The Trans Experience

[wazroth]

At the local thrift / reuse store:

[mindysan33]

Also, use nerfs on terfs!

[womanhood_deferred]

i love being trans

[Grey_Devil]

The transitive property, in mathematics, states that if a relationship holds between a first and second element, and also between the second and a third element, then the relationship also holds between the first and third element. It’s commonly used in equality and inequality, but applies to various relations.

There’s a pro-trans joke in there somewhere

[danimagoo]

I don’t know about a joke, but I think the truth is in there. Humans are entitled to certain inalienable rights. Trans people are human. Therefore, trans people are entitled to those same inalienable rights.

[OWYAC]

I was perusing the romance offerings through my library (don’t judge me), which is increasingly offering gay and lesbian romance titles, I noticed possibly the first trans romance that I’ve seen listed. I can’t speak to the quality of the writing; it looks like a first novel, but kudos for Toronto Public Library for buying it.

In case anyone is interested, it’s a sports novel about 2 Asian trans women athletes by Benedict Nguyen; “Hot Girls with Balls”.

[awfulhorrid]

Absolutely no judgement. I know we have a few here at my library as I’ve read a few myself. I’ll see if I can compile a list and post it here soon.

[Grey_Devil]

Nothing wrong with romance, that shit is great even if its not my usual go-to.

On my end of reading, i read mostly manga/manhwa/manhua and occasionally i’ve read some titles where a character was trans or intersex and it was presented in a way it was not a big deal, and more importantly were not fetishized which is more of an issue in comic form. It always delights me when i see trans characters being baddies and i hope to see more of that.

[OWYAC]

I think the author may be a trans woman, certainly Asian, in that case, the trans romance would likely not be fetishised.

[Grey_Devil]

I think that is likely less of an issue in a book, but manga is notorious for really sexualizing intersex and trans characters because that’s what sells. And sure i understand the why, but its tired in my eyes.

As an aside “Hot Girls with Balls” got a laugh out of me, love it

[awfulhorrid]

We don’t have this series in our library, but the Hearts of Heroes series by Molly Bragg (first book: Scatter) is well worth reading. Superheroes, time travel, aliens, dragons, and lots of queer characters!