Welcome to
Trans and Gender-diverse
- Book Club Naarm !
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of Country and we
pay our respect to Elders past and present. They are the first storytellers and text-makers of the lands
on which we meet.
We pay tribute to and honour the lives of all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander lesbian, gay, bisexual,
queer, trans*, intersex, sistergirl and brotherboy people.*
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Source: *Black Rainbow - consider a solidarity donation
- About Book Club
Book Club runs every 2nd Saturday of the
month from 1.00 pm - 2.30 pm. It’s held at
Thorne Harbour Health, 200 Hoddle St,
Abbotsford, Wurundjeri Country.
Training Room A, Level 1 (past the coffee
machine) AND online
- You can also join us online using this link below.
- How to Join
We are run by and for trans and gender-diverse
people and offer a welcoming space to share and
explore ideas & reflections on our gender journeys and
TGD culture.
We engage a range of texts (books, podcasts, movies,
games and more) and always link to free online
readings, video and/or audio. You do not have to
engage the text to come along, chat and meet folks!
What to expect
We start with an acknowledgement of country,
introductions and shared space agreement, followed
by a lightly facilitated chat, about and around the text.
We break in the middle and everyone is always
welcome to get up, move around, and take time outs
as needed.
What does it mean for trans people to show up for one another, to care deeply for one another? How have failures of care shaped trans lives? What care practices have trans subjects and communities cultivated in the wake of widespread transphobia and systemic forms of trans exclusion?Join us for a discussion of this short open access (free!) and important rethinking of care for these times.
Link to open access read online format
Link to open access downloadable PDF format
Video panel discussion with Hil Malatino, Jules Gill-Peterson and Ann Cvetkovich
Podcast interview with Hil Malatino
You may be inspired to dig deeper in trans archives while reading Digital Transgender Archive and Transgender Archives
📅 Sat 10 May, 1:00 PM - 2.30 PM
📍 Where: Thorne Harbour Health, 200 Hoddle st, 3067 - Level 1 training room AND online via the link https://tr.ee/dR2Nz-0fLo
- upcoming
sessions
A radical and necessary rethinking of care
May BOOK CLUB:
Tentative List For 2025:
June 14- Archives, autoethnography and art with Julie Peters
July 12- A language of limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
August 9 -A trans man walks into a gay bar by Harry Nicholas
September 13 - Personal score by Ellen van Neerven
October tbc - Fringe Festival show or Navigating Liminal Space FAFSWAG
November 8 - Someone like me : an anthology of non-fiction writing by autistic authors with excerpts from NeuroQueer
December 13 - Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Access
TGD Bookclub was founded by disabled trans folk; we
aim to build good access into every aspect of our
process.
To texts
We always provide free open access texts, both text- and
audio-based.
In-person venue
Wheelchair accessible, lift or stairs, quiet space, gender-
neutral bathrooms, showers and kitchen, low/natural
light, space to sit/stand/lie down/move around, masks
and sanitiser, fidgets and colouring provided.
Online
We always meet in person and online; closed captions
available.
Image credit: Sins Invalid, 10 Principles of Disability Justice
Resources
Leading body for trans and gender-diverse advocacy
and training in Victoria. Learn more >
Services for LGBTIQ+ including counselling, medical
services, community support and more. Learn more >
Support group for trans masc people, incl. non-binary
and questioning AFAB folk. Learn more >
Centre for Victorian LGBTIQ+ services. Learn more >
Peer-led group supporting wellbeing for the trans and
gender-diverse community in regional Vic. Learn more >
Community-led national directory of trans and gender-
diverse services and community groups. Learn more >
(IN)VISIBLE
Community-led program for queer, trans and intersex
people of colour (QTIPOC), 16-25yo, Naarm Learn more >
Free helpline run by Switchboard Victoria, supporting
LGBTQA+ Victorians. Learn more >
Free telephone and web peer-led counselling,
information and referral. Learn more >
Queerspace
LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing support service by and for
LGBTIQ+ communities. Learn more >
Trans health research
Community resources page of Trans Health Research
network (Uni Melbourne)
services
Sock Drawer Heroes
Trans and queer owned physical and online shop
for gender expression. Learn more >
Dys4ick
Gender-affirming underwear brand. Learn more >
Transform
Transgender fashion brand, set out to design
products that empower people. Learn more >
Gender-affirming apparel
Book Club Archive
All the texts we’ve engaged at TGD Book Club,
including all free resources. See archive >
Online collection free trans-focused literature
Transgender Studies Quarterly Keywords
86 short essays on key concepts in trans studies
(experience and lives)
Searchable digital archives > here
UK-based museum of trans lives, with online
exhibition > here
Museum of Trans History and Art > here
World-renowned queer bookshop and our book
partner
A podcast about writing while trans
A podcast featuring interviews with trans authors
and many others
text resources
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Media
Find out more about TGD book club to get a feel for it before you attend
Interview with Jax on Triple R’s Queer View Mirror
Interview with Oscar and Clare on 3CR's Queering the air
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