Queer trans writer, historian, trans awareness trainer, heritage practitioner. BEFORE WE WERE TRANS out now in UK & US; agent @@imogen_morrell. They/he.
Leeds, England
Joined July 2014
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Okay, it's definitely time - just signed up to the butterfly site, same username. I'll leave this account up, and will see if anyone @'s or DMs me, but I won't be posting. On to better things, friends 💜🏳️⚧️
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I'm hosting a series of public engagement workshops for older trans people. If you're a trans person aged 60 or older get in touch if you'd like to be involved! This is a paid opportunity.
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BEFORE WE WERE TRANS by @krheyam is now available in paperback! 😍 Help us celebrate this “vital” (@nytimes Book Review), groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity. 🎉
Learn more: bit.ly/3XUdgu9
#LGBTQ
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14th Sept
Join @krheyam talking about their book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender, discussing ideas that shaped it, the gender-nonconforming history it reveals, & the importance of sharing stories…
Funded by Calderdale Council
Register at: folkloremythmagic.com/event-…
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I have been asked to comment on ‘Sex Matters’ new document, a model schools policy.
Following this ideological policy document would, IMHO, lead to schools acting unlawfully towards children with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.
It should be ignored.
Kit Heyam; also on 🧵s & the sky site retweeted
Are you a trans ally in London?
If so, these trans kids are doing AMAZING things in taking action against the Department for Education and their increasingly trans-hostile stance.
These kids need adults to watch over the kids at night so they can sleep. #AlliesAssemble ✊🏻🏳️⚧️
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I'm afraid that this is what happens when laypeople talk about medicine, because "first, do no harm" is not actually a "key principle of medicine." This is an assertion that Sonia Sodha makes up from whole cloth. (1/18)
The BMA’s stance on puberty blockers defies the key principle of medicine: first, do no harm | Sonia Sodha theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Sorry but this is why Black colleagues have constantly highlighted the danger of white women’s tears and why white people need to be aware of them as a tool of violence
They’ve resulted in murders, and if any harm comes to Khelif those tears were a weapon in the TERF arsenal
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Kit Heyam; also on 🧵s & the sky site retweeted
Dylan is right, but its the wrong bit that makes this even more correct.
It always bears repeating that most kids take puberty blockers are ClS, theyre used for issues like precocious puberty, endocrine cancers etc
They notably dont transition.
But trans kids do.
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The Cass review is well on its way to achieving the same status as Andrew Wakefield's work on vaccines: roundly dissected, debunked and discredited by actual scientists and professionals in the field, but stubbornly refusing to die because too many people like what it says.
More lovely book news: an unexpected joy to get this in the post and see my chapter among so many brilliant names! Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts, ed by Michael Toze, @pwillis5 and @ArchwayDiva - buy it (for a very un-academic price) at policy.bristoluniversitypres…
ALT Front cover of Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts - white writing against a picture of a trans flag
ALT Contents page of the book (1/2) - see https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trans-and-gender-diverse-ageing-in-care-contexts
ALT Contents page of the book (2/2) - see https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trans-and-gender-diverse-ageing-in-care-contexts
ALT First page of chapter 10, "Trans history as cultural competence" by Kit Heyam
One for North American folks: it's 🎅 Christmas in July🎅 at Hachette! You can get 25% off Before We Were Trans (and loads of other books) until 17 July using promo code SUMMERSANTA: hachettebookgroup.com/contri…
ALT Kit's hand holding a UK copy of Before We Were Trans above a wooden planter of red geraniums.
Hooray, so pleased you enjoyed it! I'll be doing an LS6 queer history walking tour on 16 July - tickets at thebookishtype.co.uk/product…
I attended one of the #Leeds Queer History Tours at the weekend, facilitated by @krheyam
I’m born and bred Leeds and I had no idea of any of the sites / histories. Kit has queered my Leeds, and I’m so thankful!
Tours are sold through The Bookish Type
#History #Heritage #Queer
ALT A mural on the side of a building, depicting a music studio with keyboards and DJ equipment.
Wonder if @FirstWestYorks would like to know about the fluorescent-clad
staff member on the #27 spouting loud Islamophobia to the driver? Not to mention his views on "people on benefits"... Not what we pay our fares for, and I suspect not what the driver wants to hear either 😑
Always a joy to chat trans history with @vulgarhistory - this time with bonus tips on how being reborn as a genderless spirit means you can just take whatever you want 👀
New episode with special guest @krheyam - we're talking about The Public Universal Friend, an American born Quaker who died then was reborn as a genderless manifestation of the Holy Spirit. open.spotify.com/episode/3vX…
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If you want to understand just how manufactured the transgender culture war is, less than 2 years ago Kemi Badenoch was celebrating the fact that it was becoming easier to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate
Kit Heyam; also on 🧵s & the sky site retweeted
Our Museum Bums tour is all sold out BUT you can still get tickets to our talk this Sunday @LeedsCityMuseum 👍🏛️🍑
thebookishtype.co.uk/product…
Thank you so much to @krheyam and the teams at The Bookish Type and Leeds City Museum
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🚨We invite book workers everywhere to join 200+ signatories and sign our open letter renewing our call for Baillie Gifford to divest from the fossil fuel industry and from companies that profit from Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide. fossilfreebooks.org/baillie-…
