#trans authors of color

[transbookoftheday]

Trans Books By Authors Of Color

Here are some trans books by authors of color you should read:

Book titles:

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Just Happy To Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai

Three Kings by Freydís Moon

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

#trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr #author of color #authors of color #trans authors of color #lark and kasim start a revolution #the witch king #the genesis of misery #the wicked bargain #just happy to be here #the bruising of qilwa #light from uncommon stars #meet cute diary #cemetery boys #the subtweet #lakelore #drag me up #unwieldy creatures #three kings #pet #the passing playbook

[traeumenvonbuechern]

Books By Trans Authors Of Color You Should Read - Part 2

My first post about this topic was pretty popular, so here's another (non-exhaustive) list of amazing books by trans authors of color you should read/pre-order!

Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás Keep Me Close by R.M. Virtues

Moonflower by Kacen Callender The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee With a Vengeance by Freydís Moon (I no longer recommend this author's books.)The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao Supporting Trans People of Colour by Sabah Choudrey Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

#trans rights readathon #trans books #trans books 365 #trans authors of color #trans authors #queer books #lgbtqia books #lgbt books #booklr #bookblr #queer lit #book recs #book recommendations #authors of color #diverse books

[pocketsizedquasar]

TPOC-Prioritized writings on anti-transmasculinity / transandrophobia

transandrophobia / anti-transmasculinity are both theories that have been spearheaded primarily by trans poc, particularly Black transmascs and transfemmes.

unfortunately, as with Everything created by queer and trans poc, particularly Black queer ppl, white trans ppl (regardless of gender, and regardless of whether they "believe" in this form of oppression or not) have coopted these theories and dominated these conversations, such that both "sides" of the "discourse" are divorced entirely from the racial connotations in which these theories were created, and the ways in which they were created specifically as an intervention against white feminism, and to highlight the ways multiple marginalizations affect the marginalization of masculinity. these are theories that explicitly interact with and can only be understood in conjunction with transmisogyny, as well as other oppressions like racism and misogynoir.

*"anti-transmasculinity" as a term and theory was coined by Black trans folks (some of whom's writings are linked below), and is specifically a theory within the context of Black transfeminism antiBlackness, and transmisogynoir, and cannot be divorced from that context. i try be very intentional about my use of the terms 'anti-transmasculinity' and 'transandrophobia' in different places here, because i do not want to dilute the former’s very particular context.

anyway, here's a list of miscellaneous writings on the subjects, with a priority for collecting writing from trans poc (not all of the authors are tpoc, but this list was intended to prioritize tpoc voices). the intention of this is not to be a be-all end-all on the subject, nor exalt any one of these individuals or pieces as exclusively ~correct~ or whatever, but to combat the whitewashed nature of these discussions online, and raise awareness to the myriad of people speaking on this subject. (nor do i claim to speak for any of them, or claim that any of them speak for me. i tried to make sure i didn't platform blatant racists, zionists, transmisogynists, or other bigots, but i'm not pretending to be 100% accurate about that.)

they aren't in any particular order (except the first one, which i think is an extremely foundational text for anti-transmasculinity theory as delineated by its creators, within the context of antiblackness and transmisogyny, and necessary reading to understand anti-transmasculinity as a theory). I tried to group all the links from the same authors together.

This is a non-exhaustive list! I will likely come back and add more writings as I find them. please feel free to recommend to me any works to include (including your own! especially if you yourself are a Black trans person or a trans POC).

Now with an Archived Read-more Link!

Racial-Class Paternalism and the Trojan Horse of Anti-transmasculinity by Nsámbu Za Suékama. if you read nothing else from this list, read this.

“But even as TME struggles escape the mainstream imagination, they persist, and are often both fueling and being fueled by the war on trans women and transfeminine people. Nothing makes this clearer than in how a Western binary system triangulates that war with Anti-transmasculinity. This is why I say that Anti-transmasculinity is a Trojan horse for Transmisogyny. Like the wooden horse in the Greek myth, it might not seem like what it is, for its actual contents and character are invisible, but at the heart of it, there is a violent campaign going on that is key to how the West aims to lay seige to its civilizational "enemies." And, like the walls of the city of Troy, materialist transfeminism has fortified the opposition to Western domination, in such a way that to overcome the stronghold requires a new strategy for the Man, one that follows up the open and vicious attacks on TMA people with a different, more hidden form of warfare.”

“today’s gender paternalism frames any manhood and masculine embodiment outside of (western) cisheteronormativity as not just biologically illegitimate but also the result of a barbaric threat to civilization. And who typically figures as the face of that barbarism but the Black trans woman? Materialist transfeminism has to theorize Anti-transmasculinity.”

"Non-Men", maGes, and Black Masculinities by genderfugitive / disrupthehuman

One such argument, which is really a collection of arguments but can be consolidated into one, is that trans men are attempting to take a place alongside cis men in the hierarchy of patriarchy. In other words, while they may not have been so before naming themselves as trans men, they are aspiring to be oppressors. This employs a number of rhetorical devices that I have identified before including the idea that trans men are “betraying” cis womanhood and therefore should be seen as threats unless they act as footsoldiers for transmisogyny. The problem with this is that it treats trans manhoods as embodiments that exist as something which merely aspires to be cis manhood.

"For Those Seeking Fight or Flight: Black Trans*feminist Nihilism" / primer on transmisogynoir by genderfugitive / disrupthehuman (not about anti-transmaculinity specifically (though it does come up), but a very good + important read on Black transfeminism & transmisogynoir, so I'm including it)

anti-transmasculinity needs its own theorizing outside of general "transphobia" by genderfugitive / disrupthehuman

anti-transmasculinity & antiblackness inherently linked (& another) both by genderfugitive / disrupthehuman

There is a hidden epidemic of violence against transmasculine people by Orion Rodriguez

a thread master post linking to multiple threads about anti transmasculinity by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

a thread on anti-transmasculinity as an epistemic injustice (translated) originally by magicspeedwagon in French; English translation by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

Not transmasc invisibility, but erasure by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

Girlboy Boygirl Blues - antitransmasculinity as a denial of individual history & more by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

"irl we just kiss" - ‘transmasc vs transfem’ discourse & reactionary ‘boys vs girls’ politics in trans spaces by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

transmascs & being treated as predatory by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

transmasc mental health statistics by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

violent anti-transmasculine hate crimes by Salem L. Void / thewarmvoid

thread on examples of systemic anti-transmasculinity by magicspeedwagon

a thread on anti-transmasculinity and its erasure by storyjunkie

anti transmasculinity & transmisogyny and the degendering of Black people by afrodykee

anti transmasculinity & transmisogyny cannot be theorized in opposition to each other by afrodykee

white transfeminism's anti-transmasculinity by afrodykee

Black trans people & erasure of TPOC voices from the trans community by thatspookyagent

transmasculine nonwhite expereince by thatspookyagent

trans men being silenced by thatspookyagent

queer POC being pushed out of conversations by thatspookyagent

cis women's harm to trans men by novascotioducktoller w/ addition about TMOC by thatspookyagent

medical violence in anti transmasculinity by Caleb / sethpuertoluna

example of medical anti transmasculinity by Dominick / transguyenergy

response to inclusion of a trans man in an ad (thread) by Dominick / transguyenergy

anti-transmasculinity around periods by Dominick / transguyenergy

anti-transmasculinity towards pregnant trans men by Dominick / transguyenergy

transitioning as a transmasc of color by gendercriminals

white (cis) women & racist transandrophobia by dead-lavender-society

transandrophobia as an indigenous trans man by petrichorvoices

examples of transandrophobia by transvermin

the “lost lesbian” narrative & antitransmasculinity by vaguefiend

cis women & transandrophobia by vaguefiend

intersectionality & transandrophobia by visible-schizo-spectrum

more transandrophobia from cis women by cock-holliday

tl;dr : there’s LOTS of theory and discussions out there abt anti-transmasculinity, transandrophobia, how these things relate to other forms of transphobia, how it interacts with other marginalizations, most especially race, and the ways in which it affects transmascs. this information is everywhere. it’s out there. y’all (white ppl) are just refusing to engage with it.

#trans #lgbtq #queer #transphobia #transandrophobia #anti transmasculinity #transmisogyny #racism #long post #quasartalks #been compliling this for ages but i think it's finally at a point where i feel comfortable posting it #like i said though it is very much subject to change! i would love to add more things to this #it is extremely shitty that discussions on antitransmasculinity and transandrophobia have been dominated on here by racist yt ppl and their #token trans poc that they so clearly are just using as a shield against when ppl call them out on aforementioned racism. #anyway. dont bother clowning on this post i will just block <3 #so much of this 'discourse' boils down to: transmascs and trans men (esp transmascs of color) saying: 'hey i experience this thing' #and other ppl (esp white ppl!) going 'no you don't.' it's so blatant lmao #it's just the complete denial of our Authority to talk about our own experiences. we are not trusted to be authorities on our own lives. #which. where have i heard that before. smells like racism. smells like misogyny. #also bc ppl can't read: none of this means transmascs have it worse than transfemmes; that transfemmes oppress transmascs; or that these #-experiences ONLY happen to transmascs. those are all extremely bad faith readings of these discussions. #AND ALSO to the (especially white) transmascs who also can't read and take these discussions as excuses to be racist & transmisogynist: #we cannot combat transandrophobia & anti transmasculinity without combating transmisogyny. they are linked. #anyway. good night

[abyssal-debonair]

You’re a grown man with the trauma of a little girl. ... I don’t mean that trans men cannot speak about the misogyny they experienced; it’s just now, most people will look at me and not see the layers of patriarchal violence I experienced. The song “Sweet Cis Teen” asks: Am I a boy or am I just my trauma? But all of my experiences did not magically disappear the moment(s) I realized I am a man, nor were they left behind. It was traumatic being a Chinese woman. I was spat at, harassed, fetishized, assaulted, told that my worth depended on others, my experience and abilities invalidated. My bodymind holds these memories and shapes itself with them, and I do not want to trivialize these memories because they continue to inform who I am and my politics.

this entire essay is worth a read, but the quotations I pulled out are the ones that strike me deeply, being the most relatable to my own FtM experience.

#I am Black not Chinese #however I don't want to overlook the differing racialized experiences that affect the author and different transgender people #queer #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie movie #ftm #transmasc #trans man #people of color #poc #tpoc #qpoc

[crescentfool]

somehow i never drew the big cat from persona 3??? so here is ryoji and the big cat. as a treat.

#persona 3 #ryoji mochizuki #hi my name is lizz and i love cats! #minato arisato #<- he's there i guess #lizzy does art #WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND ITS STILL MONDAY. #i can't even use my oh so very behind timezone as an excuse its. its tuesday here lol #i meant to do this yday but i got distracted with moving things around on my computer #BUT THE SPIRIT IS STILL THERE!!! i am going to strive to do mochizuki monday to doodly the boy :) #i still need to readjust to drawing ryoji again so i will be using mochizuki monday to make sillies of him i hope everyone will enjoy!!! #i also have a sketch of minato with the big cat... i think i will color that after artfights done :3 #ALSO UNRELATED BUT. i have noticed that the ryoji havers are all have the trans flag in their icons... which one of u started this #THIS IS A POSITIVE THING BTW. i love seeing all of y'all lined up in notifs of ryoji posts and im like !! LOOK!!!! <3 #i've also seen that ppl are cooking in the fic tag... im so excited to read again i love u fic authors i blow u a kiss

[color-picked-pride-flags]

trans flag out my pfp

#trans #transgender #watamote #color picked flags #follower pfp #mod author

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

#short story collection #short story collections #nameless woman #nameless woman: an anthology of fiction by trans women of color #ellyn peña #jamie berrout #various authors #venus selenite #21st century literature #english language literature #american literature #african american literature #black literature #latino american literature #indigenous literature #have you read this short fiction? #book polls #completed polls

[alwritey-aphrodite]

Reading YA/TikTok books makes me realize maybe my writing isn’t all that bad if this is getting published…

#I’m sorry I’m a literature snob and I can’t read something I paid for when I know there is free fanfic waiting for me that’s 10x better #also… it feels like the author just wanted to put as much diversity is as possible and it’s stupid… it doesn’t add value to the story that #the main characters brother is trans and wears a binder and needs top surgery. why do I need to know that. why does a funny scene come to a #screeching halt because one of the main characters needs to preach about how inclusive the word queer is. why do I need to know everyone’s #sexuality like you’re ticking off all the letters of LGBT+. also why do I need to know her exact skin shade and hair color and hair length #and the shitty ass outfit she’s wearing. this is like the shit I wrote at 14 on wattpad #I dunno… good books and amazing fanfic have spoiled me I guess

[b-a-pigeon]

Writeblr Re-intro

I've been around for a minute, but after getting some new followers and returning from semi-hiatus and seeing a lot of new Twitter escapees around, I thought I should reintroduce myself :)

My name is B. Pigeon (they/he) and I'm an indie author who mostly writes queer adult fantasy of various subgenres! I'm also part of the queer indie publishing collective, EHLS, with @fellamarsh. With the shortest summaries I can manage, my published works are:

Mirrored in Evergreen: a dreamy contemporary fantasy about a wizard cursed to be forgotten;

Worm in a Jar, a cute fantasy novella about a witch who accidentally summons a shadowy but harmless demon;

A Hollow Contract, a fantasy serial (on hiatus) following the students & employees of two wizards with ancient beef;

Poised in Either Eye, a lighthearted urban fantasy about dragons in human form trying to survive on Earth by doing crime;

Hierarchy of the Unseen, a fantasy following a demon hunter and a demon subverting their religious order and military (respectively) to team up & prevent the apocalypse

Those last two were cowritten with Fell A. Marsh to serialize on our Patreon, and HotU is still being serialized! My main current WIPs are Heirloom, a moody urban fantasy about trans people with psychic powers who hunt vampires and break curses, and untitled, a fantasy about an amnesiac vampire trying to uncover his past in a world he no longer recognizes.

I post a lot about my own projects and processes, and also about the whiteness of publishing and writing spaces; the highs and lows of self-pub; the books I'm reading (which tend toward the weird, gay, and speculative - add me on Storygraph, btw); and my hot takes.

If you wanna learn more about my ~professional~ stuff you can check out the EHLS website; if you want the ~unprofessional~ content, you can follow me on here, lol. I'm looking for more people to follow, so I'll check out your stuff if you interact with this post; reblogs appreciated so I can find more mutuals :) Thanks!

#writeblr #writblr #writblr intro #writeblr intro #authors of tumblr #writers of tumblr #poc writeblr #queer writeblr #authors of color #indie authors #queer authors #queer fantasy #lgbt fantasy #my writing #writers on tumblr #writers of color #lgbt writers #lgbt books #queer books #trans books #couldn't be bothered to make a graphic for this today tbh!! maybe i'll repost later

[tychodorian]

And that's a wrap! This is my final project for my color scripting class, where I chose to make color scripts for my book Braidy von Althuis and the Changeling Children. I would love to have this series become a film or a show, and these color scripts highlight how I think the film would look.

#trans artist #trans artwork #art #digital art #oc #original character #publishing #self publishing #writing #authors of tumblr #braidy von althuis #color script #concept art

[themichigangayly]

“Tomorrow is tomorrow. Over there is over there. And here and now is not a bad place and time to be, especially when so much of the unknown is beautiful.” - Ryka Aoki

Who is Ryka Aoki?

• A Japanese-American transgender woman, professor, poet, composer, martial arts instructor, and Executive Director of Dissonance Press.

• She creates an intimate multi-genre collection of poems, stories, and essays with “Seasonal Velocities.” The book journeys through love and abuse in the trans experience and what it is to be human.

#ryka aoki #aapi #asian american pacific islander #asian american authors #Asian American #japanese american #Japanese #the michigan gayly #lgbtq+ #lgbtq pride #the michigan gayly: lgbtq+ issues #trans woman #asian trans #trans woman of color #transgender women #trans women #poetry #poem #poems #poet #writer #lgbtqia #trans

[yvesdot]

It’s definitely not halfway through the year and I’m definitely not concerned about it (/s) but anyway @librarycarrd tagged me so here are my Favorite Books So Far. Cheated a bit with Detransition Baby because I’m 2/3s through but hey why deny what’s obviously true. And not for lack of options! It clearly outshone anything else I could’ve put there.

Left to right, top to bottom:

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

Lanternfish Press’s 2019 edition of Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, featuring footnotes and an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado

People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn

Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth (ARC) by Tamsyn Muir

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Theft by Finding (the ‘77-’02 diaries of David Sedaris)

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

Tagging: @lazarusemma @fluoresensitive @butchniqabi @furiousfinnstan @pleuvoire @maslowshierarchyofweeds @transillidan @3by7 @shrumpo @cammysashimi @barrowdowns @ceecil and seriously WHOEVER wants to show me their books I would LOVE to see your books I will NEVER say no to seeing your books please show me your books. No pressure (●´ω｀●)

#txt #bookblr #writeblr #important writing updates #tag games #What accent color do we think that paperback will have? I suppose that lovely peach to match the author name. #And is that color scheme supposed to have something to do with the other two? Blue and orange are complementary naturally. So what's peach?? #Oh I should note the physical ARC (I got an eARC first then the physical) is like... paperback but hardcover cover design. So I don't know! #Anyway what a year for trans Jews who want to be eaten by women am I right. #Oh and David Sedaris who I MET IN PERSON AT A SIGNING (!!!!!!!!) AIEEE!!! #And I taught the Carmilla text... all of these have a great little story. #Well! Yes! Happy happy year. Haven't read as much as usual so far but chugging along now. ^__^

[thebookbin]

In the Watchful City

S. Qiouyi Lu

Publisher: Tor Genre: sci fi Year: 2021

Today I finished In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu and I was blown away. It was my first novel that used neopronouns. The main character used æ/ær pronouns (the same that the author uses) and there is another character that uses se/ser pronouns. The story follows Anima, a human dedicated to the safety and knowledge of all people in the futuristic city of Ora. Ær job is to move into the bodies of animals around the city and help, sometimes intervene in crimes or watch out for accidents. While Anima has lived in thousands of bodies, ær own body cannot leave the pool in which æ live and the cables that bind ær to the Gleaming. The book begins when æ meet Vessel, a mysterious traveler from another realm. Vessel has a qitiang full of items, each item containing a memory. Anima may choose any of the items to feel their story, and when æ are done with the experience æ must give ser a memory of ær own. Through these objects, some insignificant, some beautiful, we get brief flashes of humanity from people all over this world, and Anima learns what it truly means to be human. All the stories are queer. This was truly a delight to read and just solidifies my interest in translated fiction and in gender studies in other languages. storygraph | bookshop.org | local houston

★★★★★ compelling, linguistic stars

#book review #in the watchful city #s qiouyi lu #nonbinary #neopronouns #trans #2021 #five stars #a good read #chinese author #Author of color #COOL WORLDBUILDING #profound #short stories #unique premise #sci fi #featured #lgbt #queer #tor pub

[booksandallthingsfiction]

e-ARC Review: Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. 4 stars *Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me an e-copy of this book for review! This contemporary-fantasy will catch you off-guard. While I worried the contemporary aspects would feel out of place or annoying, the author blends the elements of each genre perfectly. I’ve never read a story quite like this, following otherworldly gods cast out to…

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#arc review #author of color #mythology #Native #nonbinary rep #queer #review #trans rep #YA fantasy

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weezer blue album with a different blue from your main?

For reference this is the image.

#transgender #trans #aroace #pansexual #asexual #ace #nonbinary #enby #bi #demigender #demiboy #demigirl #demisexual #maverique #lesbian #color picked flags #mod author #bisexual

[samuraisharkie]

staff is really proving they’re no different than the Supreme Court justices who acted like their hands were tied when people were protesting the recent rulings regarding abortion rights, but the moment people brought the protests to their homes they passed a ruling to protect themselves faster than they ever acted like was possible. It’s the same situation here. People have been calling for staff to handle harassment and horrible bigotry both within their staff and on their site for YEARS, but staff has played at being incompetent and acted like their hands were tied, up until the moment someone rightfully calls out a tumblr staff member for supporting racist antisemitic nationalists and racist antisemitic terfs, and pointing out some VERY suspect actions and art they made PUBLIC to be reacted to, and they shut down the blog and the post faster than they’ve ever responded to reports of death threats and racism. And suddenly they care about harassment, and frantically scrub away any evidence people could have to point out their bigotry. They KNOW it’s bad too, considering how quickly they’ve tried to wipe out their shit stains to prevent people from seeing their dirty asses exposed. It is truly so very disgusting and pathetic. They’re behaving like a high school discord clique complete with the bias towards banning for anyone who isn’t tolerant of the “mods” (in this case the tumblr staff) or those they are working with, instead of acting like goddamn mature adults in a professional setting.

#tumblr staff #staff #watch them try to ban me for saying this as if people haven’t called your dirty asses out for this for YEARS #are your wittle whitey feewings hurt for being called out for excusing and partaking in bigotry?? aww sucks to suck doesn’t it 😢 #clutching their precious white racism fandom pearls for being forced to acknowledge that media isn’t an escape for marginalized people #ESPECIALLY and SPECIFICALLY for people of color. #the fact that they can’t let go of these shows that have been PROVEN MULTIPLE TIMES to be influenced by the authors bigotry #is a testament to how weak minded and willed they are and how nonexistent their support and activism is. #I don’t want to see a single rainbow flag or blm symbol on this site until they can get their shit together and ACT like they care #actions speak louder than any pithy little design graphic ever will #maybe start by learning not to be reactionary and defensive when people point out your knowing support of harmful shitty media #and instead respond like a reasonable fucking decent person and accept that truth and move on to something else. #or not liking that shit in the first place! maybe start with being educated enough to see the signs #and surrounding yourself with people who will call you out on that bs. especially people of color #and jewish people. and trans people. the list goes on #instead of covering your ears to all but the yes-men who suck up to you and validate your every move #just because you can only handle public response when it makes you feel good even when that negative response is needed and justified