Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary global research collective. Uniting a Higher Education network of scholars and research students Find out more: DM not available

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jul 1

Musa Sharples (he/they) @oscarsharples.bsky.social of @uniofbrighton.bsky.social presents a Conversational Paper "DIY HRT and Liberated Futures" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Trans #TransPride #LGBT #Conference #Health

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jul 1

Amanda Kamanda (she/her) of #Minority #Inclusion Front UK will present an Ephemeral Manifesto titled "The Manifesto and Flashmob of Resistance" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Trans #TransPride #LGBT #Conference

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 30

@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social (they/them) will present & host a #LongTable titled "The Binary Trap: Imagining Intersex and Non-Binary Recognition Beyond the Limits of Current UK Law" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #LGBTQ #Law #UKLaw #LegalSystem #EHRC

Bold white text reads "TVCE x BIGS" overlaid on an abstract image featuring the trans pride flag and white non-binary face wearing a white barrister/court wig. "24th July 2026" is at the bottom, above logos for Birkbeck University of London and TVCE. A QR code is on the bottom right points to:
https://tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

Aurelia Guo (she/her) of @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will present an FRAGMENTED PAPER titled "McNally, Desire and Knowledge" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Trans #CriminalLaw #LGBT #Conference #Law #Psychoanalysis

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

Avi Ben-Zeev (he/him) of San Francisco State University & Birkbeck University will present an Ephemeral Manifesto titled "Our Trans* and Nonbinary Stories" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Trans #TransPride #LGBT #Conference

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https://tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Lucy Lamia Tatarusanu (she/they) from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will join our #film #screening and panel to present "After A Century" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #Conference #Queer #Art #queerfilm

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Eleanor Beaton (she/her) @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social will present a TRANSMISSION titled "Who is the legitimate subject of trans research? Or, if you’d asked me that summer what a hospital was…" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Trans #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 26

@hsincavage.bsky.social (she/her) Wilkes University USA presents a DISTRIBUTED ACTION - part of our online events - titled "to hold is to be held: the work of untying" TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #TVCE 🌈🎓 #TransLivesMatter #LGBT #Symposium #Conference #AcademicSky #LGBTQ #Queer

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 24

Sacha Mead (they/them) @uniofbrighton.bsky.social presents a TRANSMISSION - part of our online events - titled "Breathing. Being. Bound: experiences of a nonbinary, transmasculine, white-passing, working-class sculptor in the face of oppression" TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #TVCE 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 24

Matteo Bassetti (he/they) from @universityofessex.bsky.social will present a TRANSMISSION titled "Defining pathologization as torture: graphic auto-ethnography of a legal thesis" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 24/7/26 TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· May 12

Symposium 2026 OPEN CALL DEADLINE TO APPLY EXTENDED: 24th May We invite proposals from #artists and #academics exploring Trans+ #research and #practice. Hosted at Birkbeck University of London. More information: tvce.cargo.site/existing-oth... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #EdChat #Trans #LGBTQ

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Apr 17

Symposium 2026 OPEN CALL Theme: Existing Otherwise. Inviting proposals exploring transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to Trans+ research and practice. Hosted at Birkbeck University of London. More information: tvce.cargo.site/existing-oth... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #EdChat #Trans #LGBTQ

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Mar 31

Today, on International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the strength, creativity, and contributions of trans+ people within our community and beyond. Visibility matters. Representation matters. Care matters. Follow us at #LinkedIn for more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jul 27

Yesterday was beautiful and empowering. Was also so lovely to see familiar faces amongst the 100,000 people who joined the march at Trans+ Pride London. #TransPride #London

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

Dr Jo Clifford (she/her) - Artist - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE audio-play and discussion "Gospel According To Jesus Queen Of Heaven." Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

E Scourti (they/them) - Goldsmiths College - presents a Transmission of sprayed scent strips accompanied by spoken reflections "Scent Everywhere But a Name" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

credit: E Scourti

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

Dr Lisa Overton (she/they) @drlisaroseycheeks.bsky.social MDX + Kevin Blanchard (he/him) @drrdynamics.bsky.social Disaster Risk Reduction @lgbtqiaindrr.bsky.social present a FUGITIVE TEACH-IN on queer survival and disaster navigation. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 tvce2025.eventbrite.com 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 29

Morton Poulsen (he/him) - Artist - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE audio-paper: "Fear of Weakness: Songs to Agitate the Man" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

Image credit:
Anders Aarvik

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 28

Kars Dodds @karszzzzz.bsky.social (they/he) - Independent Scholar - presents a Ritual of Refusal "LET US REST: Curating collective radical rest as an action against the trans experience of hypervigilance" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

Image Credit: Alondra Glavan, https://www.alondragalvan.com/

Alt Text: Kars (they/he), a white, bald, trans-masculine person wearing a navy blue muscle tee, pale blue jeans, and pink striped socks, lounges in the corner of a gallery space amongst blue, pink, and black plastics and brown paper. He rests against a partially disfigured, person-like, soft sculpture made of blue and green upholstery textiles. They look down at this creature with a soft gaze.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 28

Oscar will now be joined by Jay Alexander (he/him) from the Transilience Youth Advisory Board, replacing Caspar. The Youth Advisory board is a group of eight exceptional young people aged 16-25 from across the South West. Launched in July 2024, they are key to shaping Transilience mission.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 28

UPDATE: @nfarr.bsky.social and Dan Scott are now joined by the wonderful Anna Clock (they/them): an artist, composer and musician. Their work spans theatre, film, radio, installation, written texts and live music: www.annaclock.com

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 28

Dr Victoria Karlsson (she/her) - GSMD - presents an intervention "Un/folding – dangerous listening, aﬀect and queer utopias" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Dr T. J. Bacon (she/they) @tjbacon.com Founder of the TVCE + Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen (all pronouns) GSMD - present an intervention "To Be Perceived: Queer Truths, Emergent Self/s" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Queer #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

IMAGE CREDIT: Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Dr Rachel Hubbard (she/they) - UWE Bristol - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE "The Waiting Room" an audio-visual and poetic exploration of the voices of parents of trans+ people. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Dr Robin McDonald (they/them) - MacEwan University, Canada - presents a Living Archive that invites participants to collectively envision a utopian model of a gender-affirming healthcare clinic. Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #Queer #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

Credit: Image created with Canva by Robin Alex McDonald

Alt text: Image contains simple, two-dimensional graphics rendered in pink, blue, and white – the colours of the trans flag – on a black background. Clockwise from the top, these graphics depict pencil crayons, a spiral notebook with a pen and piece of paper, three decorative stars, a glue bottle, bits of paper, scissors, a post-it note, tape, and two more decorative stars.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Sammy Holden (they/them) our online programme curator and host - Durham University - presents an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE film screening "Trans, Camera, Action" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

IMAGE CREDIT:Obscure Film/Sammy Holden.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Anna-Helena Mclean (she/her) - GSMD - presents "Glitching the Voice: Becoming through Sonic and Gestural Practice An embodied haptic workshop-lecture using the Integrated Physiovocality Toolkit" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 27

Thomas Jeram West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social - University for the Creative Arts - presents "Quick Change: Non-binary dress as costume, between performance and performativity" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25 Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them)

Alt text: A portrait photograph of Thomas Jeram-West. Thomas is a White Northern European non-binary person, with shoulder-length layered brown hair and a full beard. They wear glasses with clear frames and their nose is pierced on the left side with a small silver ring. They are half smiling at the camera as they look directly into it. They are wearing a white and yellow striped shirt open to show a white t-shirt underneath, and a thin silver chain around their neck. They are in front of a set of bookshelves, blurred in the photograph.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 20

Prof Nick Mulé (he/they) - York University, Toronto, Canada - Presents "Imagining and Authenticating Trans Liberation" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce· Jun 18

Dane Eissler (they/he/it) @dmeissler.bsky.social - TransArt Institute USA - presents a workshop "(Re)Discovering Play in the Act of Performance: A queer-affirming somatic journey into embodied creation" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 8/7/25. Join the waitlist tvce2025.eventbrite.com #AcademicSky 🌈🎓