Calico JesseLooking for recommendations of trans positive sci-fi and fantasy novels.
Thanks!
Ergative Absolutive-Full Fathom Five, by Max Gladstone (Book 3 of the Craft Sequence, but they work well enough on their own)
-Light from Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)
Does it need to be trans in the sense of having gender assigned at birth and then deviating from it? Because these books build gender identity as a free choice into the society:
-The Bruising of Quilwa, by Naseem Jamnia
-Worldbreaker Saga, by Kameron Hurley
-Tensorate series, by Neon Yang
Matt L@deinol There's a whole sub thread of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy series that explores the gender identity/ trans theme.
It focuses on the culture of the dwarfs, who are all externally male gendered in public, but some secretly identity as female.
The peak of this is The Fifth Elephant... which also happens to be a fantastic fantasy and mystery novel in its own right.
Strongly recommend as a Beloved British Writer alternative to the Terf Lady.
@deinol In particular, it shows younger dwarfs who've lived in the big human city and become more open about their gender identity, having to return home and experiencing the conservativism and reactionary stigma of religious fanatics etc.
It's a set of brilliant multilayered metaphors that I know are popular in both the trans community and the Muslim community.
The book is also almost quarter of a century old, which shows how progressive it was for it's time.
Gojira1000@deinol Not trans per se but the best examination of gender and culture is Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"
Michael Dashow@deinol the Unstoppable trilogy by Charlie Jane Anders (@charliejane), the first being ‘Victories Greater Than Death.’ Galaxy-spanning YA adventures (although all the adults in my house – myself included – enjoyed it as well!)
Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️⚧
Mindy Kinnaman@deinol have you read any of Aiden Thomas’s works? With the exception of his Peter Pan book, all of his books feature trans MCs.
🇵🇸 Amanda@deinol @twistylittlepassages Try Provenance by Ann Leckie if you haven’t read it already! I love everything Leckie writes but this one seems especially like what you’re aiming for
Andy McMillan@deinol the Culture series by Iain M. Banks treats gender transition as normal to the point of characters changing gender multiple times as they choose to have different experiences.
Spammy Snarker L.J.@deinol Non-Player Character by @vicorva has a nonbinary main character and trans characters in the core cast, and takes place mostly in a fantasy world where gender-affirming care and disability accommodation are an accepted and open fact of life! https://veocorva.xyz/books/non-player-character-by-veo-corva/
JohnPettigrew@deinol Dreadnaught and Nemesis by April Daniels - superhero stories with a trans central character and many other non-binary and otherwise queer characters. (With lots of terfery and anti-trans stuff being worked through, too, so you know!)
Radical Resilience Film@deinol I havent actually Read them but the trilogy "Margins" by Otter Lieffe (who is herself trans) Looks pretty good
moving to @ni.hil.istoh i love this series!
I read margins and murmurations twice, and finished "conserve and control" at the end of the year.
truly a great series!