How to approach LGBTQIA+ identities in your characters; or, more specifically, how to balance between set identifying terms and the fluidity of queer theory.
Tag: Transgender
Review: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Nuanced approaches to Good and Evil in Akwaeke Emezi's PET, a review.
Trans-Writing: Code-Switching #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
What is “code-switching” and how does it apply to transgender people? How can you go about using it as a tool for your characters?
Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Toxic masculinity and the conflict between boyhood and manhood in Austin Chant's PETER DARLING, a review.
Review: I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Red flags and green-lights in Mason Deaver's I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, a review.
Trans-Writing: Coming Out Stories #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
How to make "Coming Out Stories" not all about cisgender people and give the narrative back over to your transgender characters.
Review: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation by Bogi Takács
Hostile Geometry in Bogi Takács' forthcoming THE TRANS SPACE OCTOPUS CONGREGATION, a review.
Trans-Writing: A Balance between Dysphoria and Euphoria
An argument for the need of non-dysphoric trans characters, as well as how gender euphoria can help balance out the negative impact of the struggle narrative.
Review: A Complex Filament of Light by S. Qíouyí Lu
Allyship and intersectionality in S. Qíouyí Lu's "A Complex Filament of Light" from TRANSCENDENT 3, a review.
Trans-Writing: Transphobia, Harassment, and Trauma Porn
A look at the different kinds of transphobia, as well as how (and if) they should be written.
