Shon Faye


Shon Faye is a British writer, presenter, editor, artist, comedian and an activist for LGBTQ, women's, and mental health rights. She is an editor-at-large at Dazed and has contributed features and comment journalism to The Guardian, The Independent, VICE, n+1, Attitude, Verso and others.

Life and work

The focus of Faye's editing and writing has been sexuality, feminism and mental health. She has written and appeared in two short films and her debut, 'Catechism', was exhibited at the Tate Britain 'Queer British Art' exhibition throughout 2017. Shon presented an online video series called Shon This Way for Novara Media in 2017, which dealt with queer politics and history. In a 2017 historical review for The Guardian, political columnist Owen Jones cited Faye, along with Paris Lees and Munroe Bergdorf, as emerging "brilliant trans voices".
Faye has written campaigning for trans women to have access to rape and domestic violence services. In 2018 she presented at Amnesty International's Women Making History event, where she gave a speech calling to "re-centre" underprivileged trans women.