Transgender Authors and Books

[Alia]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

This list is more of a resource than a reading suggestion.

[Katelyn, Our Shared Shelf Moderator]

Thanks for sharing Alia! I am going to change the title of the thread to Transgender Authors and Books, and people can be invited to add onto the list you've shared. Hope that's okay!

[CluckingBell]

I'll just add a plug for the nonfiction Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities. This is a pretty good 101 book (glossary, historical timeline, and all!) that shares lived experiences on a variety of subjects, from a variety of perspectives.

[Raquel]

I haven't actually clicked the link so I don't know if this one is mentioned, but I just finished reading "the art of being normal" and let me tell you - it is amazing!

[Max]

George by Alex.... OOOH I'm forgetting the last name.

[Em]

Stone Butch Blues

I we expand the topic to include the intersex: Middlesex

And in science fiction: The Left Hand of Darkness

EDIT: Oops, now I see there is a separate thread for this... I'll repost it there.

[[deleted user]]

Max wrote: "George by Alex.... OOOH I'm forgetting the last name."

I second George. I definitely want to read it. :)

[Alia]

Max wrote: "George by Alex.... OOOH I'm forgetting the last name."

Gino?

http://smile.amazon.com/George-Alex-G...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Kelly]

George by Alex Gino

[Aglaea]

I saw the other day that Beast
(link)
by Brie Spangler will be published later this year.

It is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and apparently involves a trans* person and cis boy with gender dysphoria. Or so I gather from reader comments. I had no idea you can experience dysphoria whilst being cis, but so writes a reader (the review currently on top).

[Gnome Claire *Wishes she was as cool as Gnome Ann*]

Elliot Wake (formally known as Leah Reader) is a trans author- I don't know if any of his books have trans main characters (I've not read them yet) but I thought I'd mention him.