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• So January Wasn’t All Bad…

  …it’s still my least favourite month, but it had some pretty sweet moments. Dark Angels had its first review – possibly the best review of my career so far.... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Queer Books You May Not Have Read: Part Seven

  

  Urgh, February. Here in London it’s the fag end (I’m not sorry) of Winter, and about as grimy, grey and dispiriting as this city gets. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Top Surgery* – Answers!

  * For a given value of ‘everything’. So not really everything. But we tried our best. A month ago I asked for questions about top surgery – so, with a flourish... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• So, Cis People – What Do You Want to Know?

  I’ve been thinking of doing this post for a while, and the outpouring of support from cis people in the wake of the Moore/Burchill transphobia awfulness made... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Singing and T – Some Tentative Thoughts

  As promised, an update on the (gradual) research I’m doing into the effects of testosterone on vocal production in FAAB people (with a soupçon of information... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Your Community Needs You!

  

  Like this, but far more fabulous A trusted (and very lovely) fellow UK activist and friend needs volunteers to take part in a new research project, examining an... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 CULTURE, SEXUALITY

• Dark Angels – Excerpts

  Youtube and facebook links are on their way but, as an interim measure, have a listen to this: The Old Lute – Benjamin Britten Dead Fires – Peter Maxwell... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Trans Beauty: Part Six

  

  Good lord, it’s been a while – and now it’s January and cold and dark and revolting – the perfect time for something cheerful, right? Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Top Surgery…

  …but were too afraid to ask/tried to ask about but didn’t get an answer/were idly curious about. For all the personal accounts and youtube channels out there,... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Voices and Hormones and Transition – Questions?

  So, it’s been a while since I did those few posts and vlogs on singing and the effects of T (or not) on the voice – and I thought it was time for an update. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• 2012 – a Very Exhausting Year

  So, wow – it’s nearly the end of the year. I’m just about to retire into hibernation – possibly involving a cupboard under the stairs and a whole bunch of... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 LGBTQ, SEXUALITY

• Aether

  So, last night was pretty special – I got to try out some songs from the next alt. album for the first time. Thank you so much for listening – title track... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 CREATIVITY

• Thank You

  

  Dark Angels album art by Lee Williscroft-Ferris The Dark Angels launch was this Thursday, and I’m still in shock – the nicest possible kind of shock a person ca... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 CULTURE