Talking Trans: Abridged Version
Digital version of my eight-fold zine on Itch which itself is an abridged version of my webpage Talking Trans ! 1. The Trans Question Over the past few years, trans people went from being relative obscure to a political boogey. The Republican Party spent $215 million in the 2024 election attacking trans people, with the intent to dismantle their rights and eliminate them from society. Democrat politicians in turn distanced themselves from trans issues, advised by consultancy firms like the HRC who purport to represent LGBT people and yet regularly throw trans people under the bus when expedient. Trans people are at risk of losing both their healthcare and legal recognition. Platitudes and pronoun circles are not enough to protect us from this threat. Trans issues need trans voices. 2. The Basics Trans people are those whose gender/sex differs from that which they were assigned at birth. Trans females went from male to female, and trans males went from female to male. One s...