27th March 2023
The Glasgow Guardian chats to two young independent film professionals about representation, accessibility and content creation. Based in Glasgow, but originally from Brazil and the Basque country respectively, Indigo Korres and Leo Torre have just launched Changing the Frame, a podcast highlighting the experiences of trans and non-binary people within the film industry. Indigo specialises ...
25th November 2022
New figures reveal that the number of UK students who define themselves as neither male nor female has more than doubled in the past two years. Figures from Times Higher Education have disclosed that 5,505 students defined their sex as “other” rather than “male” or “female” in 2020-21. This number makes up 0.2 per cent ...
19th November 2022
Trans-exclusionary groups like For Women Scotland protested the Gender Recognition Reform bill in October. But is there any evidence to support their arguments? Last month, JK Rowling made headlines again, and not for the reason you might expect from an author of a wildly popular children’s series. Recently, the author of the Harry Potter series ...
14th October 2022
Writer Sam discusses writing music for TikTok, playing Glasgow, oversharing and trans youtubers… NoahFinnce has assimilated the social media influencer to indie artist pipeline with much success, inspiring queer and trans youth alike as he documented his medical transition online. He has since broken into the world of music, recently playing Òran Mór. We caught ...
18th September 2022
Writer Lorelai Patnaik shares the experience of her foray into the dating world, and discusses the priorities inherent to her standards for romantic attraction as a trans woman of colour. A while ago I wrote about what valentine’s day meant to me, as a trans woman of colour navigating the dating app Grindr. My experience ...
23rd January 2022
Writer Lorelai Patnaik delves into Shon Faye’s debut novel, and asks some important questions. At first glance, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye may seem like a mere introduction to transphobia in British society and culture. Yet the book goes above and beyond a simple introduction, as Faye literally and metaphorically ...
2nd March 2021
One writer discusses some of the institutional barriers faced by trans people in the UK. Transphobia exists in many forms. It can be deliberate, demonstrated through bullying, abuse, and violence, or it can be indirect, ingrained in institutions such as the NHS, universities, schools, and the police. Stonewall, a UK LGBTQ+ charity, report that 42% ...
22nd November 2020
Goose Masondo explains the significance of trans allegories in our favourite films. When you think of queer cinema, what comes to mind? Perhaps Brokeback Mountain, the classic gay cowboy romance? Or Blue is the Warmest Colour, the catalyst for lesbian awakenings everywhere in the early 2010s? Or perhaps even more recent additions to the canon, ...
