Luke A.B.'s Blogging

An update to the Transmasculine Suicide Remembrance blog-  Data Reality of the community in 2022 (content warning: discussion of suicide, transphobia) Almost a year ago, I published the first edition of my blog in remembrance of the transmasculine people that we have unfortunately lost to suicide . It's a vigil that I keep now by updating the blog with the names of people who have passed since I last updated it- though it is a strange thing to do, it's something very close to my heart as a trans man who has survived suicidality myself.  The transmasculine community is comprised of trans men and nonbinary people who self-define their genders (and transitions if applicable) as masculine. This blog focuses on them as neither group really enjoys much visibility in society. As such, our deaths (and especially our suicides) are very important to be aware of so that we can help to prevent more of them from happening in the community.  As a result of trawling the records of ...

  Transmasculine Data Spreadsheet- Name Age Location Year Month Age Bracket Kauê Vestemberg 22 Brazil 2022 January Twenties Gael Pandinho 19 Brazil 2022 January Teens Name Unknown 12 UK 2022 February Preteens Adrien Baptiste Luckas France 2022 March Unknown Milo Winslow 30 USA 2022 March Thirties Paulo Vaz 36 Brazil 2022 March Thirties Kenna Leigh Gillock 26 USA 2022 April Twenties Asher Garcia 14 USA 2022 April Teens Name Unknown 15 France 2022 May Teens Sasha 15 Italy 2022 June Teens Nicolas 25 France 2021 February Twenties Lucca Gomes 23 Brazil 2021 February Twenties Nicolas 15 Argentina 2021 March Teens Name Unknown 15 Australia 2021 March Teens Haven Bailey 25 USA 2021 May Twenties Santiago Cancinos 14 Argentina 2017 May Teens Tristan Frémont 19 France 2021 July Teens Samuel Boutry 20 France 2021 September Twenties Tal Piterbraut-Merx 29 France 2021 October Twenties Murilo Gonçalves Brazil 2020 January Unknown Alex McCray 22 USA 2020 January Twenties Lucas 21 Spain 2020 Januar...

Queer Vexillology- Flags I have created over the years (and across the internet): A collection In the years since I realised I was queer (2014) and since I was born (2000) the LGBTQ+ community has seen many new pride flags come into being with the express purpose of helping a community feel seen and represented symbolically. Since 2014, the various queer flags, the aromantic flag and the new 5-stripe lesbian flag have all come into being. The LGBTQ+ community has a penchant for making flags as a go-to symbol for any new gender, sexuality or relationship style term.  Personally, most of the flags I’ve ever created are variations of existing flags, but I have made quite a few in my time which people in my communities use.  But crucially, last year saw the use of one of my flags in a political sense. I haven’t yet publicly come forward about this, but a few days before the BBC Lily cade article fiasco happened, I was approached online by a BBC reporter whose office is less than t...

  A Short History of Packing, Penises and Pieces of Affirmation for trans men:   Trans men (and other transmasculine individuals) have long existed on this planet. But what isn’t often recorded is our history, particularly, our affirmation seeking history in the form of dysphoria relief. I am in fact, referring to packing- the practice of trans men, transmasculine people, female-to-male spectrum people and many nonbinary people giving ourselves penises.  Packers come in many shapes and sizes (just like their cis counterparts) and most trans people’s first packers are homemade, makeshift solutions to the empty space where a penis should be. Those with the cash can opt for soft body-safe silicone packers made by dedicated shops online, which offer an array of skin tones to match the user’s body. This is a hallmark of 21st Century trans society, the 18th, 19th and 20th Century trans men generally stuck to the homemade type.  Anders Magnus Åhrman (1777-?) was a trans man...