#transgender day of remember

[celepom]

For Transgender Day of Remembrance, here’s 10 graphic novels with transgender protagonists, are about gender, or are autobiographies from transgender creators.

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier & Val Wise

Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeeBee is a people-pleaser—a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they’d lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them.

Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham

Tony Price is a popular high school track star and occasional delinquent aching for his dad’s attention and approval. Eli Hirsch is a quiet boy with a chronic autoimmune disorder that has ravaged his health and social life. What happens when these two become unlikely friends (and a whole lot more . . .) in the spooky town of Blackwater, Maine? Werewolf curses, unsavory interactions with the quarterback of the football team, a ghostly fisherman haunting the harbor, and tons of high school drama.

The Bride Was a Boy by Chii

The heartwarming transgender love story, based on true events! Drawn in the style of diary comics with an upbeat, adorable flair, this is a charming tale about Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition--as well as falling in love with a man who’s head over heels for her. Now they want to get married, so Chii’s about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride!

Love Me for Who I Am by Kata Konayama

Non-Binary Maid Reporting for Duty! Mogumo is a cute but lonely non-binary high school student who just wants a few loving friends. As someone who doesn’t identify as a boy or a girl, however, finding people who really understand can be a big challenge. When fellow student Iwaoka Tetsu invites Mogumo to work at an untraditional maid café, Mogumo is hopeful that things are looking up. Will they finally find friends to call their own―or just more misunderstanding?

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye

A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye’s gender transition. Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren’t alone. Julia’s poignant, relatable comics honestly depict her personal ups and downs while dealing with the various issues involved in transitioning—from struggling with self-acceptance and challenging societal expectations, to moments of self-love and joy. Super Late Bloomer both educates and inspires, as Julia faces her difficulties head-on and commits to being wholly, authentically who she was always meant to be

Magical Boy by The Kao

A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max—a high schooler chosen to become the next "Magical Girl." There's just one catch . . . he's a trans boy! Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself. But on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max's life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he's descended from a long line of Magical Girls tasked with defending humanity from a dark, ancient evil! With a sassy feline sidekick and loyal gang of friends by his side, can Max take on his destiny, save the world, and become the next Magical Boy? A hilarious and heartfelt riff on the magical girl genre made popular by teen manga series, Magical Boy is a one-of-a-kind fantasy series that comic readers of all ages will love.

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the same time entirely its own. Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she's confused about who to snog. He knows she's really a he and will ultimately realize this... but she's going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of it funny, some of it not funny at all) to get to that point. Lewis is trying to tell her this... but she's refusing to listen.

X-Gender, Vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki

An autobiographical diary/essay manga about finding love in Japan as an X-gender person. At 33 years old, Asuka Miyazaki realizes that they like women! Asuka, however, is neither a woman nor a man--instead, they're X-gender, which is a non-binary identity. Follow Asuka through the pages of this autobiographical manga as they record the ins and outs of their journey to finding love with a woman.

Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges & Meaghan Carter Three years ago, Ash's mom, Kristin, left home and never came back. Now, Ash lives in the house where Kristin grew up. All of her things are there. Her old room, her old clothes, and the shed, where she spent her childhood creating a fantasy world called Koretris. Ash knows all about Koretris: how it's a haven for girls, with no men or boys allowed, and filled with fanciful landscapes and creatures. When Ash's friends decide to try going to Koretris, using one of Kristin's spellbooks, Ash doesn't think anything will happen. But the spell works, and Ash discovers that the world Kristin created is actually a real place, with real inhabitants and very real danger. But if Koretris is real, why is Ash there? Everyone has always called Ash a boy. Ash uses he/him pronouns. Shouldn't the spell have kept Ash out? And what does it mean if it let Ash in?

DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Hamish Steel

Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all--their love lives! Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may or may not also serve as a portal to hell, in this hilarious and moving graphic novel, complete with talking pugs, vengeful ghosts and LBGTQIA love!

#book recs #transgender day of remember #transgender #comic #graphic novel #nonbinary #gender #sports #horror #autobiography #fantasy #magical girl (boy)

[keymintt]

as i stand plainly in the shade, unseen

#art #painting #oil #oil painting #coyote #coyotes #traditional #traditional art #scopophobia #my art #oil painting i missed youuuuuu #i started it a few months ago but i finished this bad boy in like. three days ghlfdhgl #the power of remembering there was a Deadline you wanted to submit things to lol #i'm not holding my breath that the phx art museum is going to accept me for the Big Emerging Artist Award but. gonna shoot my shot! #anyways i love you coyotes my favorite transgender allegory animal #greatest hits

[clarinettispaghetti]

Garf gives a thumbs up to the trans person reading this :] 👍🏳️‍⚧️

#garfield #garfield fanart #trans day of visibility #transgender #trans #tbh I’ve felt like shit cause of all of what’s going on in the us rn but drawing Garfield really brought my spirits up #thank you Garfield :] #being trans is hard but remember that Garfield and friends is free on YouTube #my art

[our-transmasculine-experience]

our father may not support us being trans but WE ARE GETTING A SUIT!!! WHICH WE WILL ABSOLUTELY ROCK!!! :D I cant beliebe he actually agreed to get us one IM SOHAPPY ABT IT ITLL BE HERE MID THIS MONTH!!!!

that’s awesome! i’m so happy for you!

#god i remember my first suit #one day i’m just gonna write a whole ass thing about MY transmasc experience #doubt anyone would read it though :/ #trans #queer #ftm #trans guy #trans man #trans boy #lgbt #transmasc #lgbtq #transgender

[birdclowns]

happy transgender day have our favorite canon transgender 🥰

#transgender day of rememberance. i remember u paul strickland #paul strickland #tk strand #carlos reyes #tarlos #911 lone star fanart #911ls #911 lone star #procreate #digital art #tk strand x carlos reyes #my art

[uncanny-tranny]

There isn't a way you can medicalize transness in a way that protects the trans people who are "truly valid"

For instance, every time you say how "true trans people" must be on hormones, you will be talking about those who can't access hormones due to intersex variations, family/community relations, finances, or literally anything else. There isn't a way you can parse if an entire community is not transitioning in the ways you like for "valid" reasons.

Medicalizing transness has been tried and tested. It is what many historical trans people have fought against because it is an aspect of what oppresses us. There isn't a meaningful way you can enforce the medicalization of trans people that will only target the "invalid transes". Because - at the end of the day - it is an impossible task to find out what transes are the true transes.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #still seeing arguments from other trans people in favour of medicalizing transness #like y'all remember when transness was so medicalized and restricted that only straight trans people could get hormones? #obviously this is still a problem in the current day but do you seriously want to bring that back or bring back anything remotely similar? #hopefully worded this well lmao

[faulty-radio]

it's hard for me to think about the transgender day of remembrance because i know that i could be part of it any moment now

#yeah i know nobody would really give a shit if i did as they do about the others but like still #it's weird #like i'm supposed to be remembering the people that are dead #but i already feel dead too #transgender day of remembrance

[chaosandwolves]

Hugs and kisses and cookies and coffee and a cream

and

SO MUCH FUCKING LOVE

to all my trans siblings out there

You're beautiful and I love you

Doesn't matter if you're in the closet or out

If you're transitioning or not

I love you

You belong

You're fucking beautiful!!

This world is so much richer because you're in it!

And you are deserving of so much love

Go and be fierce and soft and thrive and live your life in every colour that is you!

Love to you all

#trans day of visibility #Trans #transgender #Queer #Let's all remember that we're one community and always lift each other up #This goes out to every single person under the trans umbrella #I hope every single one of you will find your people #Your community #And fucking thrive

[hellboys]

oh hey! happy transgender day of visibility from your local ftm queer! to all my trans homies, i see you and i love you. keep being fucking awesome as hell 💙🤍🩷

#remember to tell ur trans friends u love them today! #trans #transgender day of visibility #leo.png

[scribblemew]

Pride month is ending but huge shout-out to my all trans homies, yall are literally the coolest people I know, I hope you're all living your best lives ✌🏽

#transgender #trans #trans ally #trans people are so cool #they're really nice too #transgender people #i love you guys #happy pride #pride month #remember to be kind #i hope all the kinds people are having a good day :)

[maythray]

"harry potter isnt even good" i think some of you are lying a bit but im not really gonna push against that cause itll make me look like i actually support jkr

#mmmmy mom has been watching harry potter the past few days and like. whatever she doesnt listen to me on these things #but its making me remember that these movies are actually fun and enjoyable. #like it really could have been so good if only it wasnt drenched in hatred and bigotry #HARRY POTTER FANS DO NOT TOUCH THIS POST I DONT WANT YOU HERE #I LOVE TRANSGENDERS I LOVE AND SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND ADDITIONALLY I HATE JKR WITH A FURY #thank you goodnight

[imminent-danger-came]

I've made it no secret that I'm an ex-mormon, and I have to complain about President Nelson's (the current LDS Prophet) talk from last Sunday. It's so egregious.

(Side note Joseph Smith went to Liberty Jail because he destroyed a printing press that was trying to publish a story about his polygamy lol)

(Other side note, part of the mormon law of chasity includes not having gay sex)

Oh my goddddddd. Oh myyyy GOODDDDDDDDDD. "Never take counsel from those who do not believe." Dude what the fuck are you saying.

#I can hear the mormon speaker cadence in my HEAD i can HEAR IT #hmmmmmm oh baby. this religion is a cult #Sometimes I forget I was raised in a cult and then I remember #conference weekends were grueling #8 straight hours of guiltripping for 2 days baby. #god #imp tag #mormonism #I was looking at their views on transgender folk and I have now learned that in the early 1900s #they considered birth control to be evil. because ''limiting the number of children in a family...is sinful'' #one of the easiest ways to upset me is to have me look through lds church doctrine. I will get teary eyed within 5 minutes #miserable. miserable religion

[moonboy-ish]

I was thinking of my gender(again) and I actually came to the conclusion that I’m mostly fine with how im presenting… I just want to be flat chested…. So that’s like, half of the problem with medical transition sorted out (since I don’t think I’ll be getting on hormones) now I just have to sort out of I’m willing to take the surgery or… just binding….

Kinda want to hear other experiences, I know not everyone is the same but, I would appreciate tales similar to this, and what you did or didn’t, or if you’ve changed your mind….

I AM NOT BASING MY DECISION FROM THE ANSWERS THAT I MIGHT GET

Just don’t want to feel alone in this boat

#ftm #transmasc #transgender #genderqueer #demiboy #koy sfw #koy-ramble #please #help #I alway see trans people go for the WHOLE thing #so I want to remember myself that I’m not the only one #trans experience #trans pride #questioning my gender on random moments of the day

[fillipquesender]

Woah its trans visibility day where I am :0

#trans visibility #trans #transgender #FOR ONCE I ACTUALLY REALISED IT WAS TRANS VISIBILITY DAY #HORRAY I FINALLY REMEMBERED THE DAY THAT RELATES TO ME

[henriiiii-1001old]

HAPPY LATE TDOV EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! featuring unholy gift, all of the main characters are trans <33333333

ruth goes by she/he (bigender), thatcher is he/they (agender), eden uses he/hymn (cis-ish. we dont know what he is VGBHN), dave uses he/it/xe (iirc) (simply trans), and sarah uses she/they/he (transmasc)!!!!

ALSO if anyone saw it yes, i did give thatcher and dave matching heart top surgery scars <33333333 (ref for image under the cut)

art by @edgymoss!!!

i fucking want this now btw i rly hope i can actually do this (me and who btw. looks at two people in particular :)c )

hope you enjoy!!

#tdov #tdov 2023 #trans day of visibility #mandela catalogue #the mandela catalogue #tmc unholy gift #ruth weaver #thatcher davis #archangel gabriel #archangel eden #dave lee #sarah heathcliff #thatcher has the upside down heart scars and dave has the right side up one <3333333 #I WANT THOSE #partial nudity #transgender #transsexual #and if i havent made it clear dave is plus sized B)))))))) #i actually dont remember when i made him plus sized or why tbh FVGBHNJM #it just happened. and im ok w that :DDDDD #oh yeah btw thatcher is now trans. used to be cis but fuck it #he's gonna be trans in one au (roommates) he gon be trans in the others >:)c #i kinda rushed dave's body hair too and i feel bad :( next time he's gonna be FULL BEAR MODE!!!!!!!! >:)))))))) #case closed

[fragglez]

things proffesionals at the sexology-clinic denmark have told me when I wanted to start on hrt: (i was 13-16)

have you considered that maybe you're just a masculine lesbian and not transgender (because clearly you can't be both at the same time /sarcasm)

have you had sex before? no? maybe try having sex and then come back again (I am 13 years old..)

do you want to kill yourself? no? then do you really need to start hrt

are you into girls or boys... no one? well but uhh if you had to choose tho (sorry aromantic is not an option!)

how many partners have you had (because that matters for some reason)

tell me, a stranger you met five minutes ago, and with your parents sitting right next to you, explain everything you don't like about your body... in details please

are you autistic (whoops guess autistic people can't be trans sorry)

tell me what did you wear as a child when your parents were buying you clothed and still dressed you (if you answer clothes for your agab then wrong answer! sorry! you're not trans)

you're a teenager! stop worrying about this go to parties and have sex and then you'll be more sure about who you are

some "trans" person in england changed their mind and sued their clinic (that is not my problem why are you telling me this)

what clothes do you like to wear (maybe take a look at me and see what i am wearing)

come back when you're 18 there's too many trans people so we don't really want to help any of you sorry

#transgender #transphobia #protect trans kids #anyway I just needed to rant about this because i got remembered it suddenly #i never got to begin hrt and i suffer every single day because of it #i started going to the appointments when i was 13 and they gave me the final answer (no) when i was 16 #there is only one sexology-clinic in the whole country #i had to miss days of school my parents had to miss days of work (my mom is a single provider and missing work means A LOT) #all of that for three fucking years going through these conversations every time with a different person #it was traumatic #im turning 17 in a few months and im counting down the days till ill be 18 and i can come back and tell them “guess who's back still trans”