QOTD: What’s your favourite book with a trans MC or by a trans author?
Transgender Day of Remembrance marks the end of Trans Awareness Week so today I’ve got another rec list.
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Contemporary Romance:
- Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao
- Under the Mistletoe With You by Lizzie Huxley Jones
- Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander
- Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- Single Player by Tara Tai
- The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
- Pit Stop by Ellis Mae
- Graceless by Ruby Landers
- The Prospects by KT Hoffman
- Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly
Paranormal Romance:
- The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire
- The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
- Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
Historical Romance:
- A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander
- Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall
- A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Fantasy:
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
- Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
- These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa
- The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
- Dragonfall by LR Lam
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Sci-fi:
- Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
Horror/Mystery:
- What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher
- The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Graphic Novels:
- Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe
- Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
- Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang
- Evil-ish by Kennedy Tarrell
- I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
- Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton
- Paper Planes by Jennie Wood
- Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowow
- The Tea Dragon Festival by K O’Neill
- A Song for You and I by K O’Neill
YA Romance:
- Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow
- The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimmons
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver
- Out of the Blue by Jason June
YA Fantasy:
- Witchlore by Emma Hinds
- Devil’s Like Us by Lin Thompson
- A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
- This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
- The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
- The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda Hall
- Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
YA Horror:
- The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
- Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
YA Contemporary:
- Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
- Out of Blue Cones Green by ME Corey
- Honeybee by Craig Silvey
- The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor
I js wanted to thank you immensely for the trans representation in the last chapter 🙏 as a trans athlete, it was simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting- you write with such sensitivity !! I wish I was better with words to properly convey my thoughts lmao but bottom line: absolutely obsessed with your works, tysm for sharing your writing (also live laugh love rayyan)
Ahh these words were very heartwarming, I'm so glad you appreciated the rep.
Thank you for the lovely message and for playing CT:OS!
Live laugh love rayyan should absolutely go on a t shirt.
I can recommend so many queer movies for pride this year and I'd be very happy to make a list, but the only one I need people to watch is Dr Jekyll (2023). Nobody has seen that movie and it's actually really good! It's creepy, gothic, kinda camp and it stars trans icon Suzy Eddie Izzard as Dr. Nina Jekyll! So please, everyone, watch it
news taken from an infographic made by KB Brookins @ earthtokb on instagram (their memoir here)
Elliot Page narrated a documentary, Second Nature, about queerness of partnership and sex-shifting among animals in nature.
Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” Second Nature follows trailblazing trans Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more…
Trans musician Glenn Copeland is going on international tour at 74 years old, promoting a style that began in the 80s but is only now getting the attention it deserves. A film about his journey is coming soon.
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, a graphic novel about a trans super hero now has a sequel! Jadzia Axelrod, head writer for the DC hero Hawkgirl, published her initial novel with DC comics, and as of May, Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down is available!
Taylor Barzelay is finally living as her authentic self, a purple alien space princess with blue hair and superpowers. With a loving girlfriend, Kat, and an adorable talking corgi that doubles as a bodyguard, Taylor should feel more at home on Earth than ever. So why doesn’t she?
As Kat plans for life after high school, Taylor begins to wonder what the future holds for her. Despite dealing with bigots in her hometown, protecting her friend Nia Nal from an evil alien aunt, and honing her powers more than ever before, Taylor still isn’t sure she can claim her identity as the superhero Galaxy.
When the Vane, an alien race that destroyed her home planet, finally arrive on earth in search of Taylor, her biggest fear becomes reality. If Superman can’t even handle this threat, what chance does Taylor have to save her best friend, the love of her life, and the entire world?! Will she cast aside any doubt in time to become the hero she was always destined to be?
TGEU’s Trans Rights Index & Map illustrates the legal rights of trans people in Europe and Central Asia. It assigned metrics to different trans protections, rights, and opportunities for trans and nonbinary individuals and published a list of the most trans-friendly countries. Atop the list was Iceland.
Iceland has once again secured the top position in the 2026 Trans Rights Index and Map, highlighting its continued commitment to advancing t
What’s with the total lack of transmasc characters in media? I always see a bunch of transfem and enby characters in trans character posts, but only ever like a max of two trans dudes. This also applies to headcanons. I really only see transfem headcanons, sometimes enby headcanons, and VERY occasionally transmasc headcanons. One last thing, out of all trans characters I know, I only know TWO trans men, one of which is a variant of a vocaloid.
Enid Blyton was all kinds of conservative racist, classist monster, but also casually wrote a trans character in the 1940s - George just got instantly accepted by the others as not-a-girl and that was that
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'I say! Are you Georgina?'
The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's.
'No,' she said. Im not Georgina.'
'Oh!' said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?'
'I'm George,' said the girl. 'I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast.
You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't.'
'Oh!' said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. 'All right! I don't care what I call you.
George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina.
Anyway, you look like a boy."
'Do I really?' said George, the frown leaving her face for a moment. 'Mother was awfully cross with me when I cut..."
