#genderqueer writers

[inclusivefuture]

Calling all trans, nonbinary, agender, and genderqueer writers/artists!

Inclusive Future Magazine is opening its submissions for Issue 1: Visions from a Gender Inclusive Future for a second round!!

We’re looking for submissions of prose and art from trans, nonbinary, agender and genderqueer artists and writers that respond to the question: What might gender look like fifty years from now?

This round, we're specifically looking for pieces that fit in with and respond to the work we already have, like a feature article to accompany Liasis’ cover illustration (above). Find out more by visiting the call for submissions page.

(links and more details to follow in reblog)

[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.

[longlostlesbian]

no matter what anyone says. im still trans. i could stay in the closet forever and i’d still be trans. you could misgender me on my headstone and i’d still be trans.

even if the world “eradicates” trans people, i’d still be trans. if there wasn’t a word for transgender i would still be trans. if transgender people were erased from history we would still be trans, because we existed and we were trans.

i am and will always be transgender. no matter what people say about us. we have always been here and we still always stay here, even if you dont like it.

[whoevenknowswhatimwriting]

howdy

hello folks! i'm arden, he/him! i have a tendency to get incredibly invested in funny little characters from my brain, and write stories about them. i am totally on board with tag games and the like!

i mainly write character-based stories, with the setting being a bit of a backdrop unless it comes into play, with themes of selfhood, choice, queer identity, and healing. the main genre i write is fantasy, though sometimes i'll throw a little bit of sci-fi in there to spice it up.

my current projects are:

the words that cut (probably not the final name)

-genderfluid protagonist (single pov)

-explores the whole "names have power" thing with the fae, from a perspective focusing on the abuse that can result from that

-has made me think "am i a sadist or am i just processing trauma

the stars still burn

-there are three main characters (povs change)

-main concept was "what if warlocks in space and also found family"

-tonal whiplash my beloved

trigger warning guide here

twtc chapters:

chapter one

chapter two

chapter three

[tirzahstears]

chopping onions and garlic in the kitchen while i consider telling my father i'm transgender . soleil louise , jan 21 2023

[atomicraft]

[cw mentions of transphobia + violence]

wrote a poem for tdov 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[yourdailyqueer]

Shelley Parker-Chan

Gender: Genderqueer (she/they)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Malaysian Chinese, white

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Writer, diplomat, activist

[sluggodandpoet]

I’ve been a bit hesitant to do this but gender update time! I’ve been thinking and I wanna try out he/they pronouns alongside the name Arthur. So yeah you all can call me that if you like! Thank you for all your patience as I figure everything out. I went from thinking I was bi to bi and nonbinary to bi demigirl to pan demigirl to lesbian demigirl to genderfluid lesbian to grayromantic graysexual transmasc and I’m still fucking terrified. But I’m also really proud of myself and grateful for all the support you’ve all given. Thank you sincerely.

[ink-flavored]

at best, they call us helpless poor lost little girls who can’t find their way in a cruel world and when we refuse their help they call us hysterical young women too lost in their own delusions to see how far they’ve strayed from the path and when we reject them they call us traitors we’ve lost our halos and become demonic men, agents of corruption angry beasts of fire and wrath that seek only to destroy their sanctity and yet— when we live, we are not respected they tape over our mouths and insist we’re mistaken when we die, we do not keep our names they’re taken from us, our last wishes thrown out with our dignity and buried in dresses and they shrug when we ask where our brothers are buried “what brothers?” they say. “those poor women will surely repent” “at the holy gates, admit to sacrilege” “they were never yours to claim” but if the body is such a sacred place we partake in the holy act of creation and your desecration of men made divine in our image is more a sin than any of us have ever been

                                       – lucifer

Poetry Taglist: @elegant-paper-collection​ @dove-actually @polyphonetic @the-ichor-of-ruination @qelizhus @liv-is

[florilege-studio]

The hint of a shape emerges. Kas closes their eyes, left hand on the lowest keyboard as their right pulls the switch. Upstairs, the crowd has fallen silent. Gilbert and Rae finally stop sniping at each other, and Kas feels more than hears Gilbert come up to stand behind them. “There,” they say. “Look.” They move to the next switch, and the shape in the pool, almost human now, falters. It turns liquid again, then gas, then solid, dripping light from its aethereal body. Kas presses a key, then another. The shape rises. The connection has been made. Another switch. A flicker. The quintessence collapses in a wave; occluding light briefly obscures the glass wall. It leaves streaks of luminescent liquid behind, snaking their way down to the pool as it starts to swirl once more. “Stop!” Gilbert shouts. “Turn it off!”

A teaser from my short story 'The Light Organ', which is going to be published in Aether Beyond the Binary, a queer anthology from @duckprintspress.

You can get it by backing the Kickstarter campaign for the anthology, where my short story is just one of 17 incredible contributions, all featuring characters outside of the gender binary and more. It's on right now and we need your help to reach the funding goal!

[northlight14]

Manifesting the day where I can go on ao3 and search “trans *character name*” and it not just be 99% smut

[inclusivefuture]

Why we pay professional rates to contributors

It is not unusual these days for literary magazines to charge submission fees and/or to offer publication without payment. There are myriad reasons for this, many outlined in a great opinion piece by Joy Lanzendorfer (link in the reblog), but one of the most basic and prevalent being that it takes money to run a lit mag, even a very small one. (Example: it costs us about $250 a year just to maintain our ad-free website.) Many lit mag editors are already volunteering their time and energy to the project and literally can't afford to fund it.

Being writers ourselves, we recognize that it is a privilege to be published - a privilege often denied to those of us who are from marginalized and underrepresented communities.

But as editors, we recognize that it is an even greater privilege to publish work we love and want to see out in the world. Especially when we are soliciting work specifically from marginalized and underrepresented voices. Especially when people from these marginalized and underrepresented communities are often under physical threat and psychological duress simply for being who they are. Especially when people from marginalized and underrepresented communities often face employment discrimination, including reduced job opportunities and lower wages.

And especially when our contributors are undertaking the important - we believe, necessary - emotional and intellectual labor of developing a collective vision for a sustainable and socially just future. Labor that benefits not just marginalized and underrepresented communities, but all of us who want to live in an inclusive future that recognizes, validates, and celebrates the vast diversity of human experiences.

Therefore, one of the earliest and easiest decisions we made about this anthology project was to pay professional rates for contributors' work and to charge no submission fees.

As a speculative fiction publication, we're using the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) guidelines. As a professional organization, SFWA requires its voting members to have professional credentials, and one of those requirements is that a member needs to have been paid professional rates for a certain amount of their published work. Every so often, SFWA reviews and may change what counts as professional payment; currently (August 2023), that rate is 8¢ USD per word for prose.

Paying a SFWA professional rate allows our prose contributors to count work published by Inclusive Future Magazine toward their SFWA membership requirements. More importantly, however, paying our contributors professional rates is the right thing to do.

Submissions for Issue 1 are still open until October 6th, 2023! We're still looking for prose pieces inspired by our cover art and by Al Hess's illustration, a movie poster for Unbreakable Butch, political cartoons or comics, and fake advertisements. See the pinned post on our blog for more info!

[vonnawithav]

Just officially finished GO s2…

So. Apparently Neil Gaiman was named ‘Gaiman’ and has made it his entire life’s purpose to devastate the average queer person (me. I’m devastated) .

Mission accomplished.

[deanmekel]

For feeling me

I chase black eyes and bleeding cuts

It is in defiance of classic femininity

But not in acceptance of modern masculinity

It is for the same reason I got lost in stories that weren’t mine

As a child I always played alone

I wish my scraped-up knees hadn’t healed

So, I could still feel the innocence of childhood aches

I named myself a child of the moon and the stars, created a life in a different world

For I did not feel I could belong here

I will always miss the easy sunrise

That is now tucked away in the deepest corner of my brain

Now I mostly watch the steady falling of rain

My name did not yet change

But I did

Still, I am trying to recreate an image of the past that was more easy-going on my eyes

In my mind I am still that same child

But I am not

I am still chasing black eyes and bleeding cuts

Of different meaning, maybe, than before

But still for the same reason

That being, in honour of feeling myself

[matchboxbed]

hi transgender website does anyone have recommendations for books/essays/articles that will make you feel seen as a trans person. particularly looking for something that speaks to the ftm experience but any kind of trans writing is good.

if ur a trans writer by all means feel free to plug ur own stuff. i just need to feel less isolated.

[freak-accident419]

me when i read fics where reader is wearing a binder or has already had top surgery: 😍😍

(Which is like rarely to never, i don’t remember the last time i read something with that)