Couched

Reconfiguring Transitional Space: Queer Negativity, Trans Imaginaries, and Impossible Bodies

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Jul 17, 2025
In a thought-provoking conversation, Kris Grey, a New York City-based transgender artist known for challenging binaries, teams up with Griffin Hansbury, a psychoanalyst and author exploring queer negativity. They delve into creative resistance against anti-trans sentiments while discussing how negative emotions fuel artistic expression. The duo also examines the complexities of trans identity, public rage, and the reclamation of narratives around the 'impossible body.' Their insights reveal a powerful tapestry of queer existences and the significance of community in navigating resistance.
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INSIGHT

Creativity As Queer Survival

  • Kris Grey says creativity and community-building provide a sidestep from consensus reality and sustain queer resilience.
  • They use collaborative art to imagine worlds that resist assimilation and make space for queer belonging.
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Queer Negativity As Resistance

  • Griffin Hansbury names queer negativity as resistance to assimilation and enforced optimism.
  • He frames persistence and rage, not hope, as a sustainable queer stance against current hostility.
ANECDOTE

Oscar The Grouch Birthday

  • Griffin recalls choosing an Oscar the Grouch cake at age three as an early sign of misfit identity and grouchy trans negativity.
  • He uses that memory to illustrate dwelling in negative affect rather than being forced into optimism.
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