Grief is the emotion that we experience after a loss, but that loss doesn’t necessarily have to be a person. We can grieve ourselves, our autonomy, our identity, our ancestors, our sense of self-worth, our financial stability, our homes, any person who has distanced from us, or disowned us for who we are and how […]
There are very few recording artists who can capture the public’s attention to become a global household name. There are even fewer artists who achieve icon status and maintain their solo success for 16 years, growing ever stronger with each passing year. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter has done just this in a wide variety of ways, […]
Travis Alabanza is the definition of extraordinary. BURGERZ, the solo performance show written and performed by Travis Alabanza and directed by Sam Curtis Lindsay debuted last Friday at Hackney Showroom to a full house of familiar queer faces all in attendance to watch and explore the story and trauma inspired by a horrifying experience. The […]
Transparency is an upcoming YouTube series based in London hosted by transgender people featuring transgender guests. The show will tackle various controversial topics that aren’t often discussed openly. I caught up with the show’s Co-Founder’s, Kenny Jones, to discuss his experiences and how he hopes the show will change people’s perceptions of the trans community. […]
The Decades project is a series focusing on the experiences of LGBT+ people of colour. Roshaante took the time to talk to us about his experience of being intersex, fatherhood and modelling aspirations.
My being transgender wasn’t a mistake. A blip in the matrix, a curse, a punishment. Instead, it was one of the greatest gifts given to me by my higher self before I was conceived, that I am now living. I was meant to create a new definition of what it means to be a man […]
I don’t believe I was born into a female body by mistake. I don’t believe ‘God messed up’, nor do I believe ‘God’ did this to make my life harder. To give me more challenges. To test me. To punish me. I believe I was born into the right body. I was meant to realise […]
I’ve seen and heard many transmasculine people who decide to medically transition express a change in how others perceive their ‘position’ in society. A new set of privileges are thrust upon them, inadvertently, with them moving a rung up on the ladder of society; passing as male and therefore benefiting from the higher level of […]
When I was 14 years old, I told my friends about my uneasiness regarding being a girl/woman, and how I wished I weren’t one. Fast forward a decade later and I still don’t know where to stand regarding my gender. I am definitely not cis-gender but I’m unsure about transitioning and going through a potential […]
There are times when you and your friends go on a wild holiday, or do something daring and crazy or just have an epic bitch fest and you feel like you’d be great on TV; well that’s what happened when director Brandon Smithson decided to create a docu-series following the lives of him and his close friends. The […]
