“When I meet up with my trans friends, what stands out is how much we laugh. It can be because of internet memes or jokes, but more often, it has to do with the practical realities of living life while trans. Writing your deed poll, a legal document that proves a change of name, on the back of an envelope (it’s legal no matter where you write it!) and then losing it when you want to show your bank … how tucking can go wrong … everything surrounding bathrooms …
FREE COPIES OF THE ANTHOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR AND AMAB NONBINARY POC
As we approach March 31st, the official publishing date for the anthology, we want to send this message of love and strength out to all the trans women of color and amab nonbinary people of color out there in the world. First and foremost, without you, our sisters and siblings, we could not have envisioned or ever created this writing project. All of you were in our hearts throughout the past year as we went from the initial act of organizing to draft our submission guidelines to editing the stories, designing the book, and, finally, preparing to publish online. More than that, you were here for us like no one else, contributing in a thousand small yet essential ways by boosting our posts, writing to us with support, and by fighting to survive alongside us. The only reason we’ve been able to make this book is because of the work you have done, collectively, to make our lives and our art possible. We love you. This anthology book of our stories already belongs to you, so we will not ask you for payment or anything else in exchange for a copy. Free copies are available for you as of this moment, from now until forever.
Please email us at twocanthology [at] gmail [dot] com or message us here so that we can send you your copy. We won’t ask you to prove your identity or to give us any information. Just ask for a copy and we’ll send it to you as soon as possible.
With warmth,
Ellyn and Jamie, editors
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[The image above continues our tendency of repurposing images of trans feminine people of color that were originally captured and used by cis people. The image is a still from the film Paris is Burning, directed by Jennie Livingston; it shows Carmen and Brooke Xtravaganza smiling at the viewer from a beach.]
Hi, I’m a co-editor and writer in this book project. Please share this post widely so that all trans women of color and all trans and nonbinary people of color who are affected by transmisogyny can get their hands on a free copy. Thanks!
“The laws that still regulate many of our public toilets are
simultaneously very old and very new: old in that they were created in
an era scarcely recognizable to a modern American, and yet new in that
the practice of sex-segregated pooping and peeing as a matter of course
is scarcely more than a century old, a tiny fraction of human history.“
While some retailers have been openly courting the gender neutral marketand many elite colleges have embraced “gender neutral” bathrooms, how many employers are ready for gender fluid workers?
We are pleased to announce a new literary magazine: please welcome Vetch Poetry, a biannual journal of trans poetry and poetics. The Fall 2015 issue is now available to view and download, and it’s free as the flowering weed it takes for a name! Here you’ll find work by Stephen (Stephanie) Burt, Maxe Crandall, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Joy Ladin, Alok Vaid-Menon, Sara June Woods, and many more. Spread the news, friends.
It’s the magazine i helped make!
God bless Kay, Liam, and Rylee, for being the kindest and hardest working people.
This is so nuts. Like a year and change ago I was like, “Liam, do you want to start a magazine,” and he was like, “Maybe,” and then I was like, “Kay, do you want to start a magazine with us,” and she was like, “Sure,” and that’s how I got to be properly friends with Kay, which has been such a pleasure, and then Rylee came on board and made the thing look beautiful, and–WE DID IT! It’s real now!
So, basically, if you don’t reblog this, I will probably break down.
Benji Delgadillo,a 16-year-old who identifies as a genderqueer,
transgender, pansexual male, talks about the intersection of race and
access to (gender/)queer identities.
