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When we ask how we are with one another, what are the fibers of with? What are the threads that let us hang together and warm each other, pull apart but not isolate? I want to track, here, the lines of trans resistance not only but especially through the cotton, polyester, and wool fibers in and through which trans people negotiate home. From drag balls and clothing swaps to everyday dress, textiles play a critical role in our histories, our presents, and our futures. But our textilic refusals and creations are more than that. They are also traceable in how we seam our gender ways, fold our gender communities, and fray our gender thoughts.

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