4 Trans men talk about pregnancy
At the mention of ‘pregnant trans men’ many people over thirty will think of Thomas Beatie, the American who obtained publicity in 2007 with his pregnancy and turned
Fertility choices for trans men
Dr. Norah Van Mello is a gynaecologist and for the past two years she has been employed at the outpatient clinic for gender dysphoria at Amsterdam UMC. Here
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Visibility
'When I decided to write a novel about my life after transitioning, and when that turned into a serious project, it dawned on me that my life in stealth would end.'
Podcast
Transgender artists in the Netherlands
The first conversation of this English podcast by art student Sam White is with Chris Rijksen, co-founder of the Transketeers and audiovisual artist in Amsterdam.
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