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I hadn’t heard of Rosie Wilby before her book Is Monogamy Dead? landed on my desk. That sounds so quaint. Let’s be honest, the book was sent to me via email and I forwarded it to my Kindle so that I could read it at my leisure. Welcome to…

In this episode of Sparking Change, Dil speaks to Aoife Martin about her experience of returning to work following her transition, and her concerns about the issues faced by young transgender people today, and the inextricable bond between…

One of my favourite jokes in Blackadder occurs in the episode titled “Ink and Incapability” of Blackadder the Third in which Blackadder mentions to Baldrick that he wrote his novel under a female pseudonym because “everybody’s doing it…

With Valentine’s Day just gone, what better way of celebrating love in all its glory than by reading Almost Love, the upcoming novel from Louise O’Neill. Confession time: I haven’t read either of Louise O’Neill’s previous two…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here. I hate being trans. There. I’ve said it. I hate being trans. Well, today I do. Today it kind of sucks. There’s nothing special about today. It’s not an anniversary. No one…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Transitioning is never easy but, having lived in both male and (now) female roles, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here. I wanted to try something different with this column. As an open trans woman online, like most women, I am sometimes subjected to abuse and trolling. In order to keep myself safe I…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here. You wake up minutes before the alarm goes off. You’ve had a restless night, tossing and turning. Your anxiety about today had, as it always does, spilled over to your sleep. You…

"You're a mutilated man, that's all. Self-mutilation..." - Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna Everage) "A man who gets his dick chopped off is actually inflicting an extraordinary act of violence on himself." - Germaine Greer "Some…

Follow Aoife's Transition Diary from the start here.  My Transition Diary #3 | 'They Buried Her In A Suit.' I had intended writing about something totally different for this column but then, as it will, something caught my…