Trans Performance Now: Glitching cisgenderism

该奖学金将为新一波跨主导的研究提供基础设施，研究顺式（非反式）监管（也称为“顺性别主义”）和跨自我决定主义之间的文化紧张关系。PI，作为一个跨女性和领先的性能学者，将提供如何英国和苏格兰政府的性别承认法案（GRA）在2017-20磋商影响的委托，生产和跨主导的文化实践的接收的第一个主要研究。作为众多“跨文化”的一种，跨文化表演者在过去的十年里一直以通过自传体作品质疑跨文化生活经验而闻名。然而，这些艺术家中的许多人已经注意到，有必要超越场地规划文化，将跨性别表演视为主要的教育（让顺性人了解跨性别者的个人创伤）。为了回应这种需要，这个团契提出了一个问题：除了个人见证之外，什么是表演中的“跨性别”？是什么让一个舞台设计“trans-informed”？作为一种超越性别认同的文化/政治立场，“跨性别”提供了什么？在调查这些职位时，该奖学金将为一个为期5年的遗产计划提供基础设施，该计划将跨性别和非二元体验作为公平和公正社会的重要组成部分。在及时性方面，在GRA 20周年之际，该奖学金将评估这项立法的文化影响。也就是说，该奖学金引用了欧洲理事会（2021年）关于打击对LGBTI人群的仇恨的报告，以及在英国政府支持“反跨性别”政策的时代，它对跨性别领导的创造性实践的紧急呼吁。为了调查英国政治史上的这一关键时期，该项目的第一阶段将提供关于跨性别艺术家如何应对这一转变的新的初步研究。这将包括采访以及委托新的作品，以研究如何制作trans-led作品。第二阶段将为PI提供来自领先的跨文化艺术家和学者的指导计划，以改变跨文化在戏剧和表演研究中的概念化方式。第三阶段将是举办公共活动，并开发出版物，将“故障女权主义”作为一种集中生活经验的方式，超越严格的分类（如种族，性别，阶级和性取向）。该项目是与我们的合作伙伴国王头剧院（KHT）（伦敦），特隆剧院（格拉斯哥）和现场剧院（纽卡斯尔）沿着与跨学习伙伴关系（TLP）和好奇的艺术合作开发的。这些合作伙伴具有独特的优势，可以为英国不同地区提供高影响力的路线，以收集和传播项目成果。KHT已承诺在未来5年内实施一项酷儿和跨性别主导的项目计划。他们的合作艺术家包括酷儿之家，这是英国领先的酷儿演员经纪公司。Live Theatre是一家领先的制作剧院，Tron Theatre是实验剧院的中心。TLP汇集了英国跨性别福利最前沿的组织-性别智能（GI），美人鱼和LGBT基金会-并将该项目与对跨性别领导的创造力感兴趣的跨性别受众联系起来。好奇的艺术是一个慈善机构，冠军LGBTQ+文化在东北部，并导致酷儿艺术北方网络，汇集了类似的合作伙伴在英格兰北部，包括跨创意（曼彻斯特）和同性恋（利物浦）。TLP和好奇号将提供影响英国各地LGBTQ+组织的路线。因此，这个项目将提供第一个主要的研究方法和技术的故障顺法律的和社会偏好，规范跨自我决定论。PI将与场馆合作，与跨性别和非二元艺术家合作，并举办新的活动，为艺术家和研究人员开发新的关键资源。

This fellowship will provide the foundational infrastructure for a new wave of trans-led research investigating the cultural tensions between cis (non-trans) regulation (otherwise termed 'cisgenderism') and trans self-determinism. The PI, as a trans woman and leading performance scholar, will provide the first major study of how the UK and Scottish government's Gender Recognition Act (GRA) consultations in 2017-20 impacted the commissioning, production, and reception of trans-led cultural practices. As one of many 'trans cultures', trans performance makers have been celebrated over the last decade for interrogating trans lived experiences through autobiographical works. Yet, many of these artists have noted a need to move beyond venue programming cultures that frame trans performance as principally educational (for cis people to learn about trans personal trauma). In response to this need, this fellowship asks what is 'transness' in performance beyond personal testimony? What makes a stage design 'trans-informed'? What does 'transness' afford as a cultural/political standpoint beyond gender identity? In investigating these positions, this fellowship will provide the foundational infrastructure for a 5-year legacy plan that centres trans and nonbinary experiences as vital to a fair and just society. In terms of timeliness, in the 20th anniversary year of the GRA this fellowship will assess the cultural impact of this legislation. Namely, the fellowship cites the Council of Europe (2021) report on combating hate against LGBTI people and its urgent call for trans-led creative practices in an era when - what the report describes as - 'anti-trans' policies are supported by the UK government. To investigate this critical period in UK political history, the first stage of the project will deliver new primary research on how trans artists have reacted to this shift. This will include interviews as well as commissioning new works to study how trans-led works are produced. The second stage will provide the PI with a mentoring programme from leading trans artists and academics to change how trans cultures are conceptualised in theatre and performance studies. The third stage will be to host public events and develop publications that platform 'glitch feminism' as one way of centring lived experiences that exceed strict categorization (such as race, gender, class, and sexuality). The project has been developed in collaboration with our partners Kings Head Theatre (KHT) (London), Tron Theatre (Glasgow) and Live Theatre (Newcastle) along with the Trans Learning Partnership (TLP) and Curious Arts. These partners are uniquely positioned to provide high impact routes to different regions of the UK for collecting and disseminating the project findings. The KHT has committed to a programme of queer and trans-led projects over the next 5-years. Their Associate Artists include The Queer House, which is the UK's leading queer only casting agency. Live Theatre is a leading producing theatre, and the Tron Theatre is a hub of experimental theatre. The TLP brings together the UK organisations at the forefront of trans wellbeing - Gendered Intelligence (GI), Mermaids, and the LGBT Foundation - and will connect the project with trans audiences interested in trans-led creativity. Curious Arts are a charity that champions LGBTQ+ cultures in the North East and leads the Queer Arts North Network, which brings together similar partners across the North of England including Trans Creative (Manchester) and Homotopia (Liverpool). The TLP and Curious will offer routes to impact LGBTQ+ orgs across the UK. Consequently, this project will deliver the first major study on the creative methods and techniques of glitching cis legal and social preferences that regulate trans self-determinism. The PI will collaborate with venues, work with trans and nonbinary artists, and host new events to develop new critical resources for artists and researchers.