12 Facts About Travis Alabanza

Travis Alabanza was born on 15 November 1995 and is a British performance artist, writer and theatre maker.

Later that year, Travis Alabanza went on tour for their theatre show Stories of a Queer Brown Muddy Kid, performing at clubs, bookstores, and performance venues across the United Kingdom and abroad.

In 2016, Travis Alabanza starred in the five star roundhouse production of Putting Words in Your Mouth by Scottee.

Travis Alabanza released their first chapbook titled Before I Step Outside.

Travis Alabanza has critiqued mainstream feminism for having been rooted in transphobia and mainstream feminists for often neglecting trans and gender non-conforming people in their discussions of progress.

Overflow, written by Travis Alabanza, directed by Debbie Hannan, and starring Reece Lyons, was produced by the Bush Theatre in London in 2020 and 2021.

In 2022, Travis Alabanza released their debut full-length semi-autobiographical non-fiction book None of the Above: My Life Beyond the Binary.

Travis Alabanza was born in Bristol and grew up on a council estate.

Travis Alabanza began with their poems just as drafts on their phone, thinking they'd never show them to anyone else.

Travis Alabanza speaks out for trans rights and the importance of safe spaces and communities for gender non-conforming and transgender people.

In November 2017, Travis Alabanza was denied access to a female dressing room while shopping at Topshop in Manchester, the fashion retailer owned at the time by Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group.

Travis Alabanza accused Topshop of going against their policy to allow trans individuals to use the dressing rooms associated with their preferred gender.