Cnlester

LATEST ARTICLES ( 153 )

• Where is Our Trans History?

  

  ...it is an historical record of erasure, a pan-global register of undoing and enforced forgetting. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2019 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• NB: a Major New Podcast

  

  Writing from the trashfire that is the UK’s current media landscape, it is such an unbelievable joy to be able to share some good news. And this is really good... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• 5 Things Being a Published Author Has Taught Me

  

  Trans Like Me, my first book, was published nearly two years ago, at the end of May 2017. 2018 brought the international tour, audiobook recording, and North... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2019 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• What’s the Difference Between Channel 4’s Genderquake and Jerry Springer?

  Optics, not content. Writing for The Huffington Post on the exploitation of trans people and out of date controversy. Read it here:... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2018 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• An Incredibly Busy Year

  

  There’s a reason why there was no blogging for the rest of 2017…or for the beginning of 2018, and I think it’s a good one: I’ve been on book tour, on album... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• The Production of Ignorance

  

  What the media gets wrong about trans people, how misinformation is perpetuated, and what we can do about it. The first chapter of Trans Like Me: A Journey for... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Questions to Answer?

  I’ve been touring with Trans Like Me for about a month and a half now, and we always run over time in the Q A sessions. So, it made sense to do an online Q A – ... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• From Blog to Book: 5 Things I Learnt Along the Way

  

  On December 18th, 2015, I posted a blog entry: the option for my first book, Trans Like Me, had been picked up by Virago, for UK and Commonwealth publication. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Couldn’t You Just…not Be Trans?

  Or: the ways in which disbelief and suppression hurt trans people. And how, despite it all, we resist. Read it on The Pool here I’ve checked in and realised... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• How the Media Erases Trans Truth – and What We Can Do About It

  For LGBT History Month this year, I was honoured to be invited to speak at Oxford University – and determined to demonstrate the ways in which trans history is... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• How the Japan Mass Murder Relates to Parental Murders, Abortion and Assisted...

  

  An absolute must-read on what the Sagamihara mass murder tells us about the dismissal of disabled people’s lives DISABILITY; NO ROOM FOR PITY A mourner brings... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• 5 Small Tips for a post-Brexit World

  There are some blog posts you start knowing exactly what it is you want to say and what it is you need to accomplish with those words. This is not one of those... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Visibility is a Tool to Be Wielded…

  …not an end in itself. My latest piece in The Independent on mainstream trans narratives, Caitlyn Jenner’s one year anniversary of being out, and how we... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2016 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Asking Again

  

  Two years ago, I gathered up my courage and wrote a blog post explaining why I was asking for help funding my album Aether.  A few things have changed since the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us

  So, the reason posting here has been light of late is finally out in the open – my first book is set for publication November 2016, from Virago Books (Little,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• So This Clickbaity Article About Bi Visibility Day Almost Got Me Fired

  cnlester:An amazing post from a dear friend – READ! Originally posted on ...a can opener in a worm factory...: So one of the reasons I’ve been really quiet on... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• No “Specific Detriment”

  If you’re a trans person in the UK, you might well be waking up to a rather unpleasant email from the Ministry of Justice, in response to a popular petition... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Ask an Agony Auncle*

  *Not an Aunt, not an Uncle, but something much harder to pronounce, and far more genderqueer. I’m delighted to say that I’ve joined the team at Beyond the Binar... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Why I’m Backing Corbyn Despite Being Dubious About Parliamentary Politics

  cnlester:Taking a regularly scheduled break to reblog some vital thoughts from a dear friend – UK people, please listen. Originally posted on Living Disabled:... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Open Letter to Pride in London – Publication and Follow up

  First – thank you all so very much for your support, and for bearing with over the past few days – it’s been hectic to say the least. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY