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Quantum Leap
Shakina Nayfack
Quantum Leap
Shakina Nayfack

I wrote, produced, directed, and guest starred on NBC’s Quantum Leap as an Executive Story Editor. Check out clips from my episodes here.

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Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club
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Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club
Shakina Nayfack

Shakina’s Drama League Award Winning play is available on Audible now, produced in partnership with Audible Theatre and The Williamstown Theater Festival.

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Smart Girls Advocate for Transgender Rights
Shakina Nayfack
Smart Girls Advocate for Transgender Rights
Shakina Nayfack

Some people say feminism is about women being treated equally to men. Actually, that’s really just a great side effect of feminism. What feminism is really about is dismantling the systems of power that create and maintain gender inequality in the first place...

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Diary of a Trans Actress on the Road...in North Carolina
Shakina Nayfack
Diary of a Trans Actress on the Road...in North Carolina
Shakina Nayfack

Theatre-maker and activist, Shakina Nayfack, takes her solo show on tour in one of the most dangerous places to be trans. Her goal: education and acceptance through art.

Originally published on Playbill.com as part of their 2016 Pride Coverage under the title "Diary of a Trans Actress on the Road...in North Carolina" 

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Manifest Pussy
Shakina Nayfack
Manifest Pussy
Shakina Nayfack

Not many people get a second shot at virginity. It’s a particular blessing of the post-op transgender experience that I didn’t expect would weigh so heavily upon me.

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Letter to the Revolution
Shakina Nayfack
Letter to the Revolution
Shakina Nayfack
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MY FIRST REAL DATE AS A WOMAN
Shakina Nayfack
MY FIRST REAL DATE AS A WOMAN
Shakina Nayfack

In my last BrokeAssStuart blog I wrote about the lack of mediatized representations of transgender people as complex, loving, sexual, and emotional beings. I also wrote that all the guys I had met online were interested in sex but not interested in taking me on an actual date. In what follows, I’m happy to prove myself wrong on both counts.

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Post-Op Update: 6 months and counting
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Post-Op Update: 6 months and counting
Shakina Nayfack

It’s been a while since I’ve shared anything about my process. A couple months ago I hit a wall...

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I am a little boat
Shakina Nayfack
I am a little boat
Shakina Nayfack

I am a little boat
floating farther and farther away
from shore...

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Post-Op Update: 4 Months – Keepin’ It Open
Shakina Nayfack
Post-Op Update: 4 Months – Keepin’ It Open
Shakina Nayfack

Someday in the not-too-distant future I’m going to write an update about how fun it is to live pain-free and how enjoyable my new vagina has become. This is not that day...

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