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Taking The Lane#15: True Trans Bike Rebel
True Trans Bike Rebel is the fifteenth issue of Taking the Lane feminist bike zine. This issue is guest edited by Lydia Rogue and is dedicated to transgender and nonbinary folks talking about the power of bicycling in their lives.
What's inside?
A woman sets off on a long-distance tour across the desert, where she finds the courage she needs to continue back at home
The executive director of a major advocacy organization walks us through his coming-out process and the precedent it set
A young person survives hardships at school to find solace and identity in nature
Contemplating the parallels of building a bicycle and crafting a body
Who is this zine for? What's it about?
If you're interested in bicycling and feminism, this zine is for you, no matter what your gender!
Taking the Lane has always explored gender and bicycling and been a home for trans and nonbinary voices, but when people talk about it, the presupposition is often that it's for and by women. But one of the goals of the zine has always been to break down gender norms and the power structures and barriers that go with them, and a big part of that is questioning the fixed idea of gender itself.
This issue brings that mission to the forefront, while containing super excellent and compelling personal essays from writers worth listening to. Enjoy!
By the way, the title was inspired by the amazing song True Trans Soul Rebel by Laura Jane Grace from the Against Me album Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
What's inside?
A woman sets off on a long-distance tour across the desert, where she finds the courage she needs to continue back at home
The executive director of a major advocacy organization walks us through his coming-out process and the precedent it set
A young person survives hardships at school to find solace and identity in nature
Contemplating the parallels of building a bicycle and crafting a body
Who is this zine for? What's it about?
If you're interested in bicycling and feminism, this zine is for you, no matter what your gender!
Taking the Lane has always explored gender and bicycling and been a home for trans and nonbinary voices, but when people talk about it, the presupposition is often that it's for and by women. But one of the goals of the zine has always been to break down gender norms and the power structures and barriers that go with them, and a big part of that is questioning the fixed idea of gender itself.
This issue brings that mission to the forefront, while containing super excellent and compelling personal essays from writers worth listening to. Enjoy!
By the way, the title was inspired by the amazing song True Trans Soul Rebel by Laura Jane Grace from the Against Me album Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
128 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2018
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July 27, 2021
This was a really interesting read for me. I got it from a Kickstarter my wife supported. I expected the trans side of things to resonate with me; I wasn’t sure about the bike stuff. In some ways, that’s part of my personal history that I’d kind of forgotten. A perceived gender and an actual country ago, if I wasn’t walking to get somewhere I was cycling, unless I had somebody else’s help (either paid or unpaid). For various reasons, I didn’t have a driver’s license until my 30s and spent most of the time before that living in places too small to support public transit. Most of my cycling was either for pleasure (especially when I was younger) or local. The longest trip I ever took was about 100km on kind of the spur of the moment. (I ended up asking family to pick me and my bicycle up to get back home).
The writings in this zine felt very personal. So perhaps it’s fitting that I connected them to the stories in my own life.
The writings in this zine felt very personal. So perhaps it’s fitting that I connected them to the stories in my own life.
June 2, 2019
I can't say I know much about cycling or being trans so this was an insightful collection of essays incorporating both. A very sensitive yet honest and realistic approach.
May 17, 2021
Eclectic essay collection covering the many sides of cycling from a trans perspective. Great to read diverse voices in cycling; more of these kinds of publications please!
July 1, 2025
What a thoughtful collection of essays/writings on biking, queerness, nature, and the overall experience of not quite fitting in. A meaningful and well put together book
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