Holding the book "In Transition" in front of a pink cherry tree in bloom
"In Transition" by Emily Corbett covers the past 20 years of contemporary #YALiterature with #transgender characters and/or by #transAuthors (fiction & #memoirs) & a perspective on the YA book market in UK & USA 🏳️⚧️
#YAbooks #TransStudies #TransLiterature #EnglishLiterature
A photo of the hardcover edition of Elle Grenier's The Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Gray Remix. In the photo, this book is resting on a navy blue comforter in the photographer's home.
Forgot this was on the #TransRightsReadathon list & ended up buying it completely at random while out on a bookstore date with my partner today!
Definitely looking forward to digging into this one. A transfem retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray? Sign me up! 😍📚🖼🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-drawn-world
A twenty-one-year-old kid from rural nowhere teaching a mountain of a man from deep Georgia how to read Japanese comics in a queer bar basement. That's the whole story. That's the whole revolution. Scissors and tape on a bedroom wall, updated for a […]
I decided to reread @vyriadurav.bsky.social's Hatchling, & this particular line struck a chord with me:
"For there would always be those who would force others into the prisons of their designs & dragons would remind them of the frailty of cages."
Powerful stuff 🐉🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
📣 New Podcast! "“Lean Cat, Savage Cat” with Lauren J. Joseph" on @Spreaker #creativewriting #davidbowie #firstperson #lgbtqialiterature #lgbtqiawriting #queernarrative #queerpodcast #queerwriting #transauthor #transliterature #transnarrative
This is a fucking parody of trans women.
It's like the writers just skimmed over r/traaa, slapped together the first couple of memes they saw, patted themselves on the back for doing less than the bare minimum, & called it a day.
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2 #dccomics #CheetahAndCheshire
Two panels from Alpha Flight Vol. 1 #48, showing Sasquatch in her newly female human form as Wanda Langkowski sitting on a porch swing at an ornate cabin in the woods as she reflects on her recent transformation. Wanda: "Maybe the god of love is confused. Not sure what to make of someone who was formerly Sasquatch. Someone who was formerly "dead"-- and formerly a man. I'm not losing any sleep over it, though. In fact, for the first time in year, I feel like everything is going just right-- For me-- For Alpha Flight-- And for the world."
I know I keep harping on this, but the fact they haven't further explored this story arc with Sasquatch further when it's OBVIOUS THAT SHE'S TRANSFEM BEFORE THE EDITORS FUCKED IT UP, is a damn crime.
#MarvelComics #AlphaFlight #Sasquatch #TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2 #TransRightsAreHumanRIghts
I have some of the first Alpha Flight Books. I think wolverine was the leader then. I have not kept up on comics so how is it now #Transliterature? Not calling you out or anything. Just curious. #OutOfTheLoop
Hey when you have a free minute go read "A World Worth Saving" by @kylelukoff.bsky.social it real good. #books #transliterature
BRAIN BLAST!
Dr. Frankenstein, but a trans woman who wants to have a child, & thus forges her Creature to raise as her own.
Instead of rejecting them, she embraces her creation & nurtures them alongside Elizabeth & Clerval, gradually falling in love with the latter.
#TransLiterature #Frankenstein
An excerpt from Animorphs #43: The Test, written from Tobias' point of view: Had it been like this at the Yeerk pool? Deep beneath the murderous hunger, my mind wondered. Had I overstayed the two-hour time limit so I wouldn't have to face the simple facts of life? Being a boy, living with foster parents, school, Rachel, Taylor... Marco granted me gently, attempting to stop me. I hissed and shook him off. <Tobias,> Rachel carried. <Stop. Just stop!> But she didn't block my path. Was I a coward?
Me: I wonder why there are so many fanfics about Tobias from @kaaauthor.bsky.social 's #Animorphs being a trans girl. Where did that reading come from?
*Googles, discovers Animorphs #43: The Test*
Me: ... Oh. Yeah, that'll do it. Fly on, Hawk Girl 😍💖🏳️⚧️💖🏳️⚧️💖🏳️⚧️💖🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
I made a prologue for this idea. Working title is "Of Fangs & Frost." It contains:
- A post-apocalypse setting via volcanic winter.
- Magic.
- Trains.
- Magic trains.
- Orcs, 'cuz I can.
- The rich & corrupt dead from their own hubris.
- Hope in the face of extinction.
#TransLiterature #scifi
Sera draws in secret, sketching her ideal feminine form. Later, while her fellow Anchorites sleep, she reads hymnals under her blankets at night. The inner monolog goes as thus, "I learned to pain because I would not have the story of my life be the story I was told to copy. I learned to sing because I changed the hymns and wanted to make them all my own."
Sera helps Angela to defeat a massive beast in exchange for helping her escape the Hierophants. The inner monolog goes as thus: "Anchorites knew that it was not a man's place to fight. But I was never their kind." Sera addresses Angela: "I am Sera... I have always been Sera. I don't belong here. Please... Get me out." Her inner monolog continues, "And as payment for my aid... She did."
With Angela's debut in #MarvelRivals, I can't stress how much Sera means to me as a character.
A trans woman raised in an oppressive religious system who did not let it smother her true self, who fought tooth & nail to find her freedom & find love.
#TransWomenAreWomen #MarvelComics #TransLiterature
Our main character wakes up in the body of intersex elven commander, Usurper Scar, in a fantasy world after being shoved in front of a truck in the mundane world.
The reincarnated MC realizes they've been reborn in the body of an elven woman with intricate tattoos, not yet aware that this body is intersex.
The MC, stunned by their transformation, inspects their new body, discovering they are intersex with a feminine-presenting body, then reflects on how they ended up on this fantasy world.
A page from later in the first chapter where our MC, realizing their nature as Usurper Scar, learns they can use their Magic Walker cards to summon heroes and effects. They spend 1 Green Mana to summon their first hero, Leo Forest Elf.
Just remembered an interesting yet short-lived manga, "Battling With an Elf Deck," where the MC reincarnates as an intersex elf lady in a world where their M:TG hobby gives them actual power in the form of summoned elven warriors & magic 🎴🧝♀️
#isekai #TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2 #MTG #TCG #Genderbend
Atlantiadies stoops to address a little girl asking them a question, while members of the deity's congregation look on in the background on bended knee. They smile warmly at the little one, amused by her question. Girl: Are you a boy or a girl? Atlantiadies: Yes.
A reminder that DC Comics' depiction of Atlantiadies is - like their IRL counterpart in Greek Mythology - is canonically genderfluid.
And they eventually ascend to take over for their mother, Aphrodite, as the new God of Love 💖🏳️⚧️
#dccomics #WonderWoman #TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2 #GreekMythology
Adding into the list of trans folks in mythos:
- Achilles on Skyros.
- Siproites.
- Caeneus.
- Tiresias.
- Dionysus.
- Atlantiadies
- Asushunamir.
- Loki.
- Thor.
- Odin.
- Hapi & Wedj-wer.
- Oyamakui.
- Inari Okami.
And more. We've always been here 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
#TransHistory #TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
The Project begins.
#transmasc #transman #ftm #transart #transliterature #transauthor #transwriter #ownvoices #booksky #authorsky #queer #queerbooks #lgbt #lgbtq #trans #promosky
A scene from near the climax of KPop Demon Hunters, where Rumi confronts Celine about her half-demon nature. Over the course of the dialog, Rumi's demonic marks grow more pronounced with her emotions until she shouts in despair and frustration, causing a shockwave to ripple through the local Hanmoon. Rumi: Don't you get it? This is what I am! Look at me. Why can't you look at me?! Why couldn't you love me?! Celine: I do! Rumi: ALL OF ME!
When I say that Rumi's story in #kpopdemonhunters reads as a trans allegory, this is one of the scenes I can point to as an example.
This scene absolutely reads like a trans girl coming out to an unsupportive parent. Gods, I love this movie 🎤🎶💖🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
A cool team that deserves its own series again. Not just as an extension of S.W.O.R.D., but as their own entity. Not to mention, having Snowguard on as a new member would provide a new, younger perspective on the team that would allow new readers who aren't all that familiar with their history to approach it with similarly fresh eyes. Plus, more stories concerning the folklore and history of the indigenous peoples of Canada from the perspective of a younger member of the Inuk. Not that Shaman or Talisman don't provide these perspectives, just... A younger voice from the community would provide a more modern take on similar story lines. In addition to these ideas... I would like to have them revisit the Wanda Langkowski storyline, but from a different angle than simply having Sasquatch possess Snowbird's form. This is honestly a personal wish, but I see a lot of untapped potential in this story arc that was not touched upon back in the day due to... Certain societal views concerning the LGBTQIA2 community at the time. Northstar coming out was a huge win for gay rights and positive representation in the waning eras of the Hayes/Comics Code, but I feel like there is an opportunity to tell the Wanda Langkowski arc from a trans perspective. The allegory is there, and I feel like further exploration of said allegory would be fantastic in the current time where the trans community is in dire need of heroes, especially trans women. I'm not necessarily saying I want Walter to become Wanda again, and I especially don't want it to happen by hijacking Narya's body again. However, I do believe that there's more to explore here from a new point of view.
Had some thoughts concerning Alpha Flight on a post asking for thoughts in them for #CanadaDay2025. Needless to say, I had some opinions on one of my favorite, sadly underused X-Teams.
Any thoughts, gang? 💖🇨🇦🏳️⚧️
#MarvelComics #Marvel #AlphaFlight #XMen #CanadaDay #TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
![Text from Ela Bambust's Any Other Name, which reads, "[...] he'd need it taking his sweet time to work off the anxiety of the morning, and prepare for the anxiety of the evening.
Not that he was incredibly worried. Even as a young child, back when he'd be told stories in school, he's always been confused why the heroes of children's stories had be so scared of being whisked away from home, or of being turned into something else. It never made much sense to him. Didn't everyone wish they could change shape at will turn into animals or even different people? It was only when he got older that he'd [...]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a4rpvgr5xvzl5los7o4q2rsd/bafkreid6jz6qzuolfqajh2wq66ykvgbmifttnlazyrds7vdxghkhxgnj6m)
Text from Ela Bambust's Any Other Name, which reads, "[...] he'd need it taking his sweet time to work off the anxiety of the morning, and prepare for the anxiety of the evening. Not that he was incredibly worried. Even as a young child, back when he'd be told stories in school, he's always been confused why the heroes of children's stories had be so scared of being whisked away from home, or of being turned into something else. It never made much sense to him. Didn't everyone wish they could change shape at will turn into animals or even different people? It was only when he got older that he'd [...]"
Back to reading @ela-bambust.bsky.social 's Any Other Name, & once again...
This is just me. As a kid, I wished for & imagined this! Not just being "whisked away," but turning into animals or other people (preferably a woman) at will.
Oh, but there were no signs😅🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2
![An excerpt from Ela Bambust's Any Other Name, which reads:
"[...] used to their faces, he could spot looks of disappointment from a mile away, having studied their expressions like that. Charlie was a different matter altogether. She just seemed concerned and he didn't know how to frame that yet. Was this her getting ready to be properly angry? Or was she just hiding her annoyance? "Jonathan, you didn't do anything wrong. You're not getting punished." She sighed and put a hand on his back, then muttered to herself as she looked out the window. "I hate it when people do this sort of thing to a child."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a4rpvgr5xvzl5los7o4q2rsd/bafkreihoijjimcx7ictoik7pzvthrownwi75t6we4id7s4dzopnullp6aq)
An excerpt from Ela Bambust's Any Other Name, which reads: "[...] used to their faces, he could spot looks of disappointment from a mile away, having studied their expressions like that. Charlie was a different matter altogether. She just seemed concerned and he didn't know how to frame that yet. Was this her getting ready to be properly angry? Or was she just hiding her annoyance? "Jonathan, you didn't do anything wrong. You're not getting punished." She sighed and put a hand on his back, then muttered to herself as she looked out the window. "I hate it when people do this sort of thing to a child."
Started in on Any Other Name by @ela-bambust.bsky.social the other day, and...
I never expected the 1st few chapters hit so hard, especially this part. It's like looking in a mirror at my own childhood.
Fuck, this would've changed little me's entire life 😭💔❤️🩹🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #fantasy #MagicSchool
Okay, now I wanna rewrite The Abbot of Drimnagh as a transfem narrative about unpacking religious trauma & internalized transphobia while also interacting with the hidden world of the fae.
I mean, this stuff IS what I'm going back to school for, after all 🤔🏳️⚧️
#TransLiterature #CelticFolklore
Go check out this amazing paper & super an awesome trans scholar!
#MutualAid #maboost #helpsky #HelpFolksLive2025 #LGBTQIA2 #PrideMonth2025 #TransSurvival #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransWomenAreWomen #TransLiterature
Oooo, this would be fun!
@scumbelievable.bsky.social @ela-bambust.bsky.social @badambulist.bsky.social
Any thoughts on letting my buddy Lou lend his voice to some of your scary tales?
#TransLiterature #LGBTQIA2 #PrideMonth2025 #Pride2025 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #VtubersUprising #Horror
As someone who has a physical copy of this book, I cannot recommend it enough. It's inventive, it's sexy, it's heartfelt, & it shows off so many talented writers.
If you want top quality T4T written by transbians for transbians, go pick this up! 📚💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
#TransLiterature #PrideMonth2025 #LGBTQIA2
Teaching Transliterature: How a Cleveland-area academic pioneered a field of study to amplify voices of change
(03 Jun) Teaching Transliterature: How a Cleveland-area academic pioneered a field of study to amplify voices of change
“I had to plant a flag saying transliterature exists, it is important, and it is worthy of study.” […]
[Original post on faithcollapsing.com]
“I had to plant a flag saying transliterature exists, it is important, and it is worthy of study.”
#Cleveland #CLEnews #transliterature
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WE. NEED. A. BETTER. CHEVALIER. D'EON. STORY!
Our sister, Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont, deserves better ✊️❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransWomenAreWomen #TransHistory #TransMedia #TransLiterature
Forced Feminization story about a princess & a lesser noble drafted by lottery to become her body double to throw off assassins via alchemical tinctures & gradual spellcrafting.
All the while, this egg slowly starts to realize it's not just a turn on, but it feels right somehow🐣🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
#TransLiterature
As someone who's read The Brute of Greengrave, I can't recommend it enough. If you want some top tier TF4TF sapphic smut written by trans women for trans women, I HIGHLY suggest picking up this book.
#TransLiterature #WLW #transbians #TransWomenAreWomen #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing
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