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Irish Feminist & LGBT+ Periodicals Online

2023-12-30T01:32:29Z

A list of Irish feminist & LGBT+ zines, magazines & journals which are available online (at least in part). A version of this list is also available at Trasna's website. Yes, there's a website! It was also going to be where the blog was, until I broke some of the JavaScript for Zonelets and went to Dreamwidth in a huff.

Current but paywalled publications (like Fat Éire) will have to wait for another blogpost. Now, on with the list:

Irish Feminist & LGBT+ Publications, Available Online

FÓGRA: Listing does not equal endorsement of any offensive language or ignorant political views which may appear in historical publications.

The Irish Citizen (1912-1920) - via TCD Digital Collections
Urania (1916-1940) - via LSE Digital Library (complete)
Banshee, Journal of Irishwomen United (1975-?) - via Irish Left Archive (various issues)
Women's Action (1975-?) - via Irish Left Archive (one issue)
Quare Times (1984) - via Cork LGBT+ Archive (one issue)
Women's View (1980-?) - via Irish Left Archive (various issues)
Gay Community News (1988-present) - via GCN Archive (All issues from 1988 to 1998)
Muff Monsters on Prozac (1996-?) - via QZAP (two issues)
Gaelick (2008-?)- via Wayback Machine
Butcher Queers (2008-?) - via QZAP (various issues)
RAG - via Grassroots Feminism (two issues)
Siren (2012-?) - via Issuu (one issue)
Spread (2020-2021), via Lazer Guided Reporter (various issues)
Aiteach (2023-?) - via Issuu (all issues to date)

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PUNK AGAINST FASCISM VOL. 1

2023-12-27T22:02:53Z

A playlist I made in my other life as a punk DJ, following the racist riots in November. Listen here on Mixcloud. A compilation of (mostly) Irish, (mostly) punk songs with anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, feminist messages.

Track listing:

1. Rising Damp - Recognize Fascism
2. Extravision - Our City
3. RANT - Weekend Hooligan
4. Problem Patterns - Y.A.W
5. Goon - Streachailt Mo Cathair
6. Bob Vylan - I Heard You Want Your Country Back
7. DJ Limewire X Post Punk Podge - Stuck In The System
8. Denise Chaila ft. Jafaris - Anseo
9. Paranoid Visions - Are You Getting The Picture?
10. Sinead O'Connor - Famine (Reynolds Extended Mix)
11. Denise Chaila - Copper Bullet
12. T.P.M - TPM Don't Have Your Money
13. Meryl Streek - No Justice
14. Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies ft. TPM - Hard Man
15. Bob Vylan - He's A Man
16. Meryl Streek ft. Molly Vulypne, Pete Holidai & Rory Hearne - If This Is Life

plus a special bonus track......

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Blast From The Past: "Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation", 1971

2023-12-27T20:58:51Z

To provide historical context for the transgender liberation movement & its relationship to feminism, Trasna will be reposting significant, interesting or insightful historical documents that relate to feminism & trans liberation. This is the first in what will hopefully be an ongoing series.

The following is a manifesto printed in the Detroit Gay Liberator in 1971 & accessed via the Digital Transgender Archive. As such, some language & attitudes may be confusing or out of date.

Transvestite And Transsexual Liberation

The oppression against transvestites and transsexuals of either sex arises from sexist values and this oppression is manifested by homosexuals and heterosexualsof both sexes, in the form of exploitation, ridicule, harassment, beatings, rapes, murders, use of us as shock troops, sacrificial victims, and others.

We reject all labels of "stereotype", "sick", or "maladjusted" from non-transvestite and non-transsexual sources and defy any attempt to repress our manifestation as transvestites and transsexuals.

Trans lib began in the summer of 1969 when "Queens" formed in New York and began militating for equal rights. The Transvestite - Transsexual Action Organization (TAO) formed in Los Angeles, the Cockettes in San Francisco, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in New York, Fems Against Sexism, Transvestites and Transsexuals (TATS) also formed in New York, Radical Queens formed in Milwaukee - all in 1970. "Queens" became "Queens Liberation Front".

Transvestism-transsexualism-homosexuality are separate entities. Sexist values incorrectly classify any male who wears feminine attire as a homosexual, and to a lesser degree, any female who wears masculine attire as a homosexual.

Demands

Abolition of all crossdressing laws and restrictions of adornment.
An end to exploitation and discrimination within the Gay world.
An end to exploitative practices of doctors and psychiatrists who work in the fields of transvestism and transsexualism. Hormone treatment and transsexual surgery should be provided free upon demand by the state.
Transsexual assistance centers should be created in all cities of over one million inhabitants, under the direction of postoperative transsexuals.
Transvestites and transsexuals should be granted full and equal rights on all levels of society and a full voice in the struggle for the liberation of all oppressed people.
Transvestites who exist as members of the opposite anatomical gender should be able to obtain full identification as members of the opposite gender. Transsexuals should be able to obtain such identification commensurate to their new gender with no difficulty,and not be required to carry special identification as transsexuals. There should be no special licensing requirements of transvestites or transsexuals who work in the entertainment field.
Immediate release of all persons in mental hospitals or prisons being held for transvestism or transsexualism.

WE SHARE IN THE OPPRESSION OF GAYS AND WE SHARE IN THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN

Trans lib includes transvestites, transsexuals and hermaphrodites of any sexual manifestation and of all sexes - heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual. It is becoming a separate movement as the great majority of transvestites are heterosexual and many transsexuals (postoperative) are also heterosexual, and because the oppression directed toward us is due to our transvestism and transsexualism and for no other reason. We unite around our oppression as all oppressed groups unite around their particular oppression. All power to trans liberation.

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New Beginnings....

2023-12-27T20:38:19Z

Fáilte go Trasna, a new blog about Irish feminism, trans liberation, queer liberation, gender activism and whatever you're having yourself. Posting will likely be erratic and sporadic. Plan is to repost older (but still relevant) trans/feminist writing, provide commentary on current events & give updates on events planned by Irish trans liberation or feminist activists. There is currently only one blogger - me, Mal - but hopefully this will change.

If you like this blog, keep checking back and tell all your mates about it.

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