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Being Trans in Philosophy

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APA Pacific Free Online Zine Reading + Launch Party: Apr 11, 2026 Trans people & our loved ones are not okay—in, with, and because of academic philosophy. #beingtransinphilosophy tells these stories firsthand. https://being.transinphilosophy.org

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Carrie Jenkins@carriejenkins.net · 4mo ago

I urge the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social to reconsider holding some division meetings online. Currently, US-based in-person-only conferences force many to choose between professional exclusion and personal safety risks. 😭

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 4mo ago

Thousands of Mathematicians Protest International Conference in U.S. The U.S. is not safe for international mathematicians given the risk of detainment and harassment by ICE, they argue. https://bit.ly/4cewiRU #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Immigration agents are seen inside Newark Liberty International Airport's Terminal A in Newark, N.J., on March 23, 2026.
Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · 4mo ago

This Saturday we are so excited to present one of four *fully public* sessions of the American Philosophical Association's very last online divisional meeting. No registration needed! & check out the other public sessions on virtual conferencing, contingent faculty, and philosophy in public policy!

April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UTC. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online! Public access Zoom link to be posted on https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Readings by: Imogen Sullivan, Ding, Erin Beeghly, Alex Adamson, Emmie Malone, Amy Marvin, Willow Starr, Roshni Truax, and Perry Zurn.
Elizabeth Lanphier@ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For those not "going to" the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Pacific virtual conference over the next few days, there are still public sessions that anyone can attend from anywhere (a perk of the virtual!) so take a look and consider logging in for one of these sessions:

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · 4mo ago

April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UST. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online!

April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UST. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online! Public access Zoom link to be posted on https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Readings by: Imogen Sullivan, Ding, Erin Beeghly, Alex Adamson, Emmie Malone, Amy Marvin, Willow Starr, Roshni Truax, and Perry Zurn.
Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · 4mo ago

April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UST. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online!

April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UST. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online! Public access Zoom link to be posted on https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Readings by: Imogen Sullivan, Ding, Erin Beeghly, Alex Adamson, Emmie Malone, Amy Marvin, Willow Starr, Roshni Truax, and Perry Zurn.
ding@not.dingherself.com · 9mo ago

We just put out an OPEN CALL FOR PITCHES & QUESTIONS for the @being.transinphilosophy.org zine! Submit by Dec 20!!

Open Call for Pitches & Questions – The #1 Issue: The Job Market | Being Trans in Philosophy: A Zine

We are inviting pitches and questions for Being Trans on the Job Market, a follow-up issue of the zine. Submit by December 20, 2025!

being.transinphilosophy.org

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · 9mo ago

CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥

call for pitches & questions! For the spring 2026 edition of being trans in philosophy called “#1 issue: the job market”. Submit pitches & questions by Dec 20th to our website: https://being.transinphilosophy.org.
Caro Flores@floresophize.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The extremely rad editors of @being.transinphilosophy.org have put out a call for pitches for the next edition of their zine! They are also hosting cool events at the Eastern and Pacific meetings of the APA (details on the website). being.transinphilosophy.org/cfp/

Open Call for Pitches & Questions – The #1 Issue: The Job Market | Being Trans in Philosophy: A Zine

We are inviting pitches and questions for Being Trans on the Job Market, a follow-up issue of the zine. Submit by December 20, 2025!

being.transinphilosophy.org

ding@not.dingherself.com · 12mo ago

got @autoanon.bsky.social ’s new release in the mail (in physical form no less)!! still working my way through it so will have more to share, but this is the kind of texts I wish I could’ve held in my hands when I was figuring things out, and I really can’t wait to see how Naomi’s story unfolds 🫶

Cover of Auto Anon’s Reverse Tomboy: A Novel, photographed against the background of a backyard.The back cover, which reads: Naomi Soloveitchik has taken the first steps towards the womanhood she hopes to embody but does not yet understand what that means for her relationships to friends, lovers, and her own body. She wrestles with the more masculinized womanhood she aspires to, asking herself if it is possible for a trans woman to be a tomboy. In addition to the central story, also included is a small collection of poems and a brief essay on trans femme butch identity. "Sweet, poignant, and achingly honest, Reverse Tomboy is a gorgeously-sketched portrait of trans loneliness and pleasure." - GRETCHEN FELKER-MARTIN "An extremely personable writing voice, with moments of various joy - overwhelming joy, a stopping joy, a we-must-sit-in-this-joy — cut against usual romantic woes and the sense a fuller life, a social life, can lead to total ease, the opportunity to be newly still. Allusive and sweet and insightful with no caricature bogeymen or manufactured hand-wringing necessary, as AA brings an incredible millesimal fineness to bear on the Bildungsroman to fill out its every nook and cranny instead. In turns light as Hemingway and as funny and sharp as Torrey Peters, Reverse Tomboy is a remarkably brisk and exacting novel of small and sure steps toward grace in the garden of untamed harmony that is made by trans people alive and well in the public sphere." - BENJAMIN C. DUGDALE "Reverse Tomboy offers an intimate exploration of the lives of trans people today. Following in the footsteps of Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues and Imogen Binnie's Nevada, Auto Anon shares a semi-autobiographical narrative of how one becomes oneself. Wedged in the intersection of trans literature and philosophy, readers won't be able to put down the hilariously scathing — and satisfying — critique of the gender roles our society still clings to." - ELI ERLICK
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST)@feministphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.

A reminder that we love this zine, in case you somehow haven’t read it yet!

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

did you hear that you could read and print Being Trans in Philosophy today?! seriously, like woahhh!! being.transinphilosophy.org the zine @diversityread.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference (happy bday!!) by @nonamename.bsky.social, SF pride @not.dingherself.com, & SPP @willow-starr.bsky.social

Phot of the Trans in Philosophy zine spotted on a table at the Diversity Reading List 10th Anniversary conference, under the conference program booklet.
Diversity Reading List in Philosophy@diversityread.bsky.social · last yr.

A must read - share widely, print it for your departments, etc. We'll have physical copies printed at our #DRLAnniversaryConference.

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org #beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy

Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books.
Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

Your friendly reminder of exactly how centrist ‘just asking questions’ does harm. Cosplaying curiosity for attention comes with a death toll for trans people.

Miriam IRL@miriam.blacksky.app · last yr.

The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity

Willow Starr@willow-starr.bsky.social · last yr.

Supporting trans kids is so easy when you’re in their actual life. The bullies in the White House and Supreme Court think the State should be used to destroy them instead. Fuck them. We will find ways to support them anyway ✨

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

“When [my tween] socially transitioned in the second grade, years ago now, other kids in the class didn’t blink an eye. Zero bullying. Now bullies run the show—in dominant online spaces in our discipline, in our state legislature, in the U.S. government.” @beegs1.bsky.social #beingtransinphilosophy

black text in typewriter font on white background, as a sneak peek of the Being Trans in Philosophy zine, forthcoming in June 2025: Talia Mae Bettcher talks about the WTF of existence—where up becomes down and down becomes up. I can't begin to say how much this captures my experience as a parent of a trans kid right now. My tween is kind, funny, talented, ambitious. He is a shining light that cheers me up every single day. I don't know how anyone could find fault with him, could look into his eyes and see him as anything but authentic, as deserving of love and respect for who he really is.
Tony Corsentino@notalegalrecord.net · last yr.

i follow a listserv for trans librarians where i learned about this zine: Being Trans in Philosophy. being an ex-academic philosopher and being quite aware of the transphobia that pervades academic philosophy, i am eager to read it. free to all. being.transinphilosophy.org

Being Trans in Philosophy

Trans people and our loved ones are not okay—in, with, and because of academic philosophy. Being Trans in Philosophy is a zine collecting first-personal accounts of what it’s actually like to be trans...

being.transinphilosophy.org

trans scribe@scribetrans.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been harassed and sexualized by students and on campus, was drawn into wildly transphobic discussions by random colleagues, people assuming my relation to my genitals and just putting it out there, and am confronted with awkward silence when talking about transphobic harrassement and barriers

trans scribe@scribetrans.bsky.social · last yr.

I am lucky to have one of the more accepting academic environments in critical theory, but even they were an absolute disgrace when dealing with trans students criticizing an obviously transphobic seminar

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org #beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy

Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books.
okay Kelly@kmdoublev.bsky.social · last yr.

I think it's super cool when philosophers use creative formats to share their expertise and engage the public on serious social justice issues. Check it out!

Being Trans in Philosophy@being.transinphilosophy.org · last yr.

Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org #beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy

Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books.