MX. SLY
Writer, Performance Artist, and Producer

 

Photo by Sly Feiticeira
Note: The photographer, Sly Feiticeira, is a different “Sly” than Mx. Sly the author

A photo of Mx. Sly, captured by their colleague, Sly Feiticeira. The photo shows Mx. Sly from the chest up. They stand in a white room with a window behind them. They are a white non-binary person, elf-life in appearance, with an undercut and short grey-brown hair.  A dark grey t-shirt hangs off their slight frame and breasts. On the window ledge behind them are delicate origami boxes, folded from brightly-coloured paper. They look away from the camera; the point of their focus unseen in the photo. Mx. Sly’s lips are slightly parted. Their facial expression is focused and curious, but also enigmatic.

Pronouns: they/them
Mx. is a gender-neutral version of Mr. or Ms., and is pronounced “mix”
Sly is my last name and is pronounced like the English-language word “sly”
You can refer to me as Mx. Sly or just as Sly

 

PUBLISHED LITERARY WORKS

  • Do Trans People Dream of Nonbinary Sheep?
    Co-Edited by Mx. Sly and Jove Nazatul with Dalbir Singh
    Canada’s first trans and non-binary performance anthology
    Upcoming with Playwrights Canada Press in 2024-25

  • Transland: Consent, Kink & Pleasure
    by Mx. Sly
    Mx Sly’s fiery and revealing debut memoir
    Published in 2023 in paperback and ebook form by ARSENAL PULP PRESS and in audiobook form by ECW Press

  • Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts
    Co-Edited by Peter Dickinson, CE Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver, and Dalbir Singh
    Published in 2018 by Playwrights Canada Press
    This anthology included Mx. Sly and Jonathan Seinen’s play Charisma Furs

ORIGINAL Performance Works

  • How to Self-Suspend (2019)
    Written and Performed by Mx. Sly
    Directed and Choreographed by Justin Many Fingers

  • Serenity Wild (2017)
    Written by Mx. Sly
    Directed by Audrey Dwyer

  • Charisma Furs (2015-17)
    Created by Mx. Sly and Jonathan Seinen
    Performed by Mx. Sly

long Bio

Mx. Sly (they/them) is a non-binary writer, performer, arts producer, and flight attendant. Originally from Montreal and now based in Melbourne, they pursue contentment through incessant meal planning, doing Yoga with Adriene, making love like a beast, and making out in Melbourne’s many laneways. Sly moved to Toronto when they were a teenager, went to high school with Drake, and dropped out of university to work in shitty call centres. Amid three-hour weekday commutes and weekends of finger-banging in bathrooms on Church Street, they got into professional arts practice through platforms like Videofag, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and Xtra Magazine. Their first essay for Xtra, titled “When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap,” was a finalist in the 2017 Digital Publishing Awards, alongside writers Vivek Shraya and Heather O’Neill. Their play Charisma Furs was then included in the seminal anthology Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts, which was a finalist in the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards. When Sly isn’t in the sky, they run the arts collective Tender Container, which is developing Canada’s first all–trans and non-binary performance anthology for Playwrights Canada Press. TRANSLAND is Mx. Sly’s first book and will be published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2023.

 

MEDIUM BIO

Mx. Sly (they/them) is a non-binary writer, performer, arts producer, and flight attendant. Originally from Montreal and now based in Melbourne, they pursue contentment through incessant meal planning, doing Yoga with Adriene, making love like a beast, and making out in Melbourne’s many laneways. Their play Charisma Furs appeared in the anthology Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts, which was a finalist in the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards. When Sly isn’t in the sky, they run the arts collective Tender Container, which is developing Canada’s first all–trans and non-binary performance anthology for Playwrights Canada Press. TRANSLAND is Mx. Sly’s first book.

 

short bio

Mx. Sly (they/them) is a non-binary writer, performer, arts producer, and flight attendant. Their play Charisma Furs appeared in the anthology Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts (finalist for a 2019 Lambda Literary Award). They are developing Canada’s first all–trans and non-binary performance anthology for Playwrights Canada Press. TRANSLAND is Sly’s first book.