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:"Ex-footballer whose unflinching account of undergoing gender reassignment surgery this summer won her a loyal audience. Her blog was longlisted for last year's Orwell Prize; also writes for ''New Statesman'' and ''The Guardian''."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ios-pink-list-2012-journalists-8280457.html "IoS Pink List 2012: Journalists - News - People" ''The Independent'' 4 November 2012</ref> | :"Ex-footballer whose unflinching account of undergoing gender reassignment surgery this summer won her a loyal audience. Her blog was longlisted for last year's Orwell Prize; also writes for ''New Statesman'' and ''The Guardian''."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ios-pink-list-2012-journalists-8280457.html "IoS Pink List 2012: Journalists - News - People" ''The Independent'' 4 November 2012</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 21 May 2015
Juliet Jacques (born Redhill, Surrey 1981) is a journalist and LGBT activist, known for her work on the transgender experience, including her transition to being a trans woman.[1] She grew up in Horley, and went to school in Horsham, West Sussex.
She has written regular columns for The Guardian,[2] The New Statesman,[3] and published extensively on film in Filmwaves, Vertigo and Cineaste. She began writing a chronicle of her gender reassignment in 2010, for which she was longlisted for The Orwell Prize.[4]
She is an enthusiastic footballer, and won the Shield with the Brighton Bandits at the 2008 IGLFA World Cup.[5]
She was listed as a "National Treasure" in the Pink List 2011 and included in the separate list of Journalists in the Pink List 2012. The Pink List 2012 citation said:
- "Ex-footballer whose unflinching account of undergoing gender reassignment surgery this summer won her a loyal audience. Her blog was longlisted for last year's Orwell Prize; also writes for New Statesman and The Guardian."[6]
External links
- https://outinsouthlondon.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/coming-up-juliet-jacques/ Out in South London Interview with Juliet Jaques
References
Partly based on a Wikipedia article.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/02/transgender-journey Juliet Jacques "A transgender journey: part one" The Guardian 2 June 2012.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey "A transgender journey | Life and style" The Guardian
- ↑ http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/juliet_jacques "Juliet Jacques" The New Statesman
- ↑ http://theorwellprize.co.uk/longlists/filter/type-Blog%20Prize/year-2011/ "Long Lists" The Orwell Prize
- ↑ http://theorwellprize.co.uk/longlists/juliet-jacques/ "Juliet Jacques" The Orwell Prize
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ios-pink-list-2012-journalists-8280457.html "IoS Pink List 2012: Journalists - News - People" The Independent 4 November 2012
