Shon Faye

Shon Faye is a British writer, presenter, editor, artist, comedian and an activist for LGBTQ, women's, and mental health rights.[1][2][3] She is an editor-at-large at Dazed and has contributed features and comment journalism to The Guardian,[4] The Independent,[5] VICE, n+1, Attitude, Verso and others.[6]

Life and work

The focus of Faye's editing and writing has been sexuality, feminism and mental health. She has written and appeared in two short films and her debut, 'Catechism',[7] was exhibited at the Tate Britain 'Queer British Art' exhibition throughout 2017. Shon presented an online video series called Shon This Way[8] for Novara Media in 2017, which dealt with queer politics and history. In a 2017 historical review for The Guardian, political columnist Owen Jones cited Faye, along with Paris Lees and Munroe Bergdorf, as emerging "brilliant trans voices".[9]

Faye has written campaigning for trans women to have access to rape and domestic violence services.[10] In 2018 she presented at Amnesty International's Women Making History event, where she gave a speech calling to "re-centre" underprivileged trans women.[11]

See also

References
  1. Faye, Shon. "Shon Faye On Changing The Conversation Around Trans Rights". British Vogue. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. Jones, Dylan (8 May 2019). "SHON FAYE: "Everyone's trying to out-woke each other - sometimes they're right but also, have a day off."". Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Campaigner Shon Faye shows exactly how you should deal with horrific anti-trans stickers - PinkNews ยท PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. "Shon Faye | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. "Shon Faye". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. "Shon Faye". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  7. Dazed (2017-07-05). "This film turns society's queerphobia back on itself". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. "Shon This Way | Novara Media". Novara Media. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  9. Jones, Owen (2017-12-15). "Anti-trans zealots, know this: history will judge you". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  10. Faye, Shon (2017-11-21). "Trans women need access to rape and domestic violence services. Here's why | Shon Faye". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  11. Andersson, Jasmine (2018-05-20). "Shon Faye asks public to 'centre trans women' in Amnesty speech after petition called for her removal". Pink News. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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