happy trans day of visibility

genderbinaryisforlosers:

here’s a list of things with canon trans and nonbinary characters (not including robots, aliens, or other non-humans, because im tired of that being referred to as good representation)

TV

• Orange is the New Black
  
• Sense8
• Orphan Black (minor character)
• The OA
• The Fosters
• Shameless
• Faking It
• Doubt
• Mr Robot
• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Moville Mysteries
• Billions
• When We Rise
• Drop Dead Diva (minor characters)
• Boy Meets Girl
  
• Star
• Frida
• Outsiders (minor character)
• Sailor Moon
• Elementary
• Twin Peaks (minor character)
• Superjail!
• Bold and the Beautiful (minor character)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Wentworth Prison
• Wentworth
• The L Word

Anime/Manga

• Sidonia no Kishi (Knights of Sidonia)
• Wandering Son

Movies

• About Ray
  
• 3 Generations
• Boy Meets Girl
• Get Real
• Tomboy
• Ma Vie En Rose
• Todo Sobre Mi Madre
• Tangerine

Webseries

• Carmilla
  
• Couple-Ish
• Sidetrack Series
• Her Story
• The Uncanny Upshurs
• Brothers
• People Watching
• Adventures of Serena Berg

Podcasts

• Welcome to Night Vale
  
• The Message
• The Penumbra
• Freed
• Space Log
• The Strange Case of Starship Iris
• Carpe DM
• Jim Robbie and the Wanderers
• Sable
• Friends at the Table
• Death At A Low Price
• Whatever Happened to Jonathan Green
• Blue Dawn
• Adventures of MechaBetty
• Audio Diary of a Superhero
• Inkwyrm
• Spines
• Oak
• Cthulhu and Friends
• Iron Horses Can’t be Broken

Books

• The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
  
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
• Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
• Everyday by David Levithan
• I am J by Cris Beam
• Symptioms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
• On The Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
• Robins of the Night by Dajo Jago
• Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi
• Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin
• The Last Halloween by Abby Howard
• Every Heart a Doorway by Saenan McGuire
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-mArie McLemore
• George by Alex Gino
• Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
• Luna by Julie Anne Peters
• Parrotfish by Angela Katz-McNair
• What We Left Behind by Robin Talley
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• The Best Boy Ever Made by Rachel Eliason
• Being Emily by Rachel Gold
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (minor character)
• A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood
• Nevada by Imogen Binnie
• The Collection by Topside Press
• I’ve Got a Time Bomb by Sybil Lamb
• Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
• Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg
• Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
• Transmen and FTMs by Jason Cromwell
• Body Alchemy by Loren Cameron
• Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and its Consequences by Sarah Schulman
• She’s not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
• Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
• Introducing Teddy by Jess Walton
• The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
• Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami (minor character)
• Buffalo Belle by Oliver Douzou
• What We May Be by Maxine Jackson
• Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
• Girl Mans Up by Vanessa North
• Coffee Boy by Austin Chant
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant
• Cinder Ella bt S.T. Lynn
• A Boy Called Cin by Cecil Wilde
• Otros Valles by Jamie Berrout
• Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill
• Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
• Trumpet by Jackie Kay
• Life in the ‘Cosm by Cait Gordon
• Dreadnought by April Daniels
• At The Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson (minor character)
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B Lee (minor character)
• In Inexplicable Logic of my Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• A+E 4ever by I. Merey
• The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon
• The Miccah Grey Seires by Laura Lam
• Sweet Nightingale by Robin Swift
• Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews
• Liminal by A. Sieracki
• Just Girls by Rachel Gold
• Being Emily by Rachel Gold
• The Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black

Comics/Webtoons

• Paranatural (minor character)
  
• Lumberjanes
• ShootAround
• Always Human
• Demon Street
• Monsterkind (minor character)
• Go Get A Roomie (minor characters)
• Deadendia
• Feast for a King
• Knight’s Errant
• The Wicked and the Divine
• Immortal Nerd
• White Noise
• Demon House
• Monsterpop
• Assigned Male
• Intergalactic Little Spat
• O Human Star
• Chaos Life
• As The Crow Flies
• Prague Race
• Never Satisfied
• Namesake
• Questionable Content
• Jem
• Bombshells
• Rat Queens
• Les Normaux
• Angela
• Asgard’s Assassin
• Rechargeable
• Goodbye to Halos

Games

• Dragon Age: Inquisition
  
• dys4ia

Theatre

• Hidden: A Gender by Kate Bornstein
  

Music

• When I was a Boy by Dar Williams
  
• Kim Petras

add your own! let’s make this a big list for tdov!

desdeotromar:

twocfictionanthology:

FREE COPIES OF THE ANTHOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR AND AMAB NONBINARY POC

As we approach March 31st, the official publishing date for the anthology, we want to send this message of love and strength out to all the trans women of color and amab nonbinary people of color out there in the world. First and foremost, without you, our sisters and siblings, we could not have envisioned or ever created this writing project. All of you were in our hearts throughout the past year as we went from the initial act of organizing to draft our submission guidelines to editing the stories, designing the book, and, finally, preparing to publish online. More than that, you were here for us like no one else, contributing in a thousand small yet essential ways by boosting our posts, writing to us with support, and by fighting to survive alongside us. The only reason we’ve been able to make this book is because of the work you have done, collectively, to make our lives and our art possible. We love you. This anthology book of our stories already belongs to you, so we will not ask you for payment or anything else in exchange for a copy. Free copies are available for you as of this moment, from now until forever.

Please email us at twocanthology [at] gmail [dot] com or message us here so that we can send you your copy. We won’t ask you to prove your identity or to give us any information. Just ask for a copy and we’ll send it to you as soon as possible.

With warmth,

Ellyn and Jamie, editors

See our Goodreads page. for a full list of our writers and leave us a review/rating.

[The image above continues our tendency of repurposing images of trans feminine people of color that were originally captured and used by cis people. The image is a still from the film Paris is Burning, directed by Jennie Livingston; it shows Carmen and Brooke Xtravaganza smiling at the viewer from a beach.]

Hi, I’m a co-editor and writer in this book project. Please share this post widely so that all trans women of color and all trans and nonbinary people of color who are affected by transmisogyny can get their hands on a free copy. Thanks!

Fantastic New Fairy Tale Stars a Transgender Princess

“Classic fairy tales like ​Cinderella ​and ​Snow White​ tell the stories of young women who overcome obstacles to live a happy life. (We take issue with the happily ever after having to involve a guy, but they weren’t written in 2015, so.) Still, for young transgender girls, it can be discouraging to see a life you want, but fear you can’t have.

A revolutionary new children’s book called ​The Royal Heart ​ aims to totally change that. This fairytale is the first in a series of children’s books about LGBTQ characters, staring a little transgender princess named Lyric, who is struggling to be the prince her parents expect her to be. “

sandyfarquhar:

vetchpoetry:

We are pleased to announce a new literary magazine: please welcome Vetch Poetry, a biannual journal of trans poetry and poetics. The Fall 2015 issue is now available to view and download, and it’s free as the flowering weed it takes for a name! Here you’ll find work by Stephen (Stephanie) Burt, Maxe Crandall, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Joy Ladin, Alok Vaid-Menon, Sara June Woods, and many more. Spread the news, friends.

It’s the magazine i helped make!

God bless Kay, Liam, and Rylee, for being the kindest and hardest working people.

This is so nuts. Like a year and change ago I was like, “Liam, do you want to start a magazine,” and he was like, “Maybe,” and then I was like, “Kay, do you want to start a magazine with us,” and she was like, “Sure,” and that’s how I got to be properly friends with Kay, which has been such a pleasure, and then Rylee came on board and made the thing look beautiful, and–WE DID IT! It’s real now!

So, basically, if you don’t reblog this, I will probably break down.

17 Pathbreaking Non-Binary and Gender-Fluid Novels

lotrlockedwhovian:

Reading material 

Sid Doesn't Feel Like A Boy or a Girl!

dylangreenbergmusic:

PHYSICAL COPIES OF MY CHILDREN’S BOOK “SID DOESN’T FEEL LIKE A BOY OR A GIRL” NOW AVAILABLE ON CREATESPACE E-STORE!
If you’d like to support a 17 year old artist who does stuff and needs money to do more stuff, or just want a beautifully bound copy of a lovely children’s book, then this is the thing for you to do! (which is buy it)
COMING SOON TO AMAZON AMERICA AND EUROPE AND OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS

“When young Sid decides they don’t feel like they’re a boy or a girl, the people around them are slow to understand. When they go to school the next day, it doesn’t get much better when the teacher decides to separate the class into boys and girls. Despite the hardship they face, Sid discovers that love will always prevail and that being different is not a bad thing. The simple illustrations and fun rhyming story are fun and catchy for any age! The book also includes an activity section where kids can write about or draw their own experiences with having fun, dealing with unfairness,  and remembering those that care about them. Children will fall in love with “”Sid Doesn’t Feel like a Boy or a Girl!”
This book is the perfect educational resource for:
- Children questioning or exploring their gender
- Children who have friends that are questioning or exploring their gender, or just want to learn
- Parents who’s children are questioning or exploring their gender
- Teachers who’s students are questioning or exploring their gender
- Parents or teachers who are misinformed or curious about gender exploration in children
Through this book, the author, a 17 year old transgender girl, hopes to reduce the stigma that is directed at transgender and non-binary children. As there are hardly any children’s books about being transgender, and even fewer about being non-binary, she hopes this book will be a positive contribution.”

ravefromthegrave:

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

[image description: three screencaps from the site titled “All Our Worlds: Diverse Fantastic Fiction”. The first screencap shows the search terms, with an options for “Any of the selected” and “All of the selected”, then the tags gay, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, noneuropean, multiple culture, disability, pronouns, lesbian, asexual, nonbinary, race, queered culture, all-female, poly, and class. There is a drop down bar for date, and check boxes for Books, Anthologies, and Comics. 

The next screencap shows a sample results page, bringing up Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor and Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, both with covers, summaries, the reason it was added to the database (Akata Witch’s reads “Presents a secret magic world in a noneuropean setting with rules very different from a lot of other works. Disability is addressed many times—in this world, having a physical disability means your magic will be stronger to compensate, resulting in special skills), tags, and publication date.

Last is the screencap of the resources page, subtitled List and Websites, Awards, and Publishers]

dragonsigma:

The Site: All Our Worlds

Here’s the project I’ve been working on: a searchable index of diverse SF/F.

521 books so far, and I’m still adding more! There’s a page to suggest something if I don’t have it. (hint- I’m very short on comics at the moment!)

(Oberlin College Winter Term 2015)

AMAZING SITE!!!

i only read sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal stuff so i seldomly actually read anything about lesbians and HERE IS A WHOLE GODDAMNED SITE DEDICATED TO FINDING BOOKS IN MY GENRES ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE ME i’m so happy i’m actually sitting straight instead of hunched over

desdeotromar:

mostly for new followers: i wrote a novel about a Latina trans girl in living South Texas (basically me). it’s not perfect or anything, but it’s the kind of book that i wanted to be there for me. if you’re a trans woman (or trans fem or amab non binary) then you can download the novel for free here. if you’re not a trans woman you can buy a copy here.

knowhomo:

LBGTQ* Children’s (Picture) Books To Keep On Your Radar

1. Oh The Things Mommies Do! What Can Be Better Than Having Two? written by Crystal Tompkins; illustrations by  Lindsey Evans   (follow their tumblr HERE)
2. The Boy Who Cried Fabulous written by Leslea Newman; illustrated by Peter Ferguson
3. My Mommy Is A Boy written by Jason Martinez; illustrated by Karen Winchester (*book discussing gender)
4. My Two Super Dads written by Bronny Falls and Munsta Vincent  
5. Pugdog written by Andrea U’Ren (*book discussing gender)
6. The Baby Kangaroo Treasure Hunt, A  gay parenting story written by Carmen Martinez Jover; illustrated by Rosemary Martinez 
7. My Princess Boy written by Cheryl Kilodavis ; illustrations by Suzanne DeSimone (*book discussing gender)
8. Arwen and Her Two Daddies written by Jarko De Witte van Leeuwen (Translated from Dutch)  
9. Fairy Tales of the 21st Century written by Bill Carey (retelling of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella)
10. My Uncle’s Wedding written by Eric Ross; illustrations by Tracy K. Green 

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