There’s a nice piece in Glamour featuring nine “ground-breaking” trans women from the worlds of fashion, music, publishing and activism as part of their Women of the Year special.
I think the photography may be as important as the article, as it helps disperse the pervasive myth that trans women are “hulking” and highly masculine (not that there’s anything wrong with being big or masc-looking. But it’s a trope the genital-obsessed weirdos want to push: the whole “scary man in a dress” image they love to repeat).
Shon Faye:
[…] trans people – and especially trans women – are facing a committed attempt from anti-trans pressure groups and right-wing politicians to make exclusionary policy the default across British public life including toilets, changing rooms, leisure facilities, workplaces, hospital wards and crisis support services. The intention is clear: to drive us out of public life to repress, then deny our existence. This political attack on trans lives comes alongside rising hate crime and increasingly poor healthcare access for trans adults, with a blanket ban on access to medication for trans people under 18. With trans women widely vilified in mainstream media on both sides of the Atlantic, the misogynist violence we experience – often at the hands of the same men who desire and objectify us (‘trans’ is the fifth most popular porn category in the UK) – is driven further underground.