With the Trans Rights Readathon going on, if anyone needs trans gryphon books a try, give me a try!
The first trans character you'll meet in Eyrie is Lei, a trans-masc peacock who transitions over the first five books.
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First book: https://books2read.com/eyrie
Lei also meets one or two characters early on who aren't points of view but are trans and help him out, like Naya, a sandy tern gryphon from Sandpiper's Dune, and Grax, a barking owl gryphon.
Lei is so popular that any fan art of a jade peacock opinicus gets attributed to him.
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Lei was also the first character to get crossover fan art. In The Gryphon Generation series by Alexander Bizzell, there's a violet-backed starling gryphon named Isabell who's also trans. The CockatielForger drew fan art of Lei and Isabell interacting.
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Bonus trans-masc gryphon: Njorn from Coldbright, a novel in the Tales of Feathers & Flames collection set in the world of Dire by @AngryOpinicus is a trans dire gryphon.
One of the other stories in there by Saylor Ferguson features a transfemme dire gryphon, too.
Fan art by CockatielForger, Coldbright cover is a recolor of the Tales of Feathers & Flames anthology cover, original & recolor by @Ayvaire
"But Vale, if you're a trans girl, where are the GIRL trans gryphons?"
Please accept my gooiest child, Whisper, from Pridelord. I support trans rights (Lei) but also trans wrongs (Whisper). I love her, but she's an antihero of sorts.
🎨 CockatielForger for a song/character fan art mash up.
As a bonus, with every transfemme gooey gryphon, we offer a complimentary cottagecore lesbian strawberry finch. (They're "Summer Friends," as your far too cis gryphon aunt may call them.)
Whisper & Flicker Valentine's Day gryphon card by @Yotenotes
There is a kind of vulnerability to writing a transfemme character as a transfemme author. Especially one who isn't, like, ENTIRELY against cannibalism, rabies-like parasites, overthrowing evil reeves, or borrowing dead bodies to aid with transition.
She's fun to write! Just a bit gooey.
Quick roundup for Whisper.
She (and the susurration of infected starlings) have their own chapter header. It's gooey! Then a pride chibi heart, also by @Yotenotes . Whisper & Flicker by CockatielForger. Then a WIP of Whisper & Flicker on a date by MaebeeNot.
Fun fact: Whisper was so popular that she had fan art thirty days before Pridelord even hit stores. The beta readers started making fan art before anyone else had read it.
Here's fan art by Bubbysaur/Geckobutts.
As mentioned earlier, Grax, Naya, and Oliana are three other transfemme side characters, so Whisper's not alone =]
But if you're looking for some trans gryphon fiction by a trans author for the readathon, give me a shot =]
The full series is available in ebook, audio, hardcover, and large print.
I forgot to mention, also paperback! There is a trade paperback edition.
And all except the audiobooks have amazing interior art pieces by Brenda Lyons (Windfalcon) — as a treat, here's a look at how Whisper appears in the novel Pridelord.
The transfeminine urge to paint your claws silver.
Vale Nagle 🏳️⚧️