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Trans Masc Representation in Audio Fiction
Spirit Box Radio by @hangingslothcentral - so Eira who writes, sound designs, composes and performs all the Hanging Sloth shows is a trans guy, but also SBR's protag is explicitly a trans guy. The other shows: Not Quite Dead and Remnants don't explicitly have trans male protags but are entirely voiced by Eira. Clockwork Bird is fun for gender reasons in the same way Frankenstein is. Go listen!
@eelerschoice ! Is both written by a trans person, Dr Lou Sutcliffe, and one of its leads is our beloved B Narr, who you may know from The Silt Verses. Also it's a creepy ocean horror story. What's not to love!
@theholmwoodfoundation is both co-written by a trans man, Fio Trethewey, AND has a major character who is a trans man - namely Van Helsing's grandson, which is delightful to me. Also Mina Harker is possessing a trans woman and they're both being lovely about it, so bonus points.
@nightshiftpodcast has a lead who is a queer man played by a trans man, and the story is an urban fantasy about his enemies to lovers romance with a guy who is essentially the PR man for urban fantasy Meta. It's so much and I love it so much god bless.
Love and Luck by Passer Vulpes productions is a love story between two men, one of whom is played by a trans man and wheelchair user. It's a very sweet magical realist / light urban fantasy about the queer community in Melbourne, Australia. Extra points because the two leads are played by irl husbands Lee Davis-Thalbourne and Erin Kyan, which is charming to me.
Kind of a deep cut but The Blood Crow Stories Season 2 is a wild west horror story that stars a trans man and it makes me really happy listening to a wild west 1800s setting where a badass outlaw lady gives a guy rags for his monthly bleed without making a big deal of it.
Moonbase Theta Out by @monkeymanproductions has a morally grey (french!) trans guy antagonist from S2 onwards and it's like, A Whole Thing. Also in general a buttload of excellent queer rep including the show's leads from S1, a person who figures out they're non binary, and their husband.
@iriscasefiles stars Brian Jeeter, one of the core cast of a motley crew of space rebels and outlaws, he's a xenolinguistics specialist married to a non-binary alien called Krejjh, it's delightful, he's delightful, they're currently releasing their third and final season!
@dosafteryou is a fucked up and toxic love story between a trans guy and essentially a god? It is tasty and terrifying and very fun, bonus points for being written by a trans guy too, about out to David Orion.
@folxlorepod is a smorgasbord anthology of queer horror stories, including episodes with trans masc protagonists. It's generally full of queer and trans joy and also wrath, and is made by a queer and trans team. You should check it out!
There are more but I am currently at a train station so can't do proper research. I think Evelyn Glass in @pasitheapowder is trans? And the very definition of haunting the narrative. Also I'm sure The Pilgrimage Saga by @starstrider-productions must have a trans dude protag but I cannot remember (it definitely has one of my favourite trans women in all of fiction.) I'm also sure @innbetween has trans guy protags but I cannot remember which series. I suspect The Gospel of Haven has a trans guy protag too but needs more research.
One thing that makes me sad is I can't think of shows with trans guys of colour as protags. I'm sure they exist, hopefully folk can recommend some.
(Also a heads up that whilst a popular fanon for the eldritch demon John Doe in Malevolent is that he's a trans man, the creator has explicitly clarified that none of the show's protagonists are textually queer or trans. Still, if you want to have fun Supernatural-style, you absolutely can.)
