About the Lilac Peril Issue 01: Taboo

When the fact of our existence is taboo, what do trans people still not want to talk about, even amongst ourselves?

30+ trans writers and artists gesture towards this question in Lilac Peril Issue 01: Taboo, taking a hard look at what we would often rather ignore. There are all the ways we reproduce the hurts of the world onto each other: racism, misogyny, ableism, whore- and fatphobia. There’s kink and fetish and how we sanitize sex from ourselves. There are hot takes turned serious—Is our deep-set identification with children’s media holding us back? Can T4T actually solve the problem of relating to others? Could sissy hypno be hopeful?

In this moment of escalating hostility against us, we offer this: the works of trans writers and artists showing us what we do not always want, but often need, to look at.

CONTRIBUTORS

Alana Storm
Alex M.
Anemone
Anonsee Storyweaver
Aster Olsen
Athena Beatrice Newcomb
Avery Lapointe
Blake Mihm
C.S. Laing
CJ Harsh
Dr. Udim / Madam Sol
Emrys Donaldson
Eros
Evie Giaconia
Flora Guthrie
Golden Boy
Hyunji
Jackson Margolis
Jay Song
Jory Mickelson
Josefine Parker
LJ Sitler
Logan McDermott-Mostowy
Lucas J Rougeux
May McKernan
Mira Leo
Miriam Saperstein
Mo Taylor
nawa a.h.
Nic Anstett
Noor Jaber
R.A.M.
Raulen Scheidegger
Reyzl Grace
Stefani J Alvarez, trans. Alton Melvar M Dapanas
Syd Edwards
Taylor Cody Beck
Var Vasilchenko
Winona Meridian Marks