they/themrys
@emrystravis.bsky.social
trans marxist researching gay liberationism ♿🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
I wrote about the different ways the archive can hurt, and how we nonetheless need it to heal. Cat pic included open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
Dig it
On pain and pleasure in the archive
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I wrote about the different ways the archive can hurt, and how we nonetheless need it to heal. Cat pic included open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
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If you read theory hard enough you become a historian, this is absolutely the case
even as a theorist I feel like I half agree with this
Fuck theory. Read history. You can get your theory from memes.
June 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you read theory hard enough you become a historian, this is absolutely the case
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Until recently I hadn't read "Scapegoat," a book that is never mentioned in the now 6-year-long Dworkin revival going on (even though it seems in many ways to be her magnum opus). It's the book where Dworkin finally says what she thinks women should do. The answer she comes up with may surprise you.
spectrejournal.com/are-women-we...
Hey y'all! We're really excited to have this piece by @reproutopia.bsky.social on Andrea Dworkin's Zionism up on our website!
Hey y'all! We're really excited to have this piece by @reproutopia.bsky.social on Andrea Dworkin's Zionism up on our website!
“Are Women Weak Jews?” – Spectre Journal
Sophie Lewis looks back on Scapegoat to reassess the Andrea Dworkin's legacy, concluding that the current Dworkin revival is a "terrible idea."
spectrejournal.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Until recently I hadn't read "Scapegoat," a book that is never mentioned in the now 6-year-long Dworkin revival going on (even though it seems in many ways to be her magnum opus). It's the book where Dworkin finally says what she thinks women should do. The answer she comes up with may surprise you.
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MASS LOBBY AGAINST EHRC GUIDANCE
Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June
Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com
Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June
Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
MASS LOBBY AGAINST EHRC GUIDANCE
Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June
Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com
Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June
Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com
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BREAKING
TKDB are setting up camp outside the EHRC Office in London
TKDB are setting up camp outside the EHRC Office in London
May 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
BREAKING
TKDB are setting up camp outside the EHRC Office in London
TKDB are setting up camp outside the EHRC Office in London
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I'm in Brighton today to deliver the keynote at the Box Breakers conference organised by @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social
The lineup of presenters LOOKS AMAZING and it's also the first outing for new ideas from #RainbowTrap. Equal parts nervous and excited! 🌈
#LGBTQ #queer #book #newbook
The lineup of presenters LOOKS AMAZING and it's also the first outing for new ideas from #RainbowTrap. Equal parts nervous and excited! 🌈
#LGBTQ #queer #book #newbook
May 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'm in Brighton today to deliver the keynote at the Box Breakers conference organised by @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social
The lineup of presenters LOOKS AMAZING and it's also the first outing for new ideas from #RainbowTrap. Equal parts nervous and excited! 🌈
#LGBTQ #queer #book #newbook
The lineup of presenters LOOKS AMAZING and it's also the first outing for new ideas from #RainbowTrap. Equal parts nervous and excited! 🌈
#LGBTQ #queer #book #newbook
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🏳️⚧️ “Wearing their bikinis and waving a sign saying, “We are transsexual, enough with discrimination” - they headed to the pool”
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/tops-off-the-public-pool-protest-that-sparked-the-fight-for-trans-rights-in-italy/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/tops-off-the-public-pool-protest-that-sparked-the-fight-for-trans-rights-in-italy/
Tops off: The public pool protest changed Trans+ rights in Italy
One summer in Milan, a group of trans women's topless protest was a spark to a broader movement in Italy that changed Trans+ rights across the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🏳️⚧️ “Wearing their bikinis and waving a sign saying, “We are transsexual, enough with discrimination” - they headed to the pool”
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/tops-off-the-public-pool-protest-that-sparked-the-fight-for-trans-rights-in-italy/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/tops-off-the-public-pool-protest-that-sparked-the-fight-for-trans-rights-in-italy/
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"Which section of the working-class movement is it that thinks some workers shouldn’t be permitted to hold jobs? What “tribune of the oppressed” thinks trans people should be punished by having to choose between public erasure and public diarrhea?"
spectrejournal.com/against-bad-...
spectrejournal.com/against-bad-...
Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things – Spectre Journal
Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees's attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.
spectrejournal.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Which section of the working-class movement is it that thinks some workers shouldn’t be permitted to hold jobs? What “tribune of the oppressed” thinks trans people should be punished by having to choose between public erasure and public diarrhea?"
spectrejournal.com/against-bad-...
spectrejournal.com/against-bad-...
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I gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the Supreme Court judgment, and the surrounding context. I think it's possibly the best thing I've ever done (?) so give it a listen.
youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...
youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...
UK court defines 'woman'; trans women left in limbo | The Take
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the Supreme Court judgment, and the surrounding context. I think it's possibly the best thing I've ever done (?) so give it a listen.
youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...
youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...
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My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
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My first post, by way of an introduction, gives a whistle stop tour of what dialectics and historical materialism (with glitter text) mean for me in relation to queer/trans identity, and gay liberationism as a window onto the reification of gender and sexuality: open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
Welcome to the gay revolution...
Leave your genders at the door.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My first post, by way of an introduction, gives a whistle stop tour of what dialectics and historical materialism (with glitter text) mean for me in relation to queer/trans identity, and gay liberationism as a window onto the reification of gender and sexuality: open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
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Kill the cop in your head
April 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Kill the cop in your head
If you're interested in reading about my thoughts about/ research into gay liberationism, dialectical formations of queer identity, and conceptualising trans marxism - plus silly little things I find in the archives - now you can!
open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you're interested in reading about my thoughts about/ research into gay liberationism, dialectical formations of queer identity, and conceptualising trans marxism - plus silly little things I find in the archives - now you can!
open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
open.substack.com/pub/emrystra...
have grudgingly accepted that podcasts are a reasonable means of doing research, any recommendations in the pol/phil/theory area?
January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
have grudgingly accepted that podcasts are a reasonable means of doing research, any recommendations in the pol/phil/theory area?
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UK folks, please consider using uk.bookshop.org
Shipping is usually pretty speedy, they have many books, and you can choose to support a specific indie bookshop or let it be spread among various indies that are signed up to their program.
Shipping is usually pretty speedy, they have many books, and you can choose to support a specific indie bookshop or let it be spread among various indies that are signed up to their program.
January 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
UK folks, please consider using uk.bookshop.org
Shipping is usually pretty speedy, they have many books, and you can choose to support a specific indie bookshop or let it be spread among various indies that are signed up to their program.
Shipping is usually pretty speedy, they have many books, and you can choose to support a specific indie bookshop or let it be spread among various indies that are signed up to their program.
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'it wasn't a nazi salute, it was an autism salute' is the best take. nobody is topping that
January 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
'it wasn't a nazi salute, it was an autism salute' is the best take. nobody is topping that
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University of Brighton & @CottinghamTrust launch one of the UK’s first PhD scholarships focusing on trans & non-binary inclusion ⚧
The landmark initiative provides an opportunity to advance research that drives equality & transforms lives. Find out more bit.ly/42gt3Gn
The landmark initiative provides an opportunity to advance research that drives equality & transforms lives. Find out more bit.ly/42gt3Gn
Funded PhD project in trans and non-binary inclusion
An opportunity to develop a PhD project around trans and non-binary inclusion within health and social care.
bit.ly
January 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
University of Brighton & @CottinghamTrust launch one of the UK’s first PhD scholarships focusing on trans & non-binary inclusion ⚧
The landmark initiative provides an opportunity to advance research that drives equality & transforms lives. Find out more bit.ly/42gt3Gn
The landmark initiative provides an opportunity to advance research that drives equality & transforms lives. Find out more bit.ly/42gt3Gn
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Now what did we learn
December 10, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Now what did we learn
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Announcing the republication of @pinkomagazine.bsky.social’s oral history of the concept of accountability with @haymarketbooks.org next January! We interviewed people involved in the creation and use of this concept and as a bonus got a history of the US left www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2455-a...
After Accountability
www.haymarketbooks.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Announcing the republication of @pinkomagazine.bsky.social’s oral history of the concept of accountability with @haymarketbooks.org next January! We interviewed people involved in the creation and use of this concept and as a bonus got a history of the US left www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2455-a...
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Meet the “sickfluencers”: disabled people turn to TikTok for help accessing disability benefits - and the media says they’re scroungers gaming the system.
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan
That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Meet the “sickfluencers”: disabled people turn to TikTok for help accessing disability benefits - and the media says they’re scroungers gaming the system.
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today is a very good day to read Shuli Branson's For A Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Struggle and Care. Transition has always been much more than the medical and legal legitimacy of our very lives, and we have long known how to help one another transition without and against the state
For a Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Care and Struggle
by Shuli Branson
This is an essay I published last year (2023) in the free-access academic journal Coils of the Serpent. It fits in with some of the other writing I have done, but due to its academic...
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December 4, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Today is a very good day to read Shuli Branson's For A Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Struggle and Care. Transition has always been much more than the medical and legal legitimacy of our very lives, and we have long known how to help one another transition without and against the state