queerbookclub:
Earlier this week, I posted a list of books published in 2014 featuring queer people of color. Today I’m sharing books that feature the voices of trans people and/or trans protagonists.
As in the past two years,
I put together this list of publications from 2014 with the help of
resources like the Lambda Literary Foundation as well as reviewers around tumblr, goodreads and elsewhere. It has grown thanks to the efforts of small presses like biyuti publishing and Topside Press.
There’s
no way this list is exhaustive.
These are also not personal recommendations, just every title I could
find. If I was unsure about a book’s contents (that is, if I was unsure
if the trans characters were prominent, or if I thought the book might
be exploitative), I tried to give weight to who the author is (i.e.
I was more likely to include books I know were written by trans
people). This list includes books about intersex people - whether
intersex people exist under the
“umbrella” of trans or not is up to intersex individuals, but I decided
to err on the side of inclusion (if you’re not sure of the difference
between transgender and intersex people, please refer to the Intersex Society of North America’s FAQ for starters). Of course, I’ll happily add books to the list if you have
any suggestions that fit the theme - only books about trans or intersex people, and only works published in 2014.
Here’s everything I found, arranged by
genre:
Fiction
Groom of Convenience by Vicktor Alexander
Fingerless by Ian Donnell Arbuckle
Otros Valos by Jamie Berrout
For Today I am a Boy by Kim Fu
Transition to Murder by Renee James
everything must go by la johnjoseph
I’ve Got a Time Bomb by Sybil Lamb
Other
Selves: A Journey of Gender, Fiction, Discovery, and Hope by Amber Neko
Meador
S/N/D by Soren Melville
Revolutionary by Alex Meyers
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab by Shani Mootoo
Maxine Wore Black by Nora Olsen
At Land by Morgan M. Page
A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett and Annie Mok
The Complicated Geography of Alice by Jules Vilmur
Poetry
i just want freedom by b. binaohan
Beast Feast by Cody-Rose Clevidence
Make Love to Rage by Morgan Robyn Collado
Almost Any Shit Will Do by Emji Spero
Gephyromania
by TC Tolbert
Terror Matrix by Zoe Tuck
Ghost Box by Emerson Whitney
Sara or the Existence of Fire by Sara Woods
Wolf Doctors by Sara Woods
Memoir/Bio
Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders by Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall
Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
Show Trans: A Nonfiction Novel by Elliot DeLine
Memoirs of a GayShe by Garland G. Guidry
The Wind That Ruffled the Field by Jer'Ell Hartsig
Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill
Memoirs of a Transsexual Call Girl by Dee Dee Jackson
The Transsexual from Tobago by Dominique Jackson
Bent by Teri Louise Kelly
Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man by Thomas Page McBee
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
A Light in the Dark by Stephanie Robinson
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote
My Life is No Accident by Tenika Watson and Jennifer Daelyn
Nonfiction/Queer Studies
Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders edited by Niko Besnier & Kalissa Alexeyeff
decolonizing trans/gender 101 by b. binaohan
The
Transgender Archives: Foundations for the Future by Aaron H Devor
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Making Sense of Intersex: Changing Ethical Perspectives in Biomedicine Ellen K. Feder
Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect edited by Andrea James & Deanne Thornton
Manning Up: Transsexual Men on Finding Brotherhood, Family & Themselves edited by Zander Keig & Mitch Kellaway
Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives by Nia King
Island Bodies: Transgressive Sexualities in the Caribbean Imagination by Rosamond S. King
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco by Clare Sears
Journeys of Transformation: Stories from Across the Acronym by Reid Vanderburgh
Young Adult
If We Shadows by DE Atwood
Double Exposure by Bridget Birdsall
Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper
Just Girls by Rachel Gold
Lessons on Destroying the World by Gene Grant
Shadowplay by Laura Lam
The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood
Children’s Lit
Jacob’s New Dress by Sarah & Ian Hoffman
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
Tell Your Story, Tell A Dream Birthday Cake by Angela Bermudez & Flor Bermudez
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
Comics/Graphic novels
the GENDER book by Mel Reiff Hill & Jay Mays
100 Crushes by Elisha Lim
Family Portraits by Samuel Orchard