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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back...
Author
Publisher
Master Wings Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hans, a 9-year-old Jewish boy in 1935 Germany, chooses to assume the role of a girl and follow his dream, but life begins to unravel in 1942 when Hans--now Hannah--is faced with the reality of a concentration camp in Poland.
45) Bad boy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Vlog star Renard Grant has nothing to prove: he's got a pretty face, chiseled body, and two million adoring video subscribers. Plus the scars on his chest and a prescription for testosterone. Because Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as male. He films his transition and shares it bravely with the world; his fans love his honesty and positivity. But Ren has been living a double life. Off-camera, he's Cane, the muscle-bound enforcer...
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Most of the queer science fiction and fantasy anthologies published in the last thirty-five years have been narrowly focused: specifically gay male or lesbian (or, more recently, transgender) themes, or all science fiction or all fantasy, or adhering to a specific theme or subgenre. Far Out, on the other hand, features both science fiction and fantasy short fiction from the last decade and includes characters, perspectives, and stories that span the...
47) Drag king dreams
Author
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A veteran of the women's and gay movement of the past 30 years, Max's mid-life crisis hits in the midst of the post-9/11 world. Max is lonely and uncertain about her future -- fearful, in fact, of America's future with its War on Terror and War in Iraq -- with only a core group of friends to turn to for reassurance. Max is shaken from her crisis, however, by the news that her friend Vickie, a transvestite, has been found murdered on her way home late...
Author
Publisher
Tiny Golem Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ari Wexler, a trans guy in his late twenties, is barely scraping by. His family life is a mess, he feels like a failure when it comes to love, and his job at a college music library is on the rocks. His relationship with Itche Mattes, his doting best friend, helps him get through the days. Then a famous actress comes to town and sweeps Itche off his feet, leaving her dreadful sidekick to step on Ari's toes. As Ari's despair grows, a fascinating music...
Series
Publisher
Elly Blue Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Take a ride with us as we explore a future where trans and nonbinary people are the heroes. In worlds where bicycle rides bring luck, a minotaur needs a bicycle, and werewolves stalk the post-apocalyptic landscape, nobody has time to question gender. Whatever your identity you'll enjoy these stories that are both thought-provoking and fun adventures. Find out what the future could look like if we stopped putting people into boxes and instead empowered...
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
"[Michelle Cliff] takes on the themes of colonialism, race, myth, and political awakening through the experiences of a light-skinned woman name Claire Savage ... And Jamaica-- almost a character in the book-- is described in terms of extraordinary beauty, coexisting with deep human tragedy. The violence that rises of of extreme oppression, the divided loyalties of a colonized person, the sexual dividedness of someone both male and female, and the...
Publisher
Lethe Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A non-binary teenager may be from a small town but they remember at least a dozen past lives; in a seeming utopia of constant change and transformation, a one person is hesitant to undergo the next metamorphosis; a transman comes home to discover his parents have added to the household an android that has her deadface installed. Award-winning editor Bogi Takács has assembled a stellar line-up of stories that explore the frontiers of gender- using...
52) Las biuty queens
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City. Whether she is struggling with addiction, clashing with law enforcement, or is being subjected to personal violence, each character choses her own path of defiance, often responding to her fate with irreverent dark humor. What emerges is the portrait of a...
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