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The beginning of a discussion about sexual transition, or rather the wider topic of gender identity when it doesn’t adhere to dominant binary norms.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
A friend wrote suggesting we discuss sexual transition, a subject she was eager to explore for professional reasons.… Read more
The unexpected richness of a greeting warmly returned...
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“…We, the women, men and children of London, march to put an end to violence. The violence of words, of acts, of fists, of firearms and bombs.… Read more
The following (imaginary) talk was given recently by a renowned author to an international congress on major advances in cosmology. It is part of work on the concept of The In-Between in preparation for the novel of the same name.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, distinguished physicists and cosmologists,
This afternoon I wish to address a captivating concept that challenges the boundaries of our understanding of the cosmos – the intriguing notion of the “In-Between.”… Read more
If stories are our way of making sense of the world, being poor at telling them must surely negatively impact our lives.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
We are addicted to telling stories, both those we tell ourselves and those we tell others.… Read more
A flash fiction about the impossibility of magic and the possible transgression of trying to make magic work in reality.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
“Magic is the eruption of the impossible in the domain of the possible,” the old professor said, leaning forward and lowering his voice as if he were part of a conspiracy.… Read more
I wish you good health and happiness, but, above all, I wish you courage to make the changes necessary for the challenges present and to come.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Looking back over the past year, my vision is necessarily coloured by who I am and what I’ve done.… Read more
Rather than founding history on an original sin, a more satisfactory perspective has the perceived separation of the individual from the world as the onset of modern times.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
I like to imagine that there was a time when all living things were part of an indivisible whole.… Read more
It was years of cast-off story fragments and untold wild fantasies that finally formed the foundation on which to build my novels…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Throughout my life I’ve told myself stories, many of them messy fragments with neither a beginning nor an end.… Read more
Under the common banner of LGBT, the first 3 categories are about sexual orientation, whereas the T is about gender identity. This difference has far reaching implications as does the diversity of identities and expressions cohabiting as transgender.
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Out walking I had a long conversation with someone about gender.… Read more
Seeing girls singing in St Georges’ Chapel choir during the broadcast of the King’s Christmas speech awakened long-forgotten longings…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
It may have gone unnoticed by many, but what moved me most about the King Charles’ first Christmas address was the presence of girls in the choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, very close to where I went to school as a teenager.… Read more