Saylesh Wesley
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Re-storying colonial history through a trans anti-colonial lens
By Jamey Jesperson faces the uphill battle for visibility navigating academia as a trans woman studying anti-colonial histories. Her journey highlights the challenge in platforming and amplifying voices both like and unlike hers—critical in conveying the realities of trans histories. Jesperson’s dissertation stems from a challenge—and invitation—by Saylesh Wesley, a…