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Reporting on Trans Rights in China
A conversation with Lavender Au, who wrote about China’s strict policy requiring parental consent for trans people seeking gender-affirming surgery, no matter their age, for our Bodies issue.
Under Supervision
Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.
Butcher Ding
“I never expected that tai chi sword would become a special type of physical therapy for me.”
Writing About Erasure
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
Apostrophe’s Dream
“They have been friends all their lives, living in close quarters in a typesetter’s drawer.”
The Orange Tree
“Tiananmen Tower was flooded with the orange-red faces of the young guards. / People wandered and wasted away.”
Coming of Age
“We’d grown up fast, working away from home, and had had to face the world and all its temptations on our own.”
Poems from “A Summer Day in the Company of Ghosts”
“You Tell Me You Miss Those Slow-Paced Days of the Past,” “A Brief History of Love” and “Haiku Aspirin”