Che Gossett is a trans femme writer, and archivist. They have written extensively on black and trans visibility, black trans aesthetics, racial capitalism, and queer, trans and black radicalism, resistance and abolition.

Early life

Gossett grew up in Massachusetts with their sibling, activist and filmmaker

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. They received their Doctorate in Women's and Gender Studies from

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in 2021.

Publications

They have published their writing in ''Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility,'' ''Death and Other Penalties: Continental Philosophers on Prisons and Capital Punishment, Transgender Studies Reader, The Scholar & Feminist Online,'' ''Los Angeles Review of Books,'' and ''Frieze.'' Gossett has lectured and performed at The

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and

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Fellowships and Awards

*Visiting Scholar, Oxford Centre for Life Writing (2023) * Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award from the American Studies Association (2014) * Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the City University of New York (2014) * Martin Duberman Research Scholar Award from the New York Public Library (2014) * 2017-2018 Queer Arts Mentor

References

Living people Writers from Massachusetts American transgender writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American LGBT people American non-binary writers {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub