TITLE: Gender Trash from Hell, edited Mirha-Soleil Ross (Little Puss Press, 2025)
BOOK CLUB: Dick’s Lending Library
DATE/TIME: Saturday, May 23, from 3 PM to 5 PM
LOCATION: Brique x Brique (633 Beaumont Ave)
MODERATOR: The Dick’s Lending Library Collective, moderated by Jeanne Roberge
MAX # OF PARTICIPANTS: 25
SIGN-UP: RSVP at this link
LANGUAGE: The book and the discussion are in English
GUIDELINES: We recommend that participants read the first and fourth issues of the zine (there are five issues in the book).
RULES: K/N95 masks are required and will be provided. This event is fragrance free and a HEPA filter air purifier will be in the space
OTHER DETAILS: The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Please note any additional needs upon registration.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In 1993, Mirha Soleil-Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay, fed up with a gay scene that rejected trans people and a trans scene that saw no alternative to going “stealth,” began to publish the zine Gendertrash From Hell. Over four issues, they interviewed sex workers and prisoners; they printed collages, soap operas and polemics; they ran regular sections with titles like “Trannies Speak Out” and “Hooker of the Month”. They redefined transsexual culture forever, and their explosive ideas resonate deeply today.
Remastered from the original layouts, this foundational work is now available in book form for the first time, including previously-unseen drafts from the unfinished fifth issue and essays by Trish Salah and Leah Tigers. Irreverent, furious, reckless, sexy, hilarious and incisive, Gendertrash from Hell is here to set all your presuppositions on fire.
ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB:
Dick’s Lending Library is a community-run library that specializes in the literary, political, and artistic work of trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit authors. Through our collections and programming, Dick’s aims to build a free resource for local communities while fostering a space for political education and mobilization. While our collections focus on writing by trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit authors, we also carry books written by authors that may self-identify in other ways, and other books that pertain to trans issues more broadly. We are a collaboratively-run project, with an open door to those who would like to get involved. Instagram: @dickslendinglibrary
Moderator Jeanne Roberge (she/her) is a Social Work PhD Student, who works on the experiences of transitioning. Being from a sexology background, her interest centres around how transition is both an incredibly intimate and personal experience that is far too often rendered difficult due to external factors such as difficulty having access to healthcare or fucking dumbass politicians. She deeply thinks the only one who can talk about trans people are trans people themselves (looking at you cis researchers).
