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Category Archives: Gender
Today on Ujima – LGBT+ History, Worldcon & Women’s Cricket
I was back in the Ujima studio today, and my first guest was friend and colleague, Dr. Jamie Lawson of the University of Bristol. Jamie has written a children’s book on LGBT+ history called Rainbow Revolutions. It is published tomorrow, … Continue reading
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Writing Historical Fiction Symposium
This is very much advance notice. I’ll be pushing it much more once I am back from Ireland. But in November (assuming that the UK has not descended into full scale civil war) I am going to be giving a … Continue reading
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Thinking Beyond – Transversal Transfeminisms
As you might have guessed, that is the title of an academic conference. It is a bit of a mouthful, but basically it was a feminist conference about trans issues. It look place at the University of Roehampton in London … Continue reading
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The Dublin Pride List
Earlier this year the Dublin Worldcon asked members to sumbit suggestions of good LGBT+ representation in SF&F as part of a project with Dublin Pride. That list has now been published and you can find it here (Google Docs spreadsheet). … Continue reading
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Two Weeks of Pride
Bristol Pride isn’t just a party in the park these days. Daryn Carter and his team have a bunch of events planned over the next couple of weeks, and LGBT+ organisations around Bristol have chipped in with their own events. … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Poetic Edda
The nice people at Oxford University Press sent me a review copy of their new edtion of The Poetic Edda, as translated by Professor Carolyne Larrington. There’s not a huge amount I can say about the text, partly because the … Continue reading
Cheryl & Christine – Part 2
The second part of my interview with veteran trans activist, Christine Burns MBE, for The Diversity Trust is now available. There are only two parts, so you can all relax. You can find the audio here: Part 1 Part 2
Bologna Proceedings Published
Some of you may remember that back in 2017 I gave a paper at an academic conference at the University of Bologna. The proceedings of the conference have now been published, and I’m delighted to report that my paper is … Continue reading
Thank You, Köln
I spent the past three days in Germany (and traveling too and from). The main reason I was there was to give a lecture at the Academy of Media Arts in Köln. However, I did pay for an extra hotel … Continue reading
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Today on Ujima – HIV, Time Wars & Art
Today’s Women’s Outlook show was one of those where it seemed mostly calm on the surface, but it was all frantic paddling underneath. Yesterday I had one of my guests drop out, so I had a half hour to fill. … Continue reading
Introducing the Diversity Trust Podcast
As if to prove that work follows me everywhere, today saw the launch of the brand new Diversity Trust Podcast. This will see various people from the Trust interviewing famous civil rights campaigners. And it all kicks off with me … Continue reading
Big in Germany?
Next month I’m going to be giving a talk at the University of Köln in Germany. This is something that grew out of the event in Graz last year. There’s a web page up for the event now. It is … Continue reading
Today on Ujima – Cervical Screening, Interculture, Mental Health Awareness & San Francisco
It was a busy show on Women’s Outlook today, and I didn’t cope as well as I might have done. Apologies again to Ben the Engineer for the various screw-ups which, hopefully, we managed to cover up during the show. … Continue reading
Rambo Writing Course on Sunday
On Sunday I will once again be co-teching a course for Rambo’s Academy for Wayward Writers. Cat Rambo and I will be talking all about writing gender and how not to make a John Boyne idiot of yourself when doing … Continue reading
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Greetings from GeMANE 3
Hello, I am in Ghent, which is in Belgium, though very close to the Dutch border and most people here seem to speak Dutch. The reason that I am here is that I am attending the 3rd Workshop on Gender, … Continue reading
Today on Ujima: Section 28, Masculinity, Hugos & Silence
It was a radio day for me today. I barely got the show together in time having been away over the weekend and had much of yesterday hijacked by the Hugos, but I got there in the end. In the … Continue reading
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Slippered!
My interview on the Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast is now live. It was specifically about the representation of trans people in SF&F, so obviously my essay in the above fine Luna Press book featured prominently. We did talk about … Continue reading
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Book Review – Black Leopard, Red Wolf
It seems like a long time since I did one of these things. I got out of the habit while I was on the Tiptree jury because I wasn’t allowed to review any submissions. Hopefully I can get back into … Continue reading
New Book – Contains Me
This is going to be a very busy week for book announcements. We’ll have something coming from Wizard’s Tower tomorrow, and an anthology I have a story in is being published on Thursday. Before that, however, there is this book. … Continue reading
Trans History Workshops in Bristol
An exciting opportuity for young trans people is coming up in Bristol in March. As per the flyer above, there will be a series of workshops looking at the history of gender and science. The fabulous Jason Barker from Gendered … Continue reading
