Trans Femme Futures with Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift

As part of Birmingham Resistance Library’s Browse, Borrow Return session on Saturday 19th July, in collaboration with Shout Festival, we’ll be hosting Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift to discuss their book Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds.

This will be our Read and Reflect session for the day and will include time for group discussion. Please book a free ticket so that we have an idea of numbers.

Details: Saturday 19th July, 4pm

Where: The Drawing Room, The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH

The Old Print Works has step-free, level access and an accessible bathroom. Walk through the Courtyard to the right of the building to find the Drawing Room or follow signs for Birmingham Resistance Library.

Trans Femme Futures envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionise our lives. Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.

This event is organised in collaboration with Shout Festival of queer arts and culture.

Dr Nat Raha is a poet, and Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. She has authored four books of poetry, numerous journal articles, and her writing has been translated into 8 languages.

Dr Mijke van der Drift is tutor at the Royal College of Art, London. Mijke’s work on ethics has appeared in various formats in journals, performances, and sound pieces.