#genderqueer books

[diversebookscorner]

Author Spotlight: Merlina Garance

Hello everyone, we trust you’re all doing great. We’re thrilled to introduce our next featured author, Merlina Garance, a fantastic writer of queer literature based in France. We recently had a chat with them about the significance of diversity in books, and we’re eager to share their thoughts with you.

Don’t forget to take a look at Merlina’s books highlighted at the end of this post and show them some love!

For more information about the books' genres, tropes and representations, check out our blog post on Medium, and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't!

Have inquiries or thoughts to share? Are you an author or publisher interested in collaborating? Feel free to reach out via diversebookscorner@gmail.com or dm us here, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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[evereadssapphic]

Book Reviews - Cheer Up! Love And Pompoms, The Prince And The Dressmaker, and Stage Dreams

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The graphic novels I read for the Trans Rights Readathon. I haven't been able to read anything in the past few months, but I wanted to participate in the readathon. That's why I chose to focus on graphic novels—they're easier for me. Just a reminder, graphic novels are books and definitely count as reading. 😤 Anywayyy, I'm still struggling to read full-length books, so I'm unsure when I'll be able to post my next review.

[queerbookmasterlist]

(via Review - She Who Became the Sun)

Rep: Genderqueer/potentially NBi main character and/or genderfluid, WLW romance, sapphic

Let me just say that this book was absolutely incredible and definitely a book that I could see myself rereading. When I read this book, I had just come off the high of reading Babel by R.F. Kuang and I needed another dark book without being horror… and boy did this deliver.

I fully suggest this book for anyone who loved Mulan but wants a more adult version. Please be sure to check the trigger warnings as there are many graphic and dark parts to this book.

[cmrosens]

Curl up with Cosy (or Not-So-Cosy) SFF

I’m currently revising my own darker, moderately spicy take on Beauty and the Beast, which has grown from novella to short novel, so I thought I would do an appreciation post for all the retellings and versions of it! That led me to thinking I could do a series of blog posts on this tale, which I’ve started here with some film versions I really like, and why I love the story despite its…

[floral-ashes]

Remember when I published this in a serious journal and everyone thought it was very funny?

Well, Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body is basically where I stake my claim at being a depraved freak. 😉

Don’t wait! Get your copy now! Available on Bookshop and plenty more.

[nillinlore]

Sex and Body Positive Trans and Nonbinary Non-Fiction Books

Buy books from trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming authors! Here's a list of some non-fiction that I've really enjoyed. This is NOT extensive, it is just scratching the surface of what's out there.

Be sure to follow me for updates on my own books and a regular dose of non-binary gender euphoria! [18+ Only, I'm a sex blogger and pleasure informed queer sexuality writer.] NOTE: All links are to Amazon CA. Most of these are available at other retailers though, so, if it looks interesting please be sure to look it up at your preferred place to buy books!

Ashley, Florence. Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body. CLASH Books, 2024.

Coyote, Ivan. Rebent Sinner. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022.

Dale, Laura Kate, Ed. Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex Writers. Unbound, 2022.

Grimm, Bruce Owens, Miguel M. Morales and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini, editors. Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.

Kobabe, Maia. Gender Queer: A Memoir. Oni Press, 2019.

Lore, Nillin. How Do I Sexy? A Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Queers. Thornapple Press, 2024.

Lorenz, Theo. The Trans Self-Care Workbook: A Coloring Book and Journal for Trans and Non-Binary People. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020.

Mx. Sly. Transland: Consent, Kink, and Pleasure. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023.

Oaks-Monger, Tash. All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy. Jessica Kinglsey Publishers, 2023.

Raines, Jamie. The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans. Vermilion, 2024.

Silver, Orlando. I Write the Body: Queer & Trans Kink, Desire, and Defiance. Kith Books & silvertongue PUBLISHING, 2023.

Sparks, Kelvin. Trans Sex: A Guide for Adults. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022.

Tobia, Jacob. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2019.

Vaid-Menon, Alok. Beyond the Gender Binary. Pocket CHANGE Collective, 2020.

Violet, Mia. Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from Self-Loathing to Self-Love. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019.

[bloompawz]

Tumblr is still actively endorsing transphobia on this website. Reblog the fuck out of this.

Tumblr got back to me about a report for once... Just to tell me that the blatant transphobia I reported "does not violate community guidelines."

These are the posts which Tumblr staff decided should be kept on the platform, with screenshots.

Also, I apologize in advance for censoring the usernames of the transphobes in the screenshots. Tumblr does absolutely nothing to protect its trans users, so I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up getting in trouble instead, just for including their usernames. I will mention, however, that every transphobe had transphobic dogwhistles in their usernames and/or bio. Transphobes are not difficult to spot. Staff are just apathetic at best, and actively transphobic at worst.

Exhibit A: A post in which someone repeatedly and explicitly misgenders trans women, fearmongers about "trans ideology," uses transphobic dogwhistles, and denies the existence of transmisogyny. This isn't even the full post; it was an incredibly long transphobic tangent. The comments were full of transphobes as well. None of them were banned. Tumblr staff think this is okay.

Exhibit B: A post in which someone delights in the idea of a trans person hurting themselves by "ripping at their surgery scars," with additional ableist undertones. Not a hypothetical trans person either; a real individual trans person. She was not banned.

Exhibit C: A post in which a self-proclaimed TERF refers to consensual gender affirming surgeries as "forced surgeries" and frames trans people as "Nazis and fascists" just for trying to become comfortable in our own bodies. She did this in direct response to trans people celebrating their own surgeries. She was not banned.

Exhibit D: A post in which someone says "transgenderism is erasing women" and blames the existence of misgendering and degendering on trans people, as if we aren't also hurt by those things frequently. She also said that trans women are "not women" in comments on her own post. She was not banned.

Exhibit E: A post in which someone engages in a blatant form of Holocaust denial, by saying trans transgender and queer people "were not targeted" (while simultaneously casting doubt on the validity of those identities themselves by putting them in scare quotes). Trans persecution and book burnings are a well documented aspect of the Holocaust. This post was also reblogged by other transphobes. None of them were banned.

@staff care to explain why you think these posts are okay? Would you like to tell us how and why these "don't violate community guidelines"? Did you learn nothing from the lawsuit that happened because of transphobia among staff? After everything that has happened, why is there still nothing being done about the rampant transphobia on this website?

Just curious.

Also, in case I get banned or this post gets deleted, here's an archived version of my post. Keep it tucked away somewhere.

[beckyts]

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

[sneez]

some gwynplaines and deas because they are all i have been thinking about

[werewolf-transgenderism]

the cover of the gigantic notebook I have dedicated to my dissertation notes and research is, dare I say, absolutely slaying

[queerism1969]

Queer rights were fought for and earned by queer folks bleeding queer blood, never forget that ✊️

[vonnawithav]

Dude-

There’s never been a better group to teach boundaries to than the people who ask poor Neil Gaiman some of the most out of pocket questions about his characters on this app. Like, y’all’s audacity is so strong I can’t decide if I’m envious of it or if it’s a total curse 💀

(I’m gonna go with the latter)

Also David Tennant’s face in Staged S1 when he realizes that white chocolate is in fact, horrendous on lasagna, is comedy gold.

[snootyfoxfashion]

LGBTQ+ Pride Book Necklaces from ShinyStuffCreations

LGBTQ+ // Lesbian // Bisexual // Pansexual // Asexual

Aromantic // Transgender // Nonbinary // Genderqueer

Genderfluid // Polysexual // Agender // Demiboy // Demigirl

[floral-ashes]

Thinking about this page tonight. Remembering why the book makes people cry. This page would make me cry, right now, if I was still capable of such things.

From page 24 of Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body.

[opossum-dyke]

Here's how my huge stack of queer books is going

(trust me this is impressive as a dyslexic person)

Ignore the Edgar Allan Poe book it's just there to be huge n press flowers

Technically Stone Butch Blues is in both the categories (have read this year) and (want to read a 2nd time)

[aroacemisha]

Just sayin’👀

Genderqueer/non-binary Luz real?