The last 7 months have been quite trying, hence my website being quite. In a nutshell my partner and I agreed to be in a documentary about trans issues, we had a lot of distress over this decision as we were worried about the final content of the show (which we haven’t seen yet), we also didn’t want to make a commodity of trans day of remembrance for other people’s entertainment but felt the desperate need to do what little we could to try and stave off the waves of hate trans people face. We, ultimately, didn’t want to be in it at all and have been plagued by anxiety and distress. The final outcome of the show remains uncertain for us, and channel 4 have been grossly misrepresenting it’s contents in publicity statements.
This was followed by an attack by far right extremists in the park during an art rally I held against section 35, which resulted in my getting a broken nose and concussion trying to pull an attacker off of an innocent by-stander. There has been no justice on that matter, only polite words of concern.
This has lead me to take a step back from several facets of my life while I nurture my mental and physical health.
Not everything has come to a halt however – I’ve been working on a few creative projects! The first is a book called “Irreversible Joy” which is about finding happiness from the perspective of someone who’s gender diverse (spoiler alert, there’s a lot of it to be had!) and a card game called “See Creatures” which is a bright and lighthearted game about making creatures for points and to inconvenience the other players with their effects – another update coming soon!
I also have been working on a thriving theatre life, I started a new protest singing group which has become a tightly knit group and we also do writing and acting – our current project being around the history of gender diversity, which crosses thousands of years. I also have a (thankfully small!) part in a community theatre production in a nonbinary role, which is on during late June and early July.
Hopefully going forward things will continue to improve!
