Oliver Radclyffe
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Oliver Radclyffe
@oliverradclyffe.bsky.social
Sort-of Englishman sometimes in New York
FRIGHTEN THE HORSES out now from Roxane Gay Books
I've just published an essay explaining the different ways in which being trans may shortly become incompatible with living in America - please read if you get the chance x open.substack.com/pub/oliverra...
I don't want to leave
but I may not have a choice
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wrote an essay on Substack about how we didn't have enough time before United States v. Skrmetti to do the work we needed to do - I hope you'll read it
open.substack.com/pub/oliverra...
The Supreme Court Ruling
we didn't have enough time
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I just published a new Substack essay about the levels of anxiety and fear for our safety that trans people are currently living under - please give it a read if you have a moment
oliverradclyffe.substack.com/p/afraid-to-...
Afraid to Fly
And not because I'm scared of heights
oliverradclyffe.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I made the @electriclit.bsky.social end of year list, which makes me exceedingly proud since they were the first literary journal to publish one of my stories. Here's to all the other great trans writers out there published by this fantastic magazine! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
Electric Lit's Best Nonfiction of 2024 - Electric Literature
Books by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sheila Heti, and Hanif Abdurraqib are among the year's most-loved nonfiction.
electricliterature.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM
very good article by @moiradonegan.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on US vs Skrmetti which explains exactly how transphobia hides in VERY plain sight www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How did transgender children in the US become so politicized? | Moira Donegan
The US supreme court seems poised to uphold a flimsy and bad-faith Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I published an essay on my Substack today as part of @juliaserano.bsky.social's #LGBTQNotGoingBack mass action campaign. If you want to hear my thoughts about political backsliding on trans rights, please give it a read. oliverradclyffe.substack.com/p/lgbtq-peop...
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back
Not because we shouldn't, but because we can't
oliverradclyffe.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Reposted by Oliver Radclyffe
Democrats' backsliding on LGBTQ+ rights must stop now! here is my proposed action. Please share widely and please let me know if you plan to participate! #LGBTQNotGoingBack
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/planned-ac...
or Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/planned-acti...
Planned Action for LGBTQ+ & Allies in Response to Democrats Capitulating on Trans Rights
As most of you are aware, since Kamala Harris’s election loss (which trans people were not in charge of nor responsible for), Democratic politicians and pundits have been signaling that they plan to t...
juliaserano.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 PM