Meg-John Barker navigates gender through space and time in new graphic novel BY FELICITAS SOPHIE VAN LAAK. ILLUSTRATIONS JULES SCHEELE. Meg-John Barker’s second graphic novel Gender: A Graphic Guide is out now. Here, the author tells DIVA how they relate to the book on a personal level and muses about the future of gender in all [….]
“I understood transphobia in the same way I understood homophobia – I saw us as the same” BY LUCY HUTSON. IMAGE HOLLY REVELL/BOUND. The first trans woman I knew lived a street away from me when I was a teenager. She was a friend of a family I spent a lot of time with, and [….]
“Knowing we’ve created something that makes [children] feel recognised, that’s a beautiful thing” BY FELICITAS SOPHIE VAN LAAK Barbie-brand Mattel has launched the first range of gender-neutral dolls under the name, Creatable World. On their website, the company states, “In our world, dolls are as limitless as the kids who play with them. Introducing Creatable [….]
How do you raise a child as gender neutral? BY FELICITAS SOPHIE VAN LAAK Louisa Rechenbach’s short documentary They accompanies a young family who chose to keep the biological sex of their baby a secret in order to prevent people from having preconceived notions about their gender. The film has been selected to be shown [….]
“The girl who was once happy with a cardboard box and a spatula, is now asking for makeup, handbags and fake nails” BY JENNA WIMSHURST As my niece gets older and starts telling me what she actually want for her birthday, I find myself in a bit of a pickle. The girl who was once [….]
