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]

gollark: Conceptual bees?
gollark: No, the person responsible for its *containment* is stopped anomalously by the "narf".
gollark: Did you READ the SCP?
gollark: You cannot SUMMON "big narf".
gollark: > Merely adding the phrase “BIG NARF” to the description of an upcoming event does not cause its cancellation, in significant tests by GCN-12 to date. Only additions of the phrase “BIG NARF” spontaneously by no observed mechanism or party appear to trigger SCP-2939. The phrase “BIG NARF,” then, is currently considered to be a ‘calling card’ for the events rather than a self-propagating memetic hazard in and of itself.

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 · 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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