All About Yves: Yves Rees Author Talk for Wear It Purple Day

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All About Yves tells their moving journey of re-becoming, at the same time laying bare the messiness of bodies, gender and identity.

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What does it mean to refuse your gender assignment and live outside the gender binary? Join writer <a href="https://www.yvesrees.com/" title="https://www.yvesrees.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Yves Rees</a>, author of trans memoir All About Yves: Notes from a transition, for a discussion about gender affirmation as an adult, sharing that experience with the world, and the importance of trans representation.Dr Yves Rees (they/them) is a writer and historian based on Wurundjeri land. They are a Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, the co-host of Archive Fever history podcast, and the author of the memoir <a href="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=571979" title="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=571979" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">All About Yves: Notes from a Transition</a>.They are also co-editor of <a href="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=594497" title="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=594497" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia</a>. Rees was awarded the 2020 ABR Calibre Essay Prize and a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship. Their writing has featured in the Guardian, The Age, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, Meanjin and Overland, among other publications. This event is for participants aged 18 years+

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