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Palimpsests of trans rights: trans-positive stickers and the contestations of transphobia in public space

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Figure 1. Palimpsests of conflict are created when a sticker is partially or completely removed, covered up, written on, or otherwise altered or obscured, sometimes multiple times (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 1. Palimpsests of conflict are created when a sticker is partially or completely removed, covered up, written on, or otherwise altered or obscured, sometimes multiple times (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 2. Reading palimpsests of conflict on a lamppost in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh. The photos were taken, from left to right, on the 3rd, 4th, and 6th of October 2021. Each time, another layer had been added or removed (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 2. Reading palimpsests of conflict on a lamppost in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh. The photos were taken, from left to right, on the 3rd, 4th, and 6th of October 2021. Each time, another layer had been added or removed (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 3. Stickers that reflect solidarity between trans people, women, and broader LGBQ + communities/identities (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 3. Stickers that reflect solidarity between trans people, women, and broader LGBQ + communities/identities (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 4. Stickers rejecting singularising narratives of trans identities and providing celebratory recognition of diversity amongst trans people (Photos by Hannah Awcock).

Figure 4. Stickers rejecting singularising narratives of trans identities and providing celebratory recognition of diversity amongst trans people (Photos by Hannah Awcock).