# Event Details - **Event Name**: TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 am – Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 05:30 pm - **Event Description**: The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) & Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality (BiGS) forum co-convene the 2nd annual TVCE SymposiumAbout this EventExisiting Otherwise – The 2nd Annual TVCE Symposium24th July 2025 | Birkbeck, University of LondonFree | Hybrid | Trans+ LedThe Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE), in collaboration with Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality Forum (BiGS), are proud to co-convene this year’s symposium under the theme, Existing Otherwise. Together we have invited trans+ artists, scholars, activists, and their allies to explore existence itself as a radical method.At a time when trans+ lives are increasingly governed, scrutinised, and contested across legal, medical, and cultural domains, we turn toward generative possibilities: what does it mean to foreground ways of living, knowing, and relating that exceed, evolve, reframe, or refuse the normative structures through which legitimacy is policed and normativity enforced? How might queerness not only survive, but flourish, connect, and continually remake the world otherwise?? On the theme of Exisiting OtherwiseExisting Otherwise centres the already-present: the lived, embodied, fugitive, and relational practices through which trans+ people continue to create and transform the conditions of the present. Delegates and presenters will consider the expansive possibilities of trans+ spaces; how wisdom, learning, and celebration are fostered through engaging with and recognising one another across the full breadth of trans+ experience: including elders, the global majority, disabled and neurodivergent people, and the many other intersectional dialogues that shape individual lives. Rather than knowledge flowing in any single direction, we invite a model of mutual exchange, where every identity and position is understood as both a source of insight and a site of learning. We therefore invite our community on the day to collaboratively explore how, across all our differences, we might sustain more expansive, connected futures.? Programme & AccessTickets for our 2025 event sold out. Early-Bird and First Wave In-Person tickets for 2026 have also gone. We have now released a second wave of In-Person tickets!Tickets are free. While we’re unable to offer financial support for travel or accommodation, we’ve ensured all ticketing remains cost-free to maximise access.Please note your access or support requirements when registering for tickets.?Line UpIn-Person ExclusiveNic Aaron (they/them) - Birkbeck University of LondonBeing Trans and not Complying in AdvanceChristene Adiele (she/they) - Birkbeck University of LondonGlitter and Graft: Visibility, Belonging and the Space BetweenEmmett Alexander (he/they) - University of StirlingAcknowledging realities, and imagining alternatives: What does a good life look like to you?Eleanor Beaton (she/her) - University of EdinburghWho is the legitimate subject of trans research? Or, if you’d asked me that summer what a hospital was…Avi Ben-Zeev (he/him) - San Francisco State UniversityOur Trans* and Nonbinary Stories: A Writing WorkshopRaphael Bez-Cryer (he/him) - University of ManchesterLooking Otherwise: Visualising Trans in Photography Over the Last 100 YearsGiulia Casalini (they/them) and Niya B (she/her)We Are HereOscar Davies (they/them) - Garden Court ChambersThe Binary Trap: Imagining Intersex and Non-Binary Recognition Beyond the Limits of Current UK LawLeslie Deere (she/they) - Guildhall School of Music and DramaHeld Interval: An Embodied Listening SessionDane Eissler (they/he/it) - Trans Art Institute of Creative Research, USA & Liverpool John Moores University, UKDisruptions from ElsewhereSega Halsall (he/him) & Kenya Sterling (he/they) - Queer CircleRemapping MasculinityK. A. Harper (she/they) - [independent]Everything is the past, rehashedSammy Holden (they/them) - TVCEA Collective ScreamHafren Jones (she/faer); Jamie Jewkes (he/they); Sandra Duffy Golden (they/she) - University of BristolWhat do Bristol trans futures look like?Amanda Kamanda (she/her) - Minority Inclusion Front UKThe Manifesto and Flashmob of resistanceAlice Kentridge (they/them) and Iggy Robinson (they/them) - Queer Dream Matrix"The pink octopus beckons me”: trans social dreamingS Lamble (they/them) and Nim Ralph (they/them) - Birkbeck University of London & [independent]Rethinking Trans Safety: A workshop on building transformative approachesAsha Okasili-Henry (they/he) - Birkbeck University of LondonReclaiming the Monster: Transgender Horror and Individual LegibilityCole Matthews (they/he) - Cardiff UniversityTrans+ Collage WorkshopKae Rose(any) and Sarah Boira (they/them) - Birkbeck University of London & University of SussexWhere Do These Porous Bodies End? A Workshop on Eco-IdentityMusa Sharples (he/they) - University of BrightonDIY HRT and Liberated FuturesNat Stepanovic (they/she) - UCLInbetweens: Non-Binary Images Across MediaMax Strassfeld (he/they) - University of Southern CaliforniaBuilding an Archive: an introduction to zine makingIn-Person (and hybrid)Matteo Bassetti (he/they) - University of EssexDefining pathologization as torture: graphic auto-ethnography of a legal thesisDaniela Blanco (she/her) - Birkbeck University of London / Federeal University of Rio de Janeiro (Capes-PIPD)Butler, Carson’s, and Antigone’s Claim: Challenging Norms of Kinship and GenderRaich Frith (they/them) - Queen Mary University of LondonMyths, Monsters and the Meaning of Names in Trans+ LawAurelia Guo (she/her) - Goldsmiths University of LondonMcNally, Desire and KnowledgeRae Harrington (they/them) - Mayor of London's OfficeThe significance of everyday conversation in the pursuit of trans and non-binary selfhoodThomas Jeram-West (they/them) - University of Chichester‘Telephone’ – A fugitive teach-in exploring transmission and inheritanceSusie Jolly (any) & Thi Bogossian (they/them)This is Not About Breastsapril forrest lin 林森 (they/them)dancing on the soft knifeHina Baloch (she/they) - SOAS, University of LondonThe Border Begins HereEK Myerson (they/them)Magic with EK - Episode 147: Transsexual illusionsZoë Playdon (she/her) - University of LondonPrecarious Lives: Telling Trans Elders StoriesNina Rivera (she/her/siya) - the centric labJoy in Precarity: Karaoke as RematriationSabine Sharp (they/them) - University of ManchestertbcIssy Stephens (she/they) & Nella Gocał-Mcconkey (he/him) - WILD Young Parents ProjectNellaLucy Lamia Tatarusanu (she/they) - Goldsmiths University of LondonAfter A CenturyOnline ExclusiveHosted by Mika Gratzke - (they/them) Scotland's Rural College & TVCE MemberDaniel Holiday (they/them) - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USALet's Make A Community Zine About Being Trans in Academia!Sacha Mead (they/them) - University of BrightonBreathing. Being. Bound: experiences of a nonbinary, transmasculine, white-passing, working-class sculptor in the face of oppressionHeather Sincavage (she/her) - Wilkes University, USAto hold is to be held: the work of untying?️‍⚧️ What to expectIn keeping with TVCE’s queer de-centre strategy, the symposium will host contributions that disrupt and subvert the norms of traditional academic spaces. Expect a dynamic mix of presentations, performances, workshops, teach-ins, unpanels, dialogues, installations, and interventions. These sessions are designed not only to share knowledge but to reimagine how knowledge is held, felt, and co-created.Please check back here or follow TVCE on Bluesky or Linkedin for updates. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/tvce-x-bigs-existing-otherwise-a-trans-symposium/100001990629811352 - **Event Categories**: business, workshops, art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes - Location: Birkbeck, University of London - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Birkbeck, University of London - **lat**: 51.5219679 - **long**: -0.1302543 - **full address**: Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/5408e0db49922a63ad5cd40f36d7a87c4458cde955ff629f4983720650dae1f0-rimg-w1080-h1080-dcfefefe-gmir.jpg?v=1780232439 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium being held? - **A:** TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium takes place on Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 am to Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 05:30 pm at Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium? - **A:** TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium is organized by Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** TVCE x BiGS Existing Otherwise: A Trans+ Symposium is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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