Shon Faye

Shon Faye (born 27 March 1988) is an English transgender writer, presenter, editor, journalist, artist and comedian. She is famous for her commentary on LGBT+, women's, and mental health issues.[1][2][3] She is an editor-at-large at Dazed and has contributed features and comment journalism to The Guardian,[4] The Independent,[5] VICE, n+1, Attitude, Verso and others.

Shon Faye
Faye in 2017
Born (1988-03-27) 27 March 1988
Bristol, England
Writing career
Subjects
  • LGBT+ rights
  • Women's rights
  • Mental health
  • Left-wing / Progressive politics

Early life and education

Faye is from Bristol, where she is now based.[6] She studied Law.[7]

Career

The focus of Faye's editing and writing has been sexuality, feminism and mental health. She has written and appeared in two short films and her debut, 'Catechism',[8] was exhibited at the Tate Britain 'Queer British Art' exhibition throughout 2017. Shon presented an online video series called Shon This Way[9] for Novara Media in 2017, which dealt with queer politics and history. In a 2017 historical review for The Guardian, political columnist Owen Jones cited Faye, along with Paris Lees and Munroe Bergdorf, as emerging "brilliant trans voices".[10]

Faye has written campaigning for trans women to have access to rape and domestic violence services.[11] In 2018 she presented at Amnesty International's Women Making History event, where she gave a speech calling to "re-centre" underprivileged trans women.[12]

See also

References
  1. Faye, Shon. "Shon Faye On Changing The Conversation Around Trans Rights". British Vogue. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. Jones, Dylan (8 May 2019). "SHON FAYE: "Everyone's trying to out-woke each other - sometimes they're right but also, have a day off."". Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Campaigner Shon Faye shows exactly how you should deal with horrific anti-trans stickers - PinkNews ยท PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. "Shon Faye | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. "Shon Faye". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. Dommu, Rose (8 May 2018). "Shon Faye Calls for Centering of Trans Women in Feminist Movements Following Transphobic Petition". Out Magazine. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. "Shon Faye". Amnesty International UK. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. Dazed (2017-07-05). "This film turns society's queerphobia back on itself". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  9. "Shon This Way | Novara Media". Novara Media. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  10. Jones, Owen (2017-12-15). "Anti-trans zealots, know this: history will judge you". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  11. Faye, Shon (2017-11-21). "Trans women need access to rape and domestic violence services. Here's why | Shon Faye". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  12. Andersson, Jasmine (2018-05-20). "Shon Faye asks public to 'centre trans women' in Amnesty speech after petition called for her removal". Pink News. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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