The Funambulist
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The Funambulist is a magazine and a podcast engaging with the politics of space and bodies.
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political, religious, and media actors used a fear tactic by arguing that they were instead seeking to mutilate children, impose sex changes, and remove parental rights. This led to a massive mobilization to generate pressure to have the bulletin withdrawn, and there is currently a bill called
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
political, religious, and media actors used a fear tactic by arguing that they were instead seeking to mutilate children, impose sex changes, and remove parental rights. This led to a massive mobilization to generate pressure to have the bulletin withdrawn, and there is currently a bill called
"There is a setback in trans health care for minors, which has been the main weapon used to attack the trans movement. Here in Colombia, in September 2024, the Superintendency of Health issued a bulletin stating they guarantee the right to health for trans people, but as in other parts of the world,
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"There is a setback in trans health care for minors, which has been the main weapon used to attack the trans movement. Here in Colombia, in September 2024, the Superintendency of Health issued a bulletin stating they guarantee the right to health for trans people, but as in other parts of the world,
exchanges with anti-racist and feminist movements are all actions to counter a health system that reproduces the social hierarchy necessary for the functioning of the patriarchal capitalist system based on cisnormativity.
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
exchanges with anti-racist and feminist movements are all actions to counter a health system that reproduces the social hierarchy necessary for the functioning of the patriarchal capitalist system based on cisnormativity.
This discussion with La Liga de Salud Trans (Trans Health League) hints at a collective effort to make the demedicalization and collectivization of healthcare a field of resistance and agency for trans people in Colombia. Advocating for alternative health protocols, redress for violence, and
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This discussion with La Liga de Salud Trans (Trans Health League) hints at a collective effort to make the demedicalization and collectivization of healthcare a field of resistance and agency for trans people in Colombia. Advocating for alternative health protocols, redress for violence, and
"These processes of articulation of trans women, travestis, and marikas, such as contramarcha, allow us to understand that the collaboration between transphobic white feminism and the antiderechos (anti-rights) far right not only affects trans people, but it is also directly related to the housing
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"These processes of articulation of trans women, travestis, and marikas, such as contramarcha, allow us to understand that the collaboration between transphobic white feminism and the antiderechos (anti-rights) far right not only affects trans people, but it is also directly related to the housing
"That is why I find it necessary that one form to marronage gender and racial logics of inferiority is fugitivity from the human, that is, to understand the abolition of the human as an urgent task through another way of being trans-travesti-marroon."
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"That is why I find it necessary that one form to marronage gender and racial logics of inferiority is fugitivity from the human, that is, to understand the abolition of the human as an urgent task through another way of being trans-travesti-marroon."
In this powerful manifesto, Mikaelah Drullard advocates against the idea of humanizing trans people to favor the construction of a new ontology, that of the travestinegra (blacktravesti) outside of a humanity forged by colonial structures that simultaneously racialize and gender.
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In this powerful manifesto, Mikaelah Drullard advocates against the idea of humanizing trans people to favor the construction of a new ontology, that of the travestinegra (blacktravesti) outside of a humanity forged by colonial structures that simultaneously racialize and gender.
"How do we continue to love in this fucked up world? Can we talk about what it means to have a body, protective of our big hearts in these unbearable times of political and environmental collapse? How do we protect ourselves and one another?"
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"How do we continue to love in this fucked up world? Can we talk about what it means to have a body, protective of our big hearts in these unbearable times of political and environmental collapse? How do we protect ourselves and one another?"
creativity, and underground networks of care.
"Has the glacier been trans all along? People have always been afraid of glaciers. They are mysterious and beautiful, and when healthy, in constant flux. They are silent and also very loud, sending sound waves from deep time to the present."
"Has the glacier been trans all along? People have always been afraid of glaciers. They are mysterious and beautiful, and when healthy, in constant flux. They are silent and also very loud, sending sound waves from deep time to the present."
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
creativity, and underground networks of care.
"Has the glacier been trans all along? People have always been afraid of glaciers. They are mysterious and beautiful, and when healthy, in constant flux. They are silent and also very loud, sending sound waves from deep time to the present."
"Has the glacier been trans all along? People have always been afraid of glaciers. They are mysterious and beautiful, and when healthy, in constant flux. They are silent and also very loud, sending sound waves from deep time to the present."
Ohan Breiding and Dean Spade explore various forms of trans embodiment, community care, and resistance in the face of political, ecological, and emotional collapse. Interweaving personal memories, reflections on community, grief and global crises, their letters affirm the urgent need for solidarity,
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ohan Breiding and Dean Spade explore various forms of trans embodiment, community care, and resistance in the face of political, ecological, and emotional collapse. Interweaving personal memories, reflections on community, grief and global crises, their letters affirm the urgent need for solidarity,
"For a long time, drag remained an avenue where they could perform being women. Drag held an appeal that cut across many lines, “racial” and socioeconomic alike. Europeans based there did it too, as did some aristocrats and the scions of rich families."
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November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"For a long time, drag remained an avenue where they could perform being women. Drag held an appeal that cut across many lines, “racial” and socioeconomic alike. Europeans based there did it too, as did some aristocrats and the scions of rich families."
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The following text is written by William Tham and was originally published in Portside Review in 2023. It describes the ways through which Fan Chon revived this memory through both Ava’s photos and Anita’s words and how their gender identity escapes definitions and demarcations.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The following text is written by William Tham and was originally published in Portside Review in 2023. It describes the ways through which Fan Chon revived this memory through both Ava’s photos and Anita’s words and how their gender identity escapes definitions and demarcations.
The photograph on this issue’s cover and the ones featured in these pages, were found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, in Malaysia. In doing research, he traced back the photos’ owner, Ava, and got to know about her through multiple meetings with her lifetime friend, Anita.
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The photograph on this issue’s cover and the ones featured in these pages, were found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, in Malaysia. In doing research, he traced back the photos’ owner, Ava, and got to know about her through multiple meetings with her lifetime friend, Anita.
activist/militant shares with us something they learn from a past mistake or failure. We are honored to begin with a text by Fusako Shigenobu.
The cover features a photograph found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, Malaysia.
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The cover features a photograph found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, Malaysia.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
activist/militant shares with us something they learn from a past mistake or failure. We are honored to begin with a text by Fusako Shigenobu.
The cover features a photograph found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, Malaysia.
Order now: thefunambulist.net/shop/62-buil...
The cover features a photograph found by artist Hoo Fan Chon in an antique shop in George Town, Malaysia.
Order now: thefunambulist.net/shop/62-buil...
and militarism (Giuseppe Procida), and the misappropriation of Indigenous symbols, in particular the whipala, by the Bolivian state (Magali Vienca Copa Pabón). We also inaugurate a new section in the magazine of intergenerational transmission entitled “Learning With Our Elders,” in which an
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
and militarism (Giuseppe Procida), and the misappropriation of Indigenous symbols, in particular the whipala, by the Bolivian state (Magali Vienca Copa Pabón). We also inaugurate a new section in the magazine of intergenerational transmission entitled “Learning With Our Elders,” in which an
and the US (Dean Spade and Ohan Breiding). In the News from the Fronts section, you can read three texts about the history of Brazilian formerly enslaved people who returned to Benin and Nigeria (Titilola L. N. Marinho and Gabriel Weber), the long Sicilian resistance against capitalism
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
and the US (Dean Spade and Ohan Breiding). In the News from the Fronts section, you can read three texts about the history of Brazilian formerly enslaved people who returned to Benin and Nigeria (Titilola L. N. Marinho and Gabriel Weber), the long Sicilian resistance against capitalism
Contributions include reflections about/from Colombia (La Liga de Salud Trans), colonized Casablanca and Cairo (Beshouy Botros), Britain (Mijke van der Drift and Nat Raha), India (Shripad Sinnakaar), newly independent Malaysia (Hoo Fan Chon and William Tham), Mexico (Mikaelah Drullard),
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Contributions include reflections about/from Colombia (La Liga de Salud Trans), colonized Casablanca and Cairo (Beshouy Botros), Britain (Mijke van der Drift and Nat Raha), India (Shripad Sinnakaar), newly independent Malaysia (Hoo Fan Chon and William Tham), Mexico (Mikaelah Drullard),
This issue is an invitation to approach trans identities and political struggles around the world through two angles: their collective dimension and their forever escape from clear-cut definitions, in particular those emerging from the West.
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This issue is an invitation to approach trans identities and political struggles around the world through two angles: their collective dimension and their forever escape from clear-cut definitions, in particular those emerging from the West.
We are happy to share with you our new issue "Building Trans Communities" (November–December 2025), where we mobilize collective embodiments and solidarities against transphobia around the world.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We are happy to share with you our new issue "Building Trans Communities" (November–December 2025), where we mobilize collective embodiments and solidarities against transphobia around the world.
Order your copy here: thefunambulist.net/shop/62-buil...
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enduring effects.
"Since I can’t fight what has been irreparably undone, I would simply like to have time in Ethiopia, time spent at doing ordinary things, playing soccer, washing cups, to have the luxury to get angry at measly things, without thinking about the ticking of the imperial clock
"Since I can’t fight what has been irreparably undone, I would simply like to have time in Ethiopia, time spent at doing ordinary things, playing soccer, washing cups, to have the luxury to get angry at measly things, without thinking about the ticking of the imperial clock
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
enduring effects.
"Since I can’t fight what has been irreparably undone, I would simply like to have time in Ethiopia, time spent at doing ordinary things, playing soccer, washing cups, to have the luxury to get angry at measly things, without thinking about the ticking of the imperial clock
"Since I can’t fight what has been irreparably undone, I would simply like to have time in Ethiopia, time spent at doing ordinary things, playing soccer, washing cups, to have the luxury to get angry at measly things, without thinking about the ticking of the imperial clock
it is missing from our transnational activist analyses. In this powerful text, built on back-and-forth jumps between France and Ethiopia, they narrate their stories, while analyzing the systemic dynamics at play in displacements justified by a disastrous humanitarian grammar of assistance and their
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
it is missing from our transnational activist analyses. In this powerful text, built on back-and-forth jumps between France and Ethiopia, they narrate their stories, while analyzing the systemic dynamics at play in displacements justified by a disastrous humanitarian grammar of assistance and their
anniversary issue, I immediately thought of asking Berhane and Mebrek to write on international adoption. Issue 26 had already featured an article on being Black and adopted, but the specific topic of international adoption has never been broached and the positionalities of people who experienced
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
anniversary issue, I immediately thought of asking Berhane and Mebrek to write on international adoption. Issue 26 had already featured an article on being Black and adopted, but the specific topic of international adoption has never been broached and the positionalities of people who experienced
Michaëla Danjé: "Since the first contribution of my collective, Cases Rebelles, to The Funambulist in 2019, I have been an attentive and regular reader of the magazine. In 2025, I even started a reading group of The Funambulist’s texts. When Léopold asked me to be one of the editors for the
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Michaëla Danjé: "Since the first contribution of my collective, Cases Rebelles, to The Funambulist in 2019, I have been an attentive and regular reader of the magazine. In 2025, I even started a reading group of The Funambulist’s texts. When Léopold asked me to be one of the editors for the
the structures that host them and distribute their work visible? What if voices from the Global South were doing the analysis instead of producing testimony that is then analysed in the Global North?"
"I felt like I was the owner of the kené. I felt the kené in my whole body."
"I felt like I was the owner of the kené. I felt the kené in my whole body."
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
the structures that host them and distribute their work visible? What if voices from the Global South were doing the analysis instead of producing testimony that is then analysed in the Global North?"
"I felt like I was the owner of the kené. I felt the kené in my whole body."
"I felt like I was the owner of the kené. I felt the kené in my whole body."
by appealing to specific codes that have been proved effective and seductive to an international art-world context. Giuliana suggested, what if we asked them completely different questions? What if we talked about their experiences travelling? What if instead of making themselves legible, they made
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
by appealing to specific codes that have been proved effective and seductive to an international art-world context. Giuliana suggested, what if we asked them completely different questions? What if we talked about their experiences travelling? What if instead of making themselves legible, they made