This week, Jessamy and Alice chat with trans non-binary writer, editor and activist Jasper Peach. This is an amazing chat that covers a lot of ground, including how the personal is the political, bridging the gap between confusion and understanding, invitation over advice, the importance of ritual, finding yourself in the silence, teaching through showing rather than telling, pretending you know what’s happening, the influence of external messaging on gender, the societal obsession with gender, honouring doing your best, the importance of modelling and making it easy, accepting everyone for who they are (and who some people are is kinda a dick), finding fabulous clothes for fat bodies, buttons that do nothing, dealing with other people’s curiosity, managing medical systems, clarifying your boundaries on info sharing, practicing responses, the weight of representing your community in every interaction, how other people’s discomfort is not yours to manage, the asymmetry of entitlement to personal details, and finally…
If you’ve already gone through the process of finding out who you are, and living that way, you’re a pretty courageous human. And there’s nothing you’re not capable of. You are capable of anything.
Find Jasper online:
@jasperpeachsays on Twitter
@jasperpeachsays on Instagram
Pre-order the book You'll Be A Wonderful Parent
Book launch dates:
Saturday 12th March 2 pm - Castlemaine State Festival gallery show launch and author + illustrator talk + bubbles at Corner Store Merchants
Sunday 26th March 3 pm - Bookish Bendigo launch party for Bendigo Pride
Saturday April 1st noon - Q Lit Geelong (check website for details)
Monday April 3rd 11 am - Castlemaine State Festival - Dialogues chaired by Alex Kelly, in conversation with Jasper Peach and Quince Frances
Sunday April 16th 11 am - Bargoonga Nganjin - North Fitzroy Library - launch party with cake, book signing, a bit of talking but not too much - kid friendly
