See You Never, 2022
It’s the end of 2022, which means that Trans_Muted is now almost a year old! As the duo that runs TM (Riccardo and Dorian), we have had...
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Dec 8, 20227 min read
The Power of the Doctor
This piece of memoir-like essay is about how the Jodie Whittaker era of Doctor Who helped me come out as trans. I wrote as a way of ...
Dec 4, 202213 min read
Where are All the Cis Patients in Gender Identity Clinics?
The objective of the trans revolutionary struggle isn’t social tolerance for gender non-normativity, but rather the liberation from gender..
Dec 2, 202210 min read
A Chat with Project Tiresias
On the 21st of November, one of Trans_Muted’s editors, Riccardo, had the opportunity to meet and interview Selvaggia (they/them) and...
Nov 26, 202212 min read
Are TERFs Fascists? - Part 1: TERFs, Fascism and Queerphobia
By J. S. Gupta (Twitter: @JSGupta99) [Content warning: discussion of radical transphobia and sexual assault] What is a TERF? A ‘TERF’ is...
Nov 17, 202215 min read
Tiresias, Hera, Zeus: a Trans* Philosophical Reading
Tiresias, the blind prophet of Apollo of the ancient Greek mythological cycle of Oedipus, is regarded as one the first transgender character
Oct 29, 202225 min read
Being LGBTQ+ and at Risk of Suicide, Suicide Ideation, and Self-Harm: A Systematic Review
References
Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human...
Oct 1, 20228 min read
We don’t “look cis”, you cis-look at us!
By Michel (@blu.issima) Content note: vague talk of gender-based violence, transness, transphobia and trauma This article, structured...
Jul 7, 20228 min read
Surrealism and Beyond Gender
I’ve been wanting to write this for a little while but it is quite a heavy and complex topic so I won’t be diving into too much detail on th
Jun 23, 202210 min read
Queer Liberation is Human Liberation: A Breakdown
By J. S. Gupta The slogan of the day is “Trans Rights are Human Rights”. It is a slogan spoken in support of trans liberation and in...
Jun 3, 202225 min read
THE POVERTY OF BODIES: Commodities, Fetishism, and Nationalism
In this essay we will discuss the issue of the body in relation to nationalistic ideology and human rights, with a focus on the US...
May 5, 202223 min read
Binary Gendered Biology and its Discontents
The traditional arguments that transphobes use to justify their beliefs typically find their (apparent) strength through their appeal to...
May 3, 20223 min read
Questioning the Definition of (Cis/Trans)Gender
Even though the word ‘trans’ ‘bear[s] a myriad of divergent meanings, for the many people who use them,’[1] transgender studies scholars...
Apr 1, 20226 min read
Trans Conversion Therapy in the UK is Everywhere, Hidden in Plain Sight
The plans to ban conversion therapy towards gay people are once again underway, but transgender people are left to fend for themselves...
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Leeds Uni and Transphobia
You may have already heard about how trans rights at the University of Leeds have been called into question, but there are a few things...
Jan 27, 20224 min read
The 'Equality' Commission is Transphobic
(What a shocker.) Yesterday, the 26th of January 2022, the EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) publicly shared their statement on...
Jan 21, 202217 min read
How is Gender Non-Normativity Othered in Medieval Art?
In this essay, I will be referencing Marvels of the East, Mappa Mundi, and The Book of John Mandeville as examples of how non-normative gend
Jan 20, 202223 min read
How do Foucault's Lectures on Abnormality Further 'Abnormalise' Marin le Marcis or 'Hermaphrodites'?
Throughout this essay, I will be analysing a lecture of Foucault’s on ‘abnormality’ in reflection of Marin le Marcis. I will attempt to...
Jan 19, 20224 min read
Conflating LGBTQIA+ with Trans: TERF Island and Transphobia at UK Universities
In case you’re not aware, trans-positive academics and related nerds have dubbed the UK ‘TERF Island’ because of our notoriously...
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Protect Trans Rights at the University of Leeds
Donate here Students and staff members at the University of Leeds have been campaigning for years against relentless transphobic actions...
Jan 17, 20224 min read
Reading List for (Pseudo)Students
Disclaimer: This reading list will be in a state of constant change, much like ourselves (and my gender lol). Films (Films with an...
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