{"id":85,"date":"2026-02-27T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:33:11","slug":"gendertrash-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/?page_id=85","title":{"rendered":"Gendertrash from Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-23b-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TITLE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlepuss.net\/shop\/p\/gendertrash-from-hell-paperback-hwafc\">Gender Trash from Hell<\/a><\/em>, edited <strong>Mirha-Soleil Ross <\/strong>(Little Puss Press, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOOK CLUB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dickslendinglibrary\/\">Dick&#8217;s Lending Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DATE\/TIME: Saturday, May 23, from 3 PM to 5 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOCATION: Brique x Brique (633 Beaumont Ave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MODERATOR: The Dick&#8217;s Lending Library Collective, moderated by Jeanne Roberge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAX # OF PARTICIPANTS: 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIGN-UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSemPaNw8_111x-WGPLEBmAMyaPtPoGLpijOQXBamEFHkl2x1g\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RSVP at this link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LANGUAGE: The book and the discussion are in English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GUIDELINES: We recommend that participants read the first and fourth issues of the zine (there are five issues in the book).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OTHER DETAILS: The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Please note any additional needs upon registration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 &#8220;stealth,&#8221; 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 \u201cTrannies Speak Out\u201d and \u201cHooker of the Month\u201d. They redefined transsexual culture forever, and their explosive ideas resonate deeply today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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, <em>Gendertrash from Hell<\/em> is here to set all your presuppositions on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dick\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.&nbsp;Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dickslendinglibrary\/\">@dickslendinglibrary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gendertrash-Book-Club-Promo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE: Gender Trash from Hell, edited Mirha-Soleil Ross (Little Puss Press, 2025) BOOK CLUB: Dick&#8217;s Lending Library DATE\/TIME: Saturday, May 23, from 3 PM to 5 PM LOCATION: Brique x Brique (633 Beaumont Ave) MODERATOR: The Dick&#8217;s Lending Library Collective, moderated by Jeanne Roberge MAX # OF PARTICIPANTS: 25 SIGN-UP: RSVP at this link LANGUAGE: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lirequeer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}