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Jules Joanne Gleeson

Jules Joanne Gleeson is a writer, comedian, and historian. She is coeditor, with Elle O’Rourke, of Transgender Marxism. She has published essays in outlets including Viewpoint MagazineInvert Journal, and VICE, and performed internationally at a wide range of communist and queer cultural events.

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A new book offers a compelling, if imperfect, account of the bad feelings with which trans people often struggle.

Jules Joanne Gleeson

It’s a much better question than the obsession with asking why.

Jules Joanne Gleeson

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