Trans Performance Now: Glitching cisgenderism

这项研究将为新一轮跨性别领导的研究提供基础设施，该研究旨在调查顺式(非跨性)管制(也称为顺性性别主义)和跨性别者自我决定论之间的文化紧张关系。作为一名跨性别女性和领先的表演学者，PI将提供第一个重大研究，了解英国和苏格兰政府2017-20年的性别认可法案(GRA)咨询如何影响跨性别领导的文化实践的委托、制作和接受。作为众多跨性文化之一，跨性别者表演者在过去十年里因通过自传体作品询问跨性别者的生活经历而闻名。然而，这些艺术家中的许多人已经注意到，有必要超越将跨性表演框定为主要是教育的场馆编程文化(为了让独联体人了解跨性个人创伤)。为了回应这一需要，这个团契提出了一个问题，除了个人证词之外，表演中的“超脱”是什么？是什么让舞台设计变得“信息灵通”？作为一种超越性别认同的文化/政治立场，“变性”提供了什么？在调查这些职位时，这一奖学金将为一项为期5年的遗留计划提供基础设施，该计划将跨性别和非二元经验作为对公平和公正社会至关重要的中心。在及时性方面，在GRA成立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委员会(2021年)关于打击对LGBTI人的仇恨的报告，并紧急呼吁在报告所述的反跨性别者政策得到英国政府支持的时代，以跨性别者为主导的创造性实践。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新的初步研究，以了解跨性别艺术家对这一转变的反应。这将包括采访以及委托新作品来研究跨境主导的作品是如何产生的。第二阶段将为跨性别艺术家和学者提供指导计划，以改变跨文化在戏剧和表演研究中的概念。第三个阶段是主办公共活动，并开发出版物，以此作为超越严格分类(如种族、性别、阶级和性)的生活经历的一种集中方式。该项目是与我们的合作伙伴Kings Head Theatre(KHT)(伦敦)、Tron Theatre(格拉斯哥)和Live Theatre(NewCastle)以及跨学习伙伴关系(TLP)和好奇艺术一起开发的。这些合作伙伴处于独特的地位，可以为英国不同地区提供高影响力的路线，以收集和传播项目调查结果。KHT承诺在未来5年内实施一项由同性恋和跨性别领导的项目计划。他们的联合艺人包括酷儿之家，这是英国领先的唯一酷儿选角机构。LIVE剧院是领先的制作剧院，TRON剧院是实验剧院的中心。TLP将处于跨性别幸福前沿的英国组织--性别智力(GI)、美人鱼和LGBT基金会--聚集在一起，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。好奇艺术是一家支持东北部LGBTQ+文化的慈善机构，并领导着酷儿艺术北方网络，该网络将英格兰北部的类似合作伙伴聚集在一起，包括Trans Creative(曼彻斯特)和Homotopia(利物浦)。TLP和好奇号将提供影响英国LGBTQ+组织的路线。因此，这个项目将提供第一个重大研究，以创新的方法和技术的故障独联体法律和社会偏好，以规范跨性别者自决。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批判性资源。

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.