The National Opera Studio asked me what it was like, to be a trans opera singer – and how we could all make our industry better. So I wrote them this – I hope you enjoy it.
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2019/06/15/life-as-a-trans-opera-singer/
...it is an historical record of erasure, a pan-global register of undoing and enforced forgetting.
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/where-is-our-trans-history/
Writing from the trashfire that is the UK’s current media landscape, it is such an unbelievable joy to be able to share some good news. And this is really good news. Writer/filmmaker/performer ...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/nb-a-major-new-podcast/
Trans Like Me, my first book, was published nearly two years ago, at the end of May 2017. 2018 brought the international tour, audiobook recording, and North American/Canadian release. Today mark...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/5-things-being-a-published-author-has-taught-me/
Optics, not content. Writing for The Huffington Post on the exploitation of trans people and out of date controversy. Read it here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/genderquake-channel-4-pr...
There’s a reason why there was no blogging for the rest of 2017…or for the beginning of 2018, and I think it’s a good one: I’ve been on book tour, on album tour – and writing and speaki...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/an-incredibly-busy-year/
What the media gets wrong about trans people, how misinformation is perpetuated, and what we can do about it. The first chapter of Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us – in all good bookstor...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/the-production-of-ignorance/
I’ve been touring with Trans Like Me for about a month and a half now, and we always run over time in the Q&A sessions. So, it made sense to do an online Q&A – a video for people who like vl...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/questions-to-answer/
On December 18th, 2015, I posted a blog entry: the option for my first book, Trans Like Me, had been picked up by Virago, for UK and Commonwealth publication. It’s a year and a half later – a...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/from-blog-to-book-5-things-i-learnt-along-the-way/
Or: the ways in which disbelief and suppression hurt trans people. And how, despite it all, we resist. Read it on The Pool here I’ve checked in and realised how long it’s been since I’ve wr...
https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/couldnt-you-just-not-be-trans/