Zooming in on the zine
To learn more about what zines are exactly and what they can mean for people who identify as trans, I had a chat with seasoned zinester James Rae Parnell. Turned out in a conversation about 'community' and 'unlikely allies'.
Study published on Dutch transgender history
Historian and transman Alex Bakker describes Dutch trans history. (Photo / 1954 -1956: Many American trans women travel to the Netherlands where about thirty clandestine sex operations take place.
What a genderful world
The further I progress through the exhibition, the more I discover about the meaning of gender and it’s different cultural expressions: Samoan fa’afafines, Albanian burneshas, Zapotec muxes, Native American two-spirit people and Southeast Asian hijras are all covered.
Female husbands & Sworn virgins
For as long as I can remember, I have had a fascination with other cultures. When I discovered that I was transgender, I started to wonder what transgenderness looked like in other cultures or societies where no medical intervention is possible.