Concept

Gender Free Diet is by and for trans community. It started as an Instagram account busting myths about Non-Binary identities and has developed into a digital community hub focusing on promoting genuine stories by and for trans people including news, creative projects and educational resources. Gender

Free Diet is a home for trans joy.

Having started the Gender Free Diet Instagram in late 2020, it immediately got positive reaction and a good number of interactions considering I didn’t promote it at all. I believe that developing the Instagram further into a website with associated social media accounts will work best because there is a lack of websites dedicated to the trans community and most social media accounts tend to be personal or meme accounts.

Within the last few years, the trans and Non-Binary community has received much wider public recognition both positive and negative, however the media has generally come from the perspective of cisgender people and mainly addressed the political debates. I think there should be an online space for people to come; both trans and cis, to learn about and be more involved within the community from people who identify as transgender or Non-Binary. Especially so as the public is becoming more and more aware of bias in the news and demanding more inclusive and appropriate representation.