Time: 17:00-19:00
Location: University of Amsterdam, Roeterseiland REC A 209.
Speakers: Nat Raha, Mijke van der Drift, Alejandra Ortiz, and Simon(e) van Saarloos
Registration: here
Registration deadline: 6 March 2025

‘Femme’ describes a constellation of queer, gendered expressions that uproot expectations of what it means to be feminine. Building upon experiences of transformation, belonging and harm, Trans Femme Futures(Pluto Press) is a transfeminist call for collective liberation. Trans Femme Futures envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionise our lives. Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.

In the words of Marquis Bey, “When one thinks of trans, feminism, and radical as genuinely, inextricably entangled, one thinks of this book. This is what we need at this moment: a powerful, steadfast commitment to liberation. And this is it.”