GrrlAlex

Fortress Wales, Caldicot Castle May 2013

admin — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:57:27 +0000

A brief visit on Saturday while they were setting up…

Afternoon Tea

admin — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:53:00 +0000

Some more food photography – again for the new tea room in Pontypool..

Jackdaws

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:36:30 +0000

The jackdaws have been nesting in the chimneys – we’ve been using the fireplaces constantly but it still doesn’t put them off….

it#’s like something from a hitchcock movie:

Food Photography

admin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:23:42 +0000

Mostly I’ve been photographing cake – well cakes and biscuits and nice scrummy stuff which my partner is trialling as product development ideas for her Vintage Tea Room in Pontypool Museum. It will be opening soon – so If you like cake you’ll love these…

Familiarity breeds acceptance

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:11:10 +0000

It surprises many to hear that I get very little hassle being out as a transgender person. Being trans can lead us to fear transphobia but I’m increasingly learning that attitude and confidence is key to tackling transphobia – both internalised and external. Over time, I have become more confident being out [...]

LGBT History Month

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:46:09 +0000

Saturday 11th Feb: As part of Newport library and Museum’s LGBT history month project I was invited to read from the new book – which was nice: lovely audience -and there was a generous allocation of tea and biscuits which is always a good thing. (FYI -biscuit data -Fruit shortcake and mini [...]

Macho identities and the route to domestic violence

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:13:52 +0000

A guy sitting on a bus observes a father handle the emotional upset of his five year old son by telling him only queers cry – it’s a critical injunction: a shaming exercise designed to humiliate the boy and to teach him that sadness and hurt are not emotions for a boy to [...]

A Genderqueer police officer!

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:59 +0000

A Gender-Queer police officer: now that’s what I call progress.

August 31st to September 2nd 2011 saw Cardiff hosting the ‘Come Out And Play’: LGBT Health and Human Rights summit – a three day conference that offered a wide spectrum of speakers and broad range of subject matter relevant to the LGBT community. It was [...]

Tomboy – New film touches a taboo

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:20:54 +0000

This article appears in Outlook Columbus News here is the original text:

Tomboy identities – a strictly temporary diversion only!

When David Beckham revealed that his wife Victoria was expecting a baby girl he explained that they had already painted the room in pink and lilac in preparation and that Victoria was [...]

Outward Magazine

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:18:13 +0000

My journey of exploration has been an extraordinary one because I have discovered things about the possibilities that being transgender offer that I never knew. My mission then is to open the bandwidth – to say that its not compulsory to have hormones and surgery, that its not all about ‘passing’ – that there are [...]