Xander King

Cis-Supremacist Pasts: Constructing a History Against Contemporary Trans Equality This paper uses Cal Horton’s theory of Cis-Supremacy to demonstrate the interplay of trans exclusionist histories and contemporary cis power structures. The paper, through this preliminary discussion,...

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

I'm pleased to say my article 'Cis-Supremacist Pasts: Constructing a History Against Contemporary Trans Equality' has been published today with International Public History and it is fully open access!

Check it out here:

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

3.24 — Next Xander King et al. discusses ‘Refitting in dry dock: Considering archaeological naval cemetery populations through commingling and fragmented human remains’ 🪖🪦🦴 #BABAO2025

Help the Shaban Family Evacuate Gaza Hi All,

Ahmed's donations have really slowed and he's struggling. Anyone willing to match my £10?
chuffed.org/project/1249...

Mahmoud’s family is starving and needs help getting food and medical treatment - donate here if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-mahmo...

Guest Post: ‘British archaeology following the Supreme Court ruling on Trans Rights’ by Owen Hurcum Foreword Following the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC guidance on trans rights in the UK I pitched an article on my experience as an archaeologist in the immediate aftermath of these events to a wel…

Guest Post: ‘British archaeology following the Supreme Court ruling on Trans Rights’ by Owen Hurcum howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/g... with link to a connected 'Archaeodeath Interview' on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEn... @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social

The good news is that she won’t cause trans people will exist forevermore and she won’t let herself know peace as long as we breathe soooo

Thanks to Owen for organising and inviting me on my most fun dig yet! Echoing the thanks to my amazing volunteers who hauled dirt and drew too many contexts. When's next season?

Support Raed & Maisa's Family القصة Hello my friends I'm Ronya and I'm the host of Raed & Maisa's Family Fundraiser. Raed is my dear friend from Gaza. His family consists of Raed 38, Maisa 37, Fares 15, Adam 13, Lana 7. They are...

Maisa used to be on here but unfortunately her account continues to be reported and shut down.

She has a campaign for donations on PayPal - others have verified her before, so you can donate here if you can.

www.paypal.com/pools/c/9hgv...

Combating Oppression with New Commemorations Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage. Presenting case s...

Some exciting publication news! Mine and Colleen Morgan's (@clmorgan.bsky.social) chapter on the archaeology of the National Transgender Memorial in Manchester has just been published in this exciting edited collection by Chris Fennell!

www.routledge.com/Combating-Op...

Malak is a real Palestinian trying to raise funds for herself and her disabled sister, but is constantly pushed off of the website by the cruelty and racist of the mods on here.

Please donate and share the link to her fundraiser widely: chuffed.org/project/help...

Direct aid saves lives! If you can't donate, engage to boost the algorithm. Support Osama here ⤵️

gofund.me/3bd90cbf

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...

Yall...

The news is so bad... the prices are so high. Getting mortifying reports from the fams. We're going to try to do quicker transfers over the weekend if needed. It's catastrophe.

chuffed.org/project/hope...

It’s been devastating to watch Mohammed’s family lose weight due to starvation while trying to raise funds online

Please, if you can, donate here: chuffed.org/project/1377...

Give 8 Innocent Souls a Chance to Survive the War We are a Palestinian family from Gaza, made up of 8 members. Before the war, we lived a simple life with dignity. Our father worked hard to provide for us, and we had a home—a place of warmth,…

WE HAVE 24 HOURS TO KEEP A FAM HOUSED. As we highlight Nya for the giving circle, she’s facing eviction. Her disabled parents CAN’T be in the street.

Nya wrote on Chuffed days ago: “You left me to face my family's fate alone.”

Prove her wrong. We’ll match 100. 0/1000 chuffed.org/project/help...

University staff to strike after "disgraceful" job cuts plans Bournemouth University staff will begin four days of strike action on Wednesday in opposition to a “devastating attack” by the university.

I know there's a LOT going on right now (waves hand inarticulately at the world) - this is just a small part but a part nonetheless
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522297...

So the University of York has now moved all future meetings on this matter to online only, capped attendance at 12, and sent me an email asking me to cancel my place at the next one...

Sure sounds like they want to listen to trans people. Fucking Spineless!

Got any leftover money at the end of the week? Match, double or half my £7?

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Only thing from Bournemouth so far although an academic has been on the radio discussing how this judgement has brought a return to "civility"

My open letter to the EDI Team at the University of York in response to their 28th April Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Guidance.

If you also want to contact York with your concerns you can email them at equality@york.ac.uk. We won't go down quietly.

So my home institution, the University of York, has just published a statement about the Supreme Court ruling. To say this statement is distressing is an understatement. It appears the Uni of York intends to segregate its trans users... 1/?

york.ac.uk/students/news/2025/supreme-court-statement/

Trans. Men. Are. Not. A. Gotcha.

I think what a lot of people don't realise is how manufactured transphobia is as a policy point in the UK.

Trans people get basically no mention in the 2010 and 2015 Manifesto's for any major party. Come 2017 and 2019 the work of trans activists has ensured that Labour, LibDems, and SNP, have...

Theres no one property that *is* "Biological Sex". Changing even one of the properties that make up the cluster is making concrete and real changes to your sex, and the act of transition makes profound changes to many of them. Trans men grow prostate tissue, women develop a hormonal cycle,

Turning up for my first lecture on variation and already knowing all the sexual diamorphism language from having stuff shouted at me over the years

As bio anths, we really need to examine our role in this and challenge bio essentialism and the harm that our work is causing my/our community because fucking hell

Dont know if i can ever forgive the people that still chose to vote labour despite telling me they disagree with their transphobia thanks for letting me know i was disposable

I donated £50 to help this family - if 10 of you just commit to donating £5 each, that’s £100 in total right there.

Please don’t second guess how much even a small donation and a share can have - join me in donating to and sharing this call for support!

Unpopular opinion of the day no.2: I don't think blaming people who couldn't bring themselves to vote for a(nother) apologist for genocide is quite the own you think it is