His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl's room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of life that didn't fit anymore, and he settled happily into his new life. Then Mom and Dad announce that they're going to have another baby, and Aidan wants to do everything he can to make things right for his new sibling from the beginning--from choosing the perfect name to creating a beautiful room to picking out the cutest onesie. But what does "making things right" actually mean? And what happens if he messes up? With a little help, Aidan comes to understand that mistakes can be fixed with honesty and communication, and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self.When Aidan Became a Brother is a heartwarming book that will resonate with transgender children, reassure any child concerned about becoming an older sibling, and celebrate the many transitions a family can experience.

    From the age of two-and-a-half, Jacob, born “Em,” adamantly told his family he was a boy. While his mother Mimi struggled to understand and come to terms with the fact that her child may be transgender, she experienced a sense of déjà vu—the journey to uncover the source of her child’s inner turmoil unearthed ghosts from Mimi’s past and her own struggle to live an authentic life.       Mimi was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family, every aspect of her life dictated by ancient rules and her role as a woman largely preordained from cradle to grave. As a young woman, Mimi wrestled with the demands of her faith and eventually made the painful decision to leave her religious community and the strict gender roles it upheld.   Having risen from the ashes of her former life, Mimi was prepared to help her son forge a new one — at a time when there was little consensus on how best to help young transgender children. Dual narratives of faith and motherhood weave together to form a heartfelt portrait of an unforgettable family. Brimming with love and courage, What We Will Become is a powerful testament to how painful events from the past can be redeemed to give us hope for the future.

    Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's name. This begins Max's journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents. Written with warmth and sensitivity by trans writer Kyle Lukoff, this book is a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender.

    He was once passionately in love with Erin. Sam used to be an artistic and lively kid. They hadn’t always lived in a shabby two-room house in rural Alabama, where he runs a mediocre restaurant in the middle of nowhere.That was before Brenna disappeared. It was before Cole lost his job and they lost their home.Every day it gets worse. Erin drinks wine out of the bottle and spends her days with a tormented expression, searching the web for signs of their daughter. Sam hides in his room and rarely speaks. And Cole works himself to a stupor for a paycheck a fraction of the size of his old salary. Until one day a phone call changes everything.winter flower is at once a tragic tale of the disappearance of a child; struggling with gender identity; of the dark world of sex-trafficking and the transformation and healing of a family. Sheehan-Miles’s longest novel delves into the depths of family life—and how, sometimes, we can heal and find restoration.

    Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?

    She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she's able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was.When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school's website, Zenobia knows she's the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time. Timely and touching, Zenobia July is, at its heart, a story about finding home.

    As gossip spreads through Primrose Square, every relationship is tested, and nothing in this close-knit community will ever be the same again . . .

     In that book, a boy, Jordan, hangs out with his three best friends, all girls. The girls had created a club called the Panty Club. They would all wear the same panties on selected days in high school. Eventually, they added camisoles to the mix. When they created the club, Jordan was invited to join. He had never worn panties but found them comfortable and got into the spirit of things with his friends. Eventually, Jordan contributed his own selections to the panty club. In the first book, the girls decide to go out for cheerleading during the summer between sophomore and junior year. Jordan helps them train and eventually they convince Jordan to join them in trying out for the squad. Jordan supplies all the necessary paperwork but when he tries out, he and the three girls try out as a group. Like his friends, Jordan has long hair and the four of them wear matching outfits. The coach ignored the paperwork and assumed that Jordan was a girl. When the uniforms are given out, Jordan is given his own skirt and sleeveless top along with cheer briefs and sports bra. A friend’s mother convinces Jordan this is all a big mistake and they will work it out with the coach. However, Jordan decides to try on the uniform. Stacey’s mom gives him a little lipstick and he looks as good as any of the girls. Everyone has great fun with the mistake. As they are getting a snack, Jordan is approached by Stacey’s older brother who is a friend of Jordan. Before Jordan realizes what is happening, Nick is kissing Jordan and asking him out on a date. Thank you for reading on Daring Diane Please leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads.

    For nearly ten years, the magazine was the premier resource focused on their experiences, celebrations, and imaginations, featuring writing on both playful and political topics like selfies, bathrooms, and safer sex; interviews with queer icons such as Janet Mock, Silas Howard, Margaret Cho, and Ian Harvie; and visual art, photography, and short fiction.In conjunction with the magazine’s ten-year anniversary, this essential collection compiles the best of its twenty-issue run. Selections are reprinted in full color, with an introduction by activist Tiq Milan and a new preface by the founding editors.

    Having been told his voice is not ‘manly’ enough, could he possibly make it as a female singer called Cara Malone? The reactions of his friends and family will make you laugh and cry as you ride the rollercoaster of emotions and experiences that our hero-cum-heroine is subjected to. Success looms on the horizon, but it comes at a price. Someone knows the big secret and events build towards a breath-taking climax where not only love, but Cara’s very life, is laid on the line. Add a mysterious stalker, personal tragedy, the fear of exposure, a heart-breaking love story – and you will find that ‘No Half Measures’ is not only a gripping compulsive read, but also a story that speaks of self-discovery and one which challenges our preconceptions about identity and love. “Jenny manipulates her characters on a realistic stage and we’re left breathless by the ingenuity and plot devices she uses to such good effect.” “I have never read anything like this in my life. It made me cry, laugh and hold onto my seat at the same time.” “I can’t tell you how uplifting it was to read this story. It was something I’d been looking for for a very long time. It’s a story I know I’ll re-read periodically, just for the happiness and inspiration I found in it.”

    From struggling with sensory processing, managing socially demanding situations and learning social cues and feminine presentation, through to coming out as trans during an autistic meltdown, Laura draws on her personal experiences from life prior to transition and diagnosis, and moving on to the years of self-discovery, to give a unique insight into the nuances of sexuality, gender and autism, and how they intersect.Charting the ups and downs of being autistic and on the LGBT spectrum with searing honesty and humour, this is an empowering, life-affirming read for anyone who's felt they don't fit in.

    Terry dressed as Tasha so he could play and sing in his sister's all-woman band, the Wildcats. But then his music took off, the Wildcats could make the big time, riding the tunes and lyrics written by Terry and performed by Tasha and the band. They had a contract now. The Wildcats were a hit and Tasha was a star! Where did it stop? As Tasha became more and more real, would Terry fade away? What did Terry want? For that matter, and maybe more important now, what did Tasha want?

    He spends all season creating magic for others, and for himself, he’s resigned to another lonely winter. There’s a reason he’s known as the Devil in Fairfield Resort’s high-end kitchen, and he has no plans to change that. What most people don’t realize, however, is that Chef Garcia has a soft spot for one man—a half-blind, Russian dishwasher who is the first person in years to make Mario feel. Viktor Popov's life is full of secrets and lies. He showed up in Fairfield with a handful of suspicious papers, no past, and secured a job in the bowels of a resort kitchen. He spends his waking hours washing dishes and trying his best to manage his failing eyesight without anyone taking notice. Once upon a time, he was a man of wealth and reputation, and now he’s living day-to-day, hoping no one will ever take notice. It's been forever since Vitya believed in anything, and these long years of loneliness only proved to him that miracles didn’t exist. At least, until the night when warm hands pulled him out of the cold, and a soft voice whispered in his ear that he mattered. Life isn’t easy, and both men have never expected any different. But maybe, by the soft light of the menorah, both men will finally be able to see that for each other, they’re exactly what they need. To Touch the Light is a 43,000 word holiday novel set in the Irons and Works Universe. This book contains no cheating and an HEA.

    No problem, I play bass, but if I take the gig, it won't be an all-girl band.... So, obvious solution and I do look cute, unfortunately.... What do you mean, we're a hit? And we've got a contract!? And we're going to JAPAN?!?! I can't be most popular girl in the band! My name is Sam, not Samantha! Or...Ayumi?

    Pushed to the limit, he faces desperate choices in a bid to survive. Sometimes, with no other option, the seemingly impossible is the only way forward. Caitlin Donovan, a young woman with a four-year-old son, arrives in the Oregon coastal town of Port Orford, seeking to escape a violent past. No matter what she does, it seems destined to catch up with her. As much as she struggles to keep to herself, her barriers gradually get broken down by the people she meets there. Daniel Wright, a decorated war veteran, is trying to raise his teenage daughter in Port Orford, despite never coming to terms with traumas he has endured in his military service and personal life. In the face of further heartaches, he starts to connect with the first person in many years that has awakened a long-lost hope within him. The complex threads of deep-seated hurts and hidden truths that link these three start to unravel as love, life and family are put to the ultimate test. Each had to consider what personal price they are willing to pay for a future they could barely imagine. “A great writer comes along about once a decade. Since it’s been thirteen years since her last great novel, Jenny Walker was overdue. Although she writes from an ocean away, Jenny shows a deep understanding of the U.S. culture and blithely blends Jane Austen with Tom Clancy. You will NOT stop reading until you finish!” “Even Jenny’s minor characters live and breathe in the world she creates; some of them could be stories in their own right and sometimes are. But the main performers are more than mere flesh and blood, they worm their way into your brain and you agonise with them, laugh with them and love with them right through to the end.” “It’s been a while since Jenny Walker chose to provide her legion of fans with another fascinating, exciting and sometimes sentimental story, but now she has. ‘True Calling’ isn’t sugar from start to finish and there are some gut-wrenching episodes which could break the readers’ hearts but somehow Ryan, our hero, comes through, even if only to protect his young son from the terrible consequences of what seemed at the time to be merely a natural public spirited act.”

    TRANS+ answers all your questions, easy and hard, about gender and covers mental health, physical health and reproduction, transitioning, relationships, sex, and life as a trans or nonbinary individual. It's full of essential information you need -- and want -- to know and includes real-life stories from teens like you!

    He couldn't stop thinking about pink tights and tutus. Even though his brother and father tormented him, he longed to be more like his sister LeAnn. Maybe he was much more like her than he knew. Johnny eventually realized he wanted to be a girl, and chose the name Sarah. With help from her friends, and older sister, Sarah was able to face her toughest battle yet

    Day after day, she led them on fantastic after-school adventures, but those innocent childhood days are over, and the magic is gone. The princess is alone.Even Eric Sinclair, the Prince Eric to Joey’s Princess Ariel, has turned his back on his former friend, watching in silence as Joey is tormented at school. Eric isn’t proud of it, but their enchanted youth is over, and they’ve been thrust into a dog-eat-dog world where those who conform survive and those who don’t… well, they don’t. Eric has enough to deal with at home, where his mother has abandoned him to live in isolation and poverty.But Eric can’t stay on the sidelines forever. When Joey finally accepts her female gender and comes to school wearing lip gloss, leggings, and a silky pink scarf, the bullies readily take the opportunity she hands them, driving Joey to attempt suicide and leaving Eric at a crossroads—one that will influence both their lives in not just the present, but the future.Is there a chance the two teens can be friends again, and maybe even more?

    Sending him off to America to live with his mother's sister, Ashley finds a new life. A new life that takes some interesting turns when everyone around him insists that the very feminine looking boy is in fact a girl.

    Not an easy thing when he's living with the triad, and there's even talk of Noah moving in. Then he meets Brody Ashman, and finds himself obeying the man without question. But after what happened with Professor Fitz, Simon is done being told what to do. Yet he can't seem to resist Brody's voice. Brody is taking control of his life, having left his deviant ex and started his gender transition. Ordering Simon is a heady experience, and makes him wonder if he's finally found the perfect, innocent, vanilla partner. Until he finds out about what happened between Simon and Noah, right when Simon is finally ready to give in. **This book references past events of a taboo nature.** (Note: This story takes place in a fictional world, the same as in the Shifting Isles Series. There are multiple gods, different names for the days of the week, etc. A glossary is included.) The Transitivity series must be read IN ORDER: 1 - Kacey: The First Premise 2 - Austin: The Second Premise 3 - Hunter: The Conclusion 4 - Simon: A Transitivity Novella

     As her life starts to unravel, and she is searching for hope, a small but unexpected chink of light appears from her past.

    Even though she never wears makeup or jewellery and acts like a tomboy, her stunning beauty always stands out and gets attention. However, the prettiest girl thinks she is a boy. Uncertain of who he/she really is, Who the Hell am I? takes you on a dramatic journey of discovery as nature unfolds and helps reveal the true identity of the person within.

     She’s my roommate. She’s a grad student, like me. And she’s trans. I’ve been assigned to live with Kelly for my first year of graduate studies. The two of us couldn’t be more different - in upbringing, in majors, and in lifestyle. Surely there’s been some mistake, but… Can we turn this strange situation into something incredible? Or will we end up hurting each other in the process? They say you should never get involved with your roommate. They never said she’d be the girl of my dreams.

    This zine isn't an attack on the books, it is a deeply affectionate critique, and a meditation on loving flawed media. This zine was written in July 2019, and so does not react to JKR's mid-2020 bullshit. Copies of this zine are available in the author's etsy store, and proceeds are donated to the Native American Rights Fund. The whole story can also be read for free online

    He’s known it his entire life, which has been one of lying—to his mother, to his classmates, and to himself. Every day that he is a boy is a reminder that his life is wrong, and he must continue the lie that he isn’t a girl, and is agony—especially now in high school. Caitlin arranges parties at the start of each school year, to get to know selected new kids and to maybe do a little matchmaking. She invites Mark with the specific idea of matching him up … to herself. It’s awkward and humiliating, but she learns the truth about Mark. Their lives are told in alternating chapters, but it’s not a simple story. Mark only exists at school, while Jennifer is around after school and on weekends. At least there’s ongoing treatment at a gender clinic, but the doctors want the half-and-half arrangement to continue on into the next year. Meanwhile, Caitlin helps Jennifer learn the social roles and rules among teen girls, and Jennifer acquires new friends for the first time in her life. It can’t last. Tension and pressure mount as Mark and Jennifer each try to balance the other, just to survive. Caitlin has her own problems, too, with her body and her family. Meanwhile, life goes on, with shopping and parties with girlfriends, and with boys paying attention to the girls. But it’s increasingly difficult to keep up the daily masquerade as Mark—and it’s only a matter of time before someone realizes that Mark is Jennifer …

    His parents reject him. His girlfriend rejects him. Feeling trapped and miserable, Ron decides to leave Harvard and travel west to work on a Wyoming ranch to prove to his parents, his ex, and himself that he can live unequivocally as a man. As he embarks on this journey of independence, Ron must deal with the constant fear and anxiety of being discovered as a trans man as he enters a world more dangerous than he ever imagined.

    As the natural beauty and grace of the elves is proving to be an obsessive fascination with the darker side of humanity and keeping everyone safe and protected is a real challenge. To add to her troubles, she discovers a potential apocalypse that only she has a chance to prevent.

     With worldwide interest in owning and controlling this medical breakthrough, how will she survive and keep her independence and who can she trust?

     His relationship with his flatmate takes a dramatic turn when virtual reality and reality seemingly merge. In this epic adventure, Andy stumbles upon a groundbreaking innovation that could change the world, but will the government powers stop him in his tracks? Warning, this book ends in a cliffhanger.

    Things are better for her than they were then. She's out as a trans lesbian, has a good job, and is in the promising start of a new relationship. To top it all off, she's back in contact with her sister, who has completely accepted her. She's not ready to tell the rest of her family, but that's okay. Lian Hui, a private investigator who had searched for Teresa for years, is surprised when they become friends. Not much of a people person and prone to bouts of anxiety, she finds herself drawn to Teresa's kindness and patience. When Teresa's relationship turns sour, Lian steps up as the friend Teresa needs most. As Teresa and Lian become closer, they find the line between friendship and romance can be a blurry, confusing thing.

    This anthology includes poetry, essays, and visual art from more than 70 LGBTQIA+ artists and activists living in the Bible Belt.

    The study was conducted by a nineteen-member blue-ribbon task force that included wide representation of the church's various constituencies. The author served as a staff liaison, recording secretary, and resource to the study group, keeping meticulous notes of the process and the aftermath of the study.Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality is written for clergy and lay leaders in Protestant congregations of all kinds who need a helpful guide to conversations about human sexuality within congregations. The book also has in mind anyone who wants to understand the controversial debates about human sexuality and the Christian church today and who desire to follow a process to discuss the topic and make decisions about how congregations and individuals will respond to matters of ministry and sexuality.This book not only details the process used at Wilshire but also tells the human story of why the study was undertaken and what happened to the lives and faith of real people inside and outside the church. The author's hope is to provide a resource to other clergy and church leaders to understand why this issue must be addressed, how difficult it is to address, and what to expect along the way. As the title indicates, even though this is a difficult conversation to have, churches must have the conversation anyway.

    He's a mild-mannered guy working in a tech company, and while you wouldn't say he was overly masculine, the only thing that was feminine at all about him was his shoulder-length hair. Adison is a powerhouse of fun and femininity and brings new adventures to Eric's somewhat predictable life. But she has a very specific type in mind, and she's going to change him to fit her ideals. As early as their first date she starts to change his style, little does he know that she has plans to feminize him and turn him into the girlfriend she always wanted. Book 1 in the Adison & Erica Series.

    Adam is introverted, hard-working, and prefers the quiet company of his friends while playing board games. Evelyn, on the other hand, is outgoing, snobby, and willing to do anything if it means she will benefit. The pair live together downtown and for the most part, they live their own separate lives. But things start going wrong for Adam when his company goes bankrupt and holds a round of layoffs. He finds himself without a job and without money to pay rent. Now, Evelyn sees her brother’s misfortune as an opportunity for herself. If she gets caught skipping work again then she’ll be fired, and it just so happens that she has a festival she is desperate to attend. All Adam has to do is disguise himself as Evelyn and go to her work for a single day. In exchange, Evelyn will cover his share of the rent. What could go wrong? As it turns out, a lot. Between dresses, dating, and job interviews, Adam discovers newfound confidence in his new identity. When he starts attracting the attention of his friends and Evelyn’s colleagues he finds that maybe his new role is one he wants to keep.

    But before he was a prophet, before he was a poet, he was a just boy... a boy believed to be a girl. Unable to suppress his true nature, Sinnach fled persecution and sought refuge in the wilderness. By his nature, his talents, and his oath to the goddess Ériu, Sinnach came to find his place in a world shaped by poetry, magic, and combat.Yet the attainment of great power is not without consequence. Sinnach is inadvertently entangled in the dangerous affairs of both men and Síd, the Faerie Folk. His perilous travels into the Otherworld, the conflicting passions of love, and the return of an old enemy threaten to endanger his identity, peace between the tribes, and peace between the worlds.Inspired by the great mythological epics of ancient Ireland, this is a new myth that tells very old truths about who we were, who we are, and who we might become.

    And Christmas. They both make Adam want to scream. And kick things. Anxious, lonely, Jewish, and in serious need of a Daddy, Adam finally loses it in the lobby of his favorite BDSM club--right in front of the guy he's been crushing on. Tate's been dreaming about Adam for a long time. Trying to pick him up for a scene seemed to scare him away, and he worries that Adam wasn't as accepting of his transgender status as he'd hoped. But when the sobbing boy seeks comfort in his arms, he hopes this can be another chance. When Tate learns how invisible Adam feels being Jewish during "the holiday season," he sets out to win his boy over by making him his for Hanukkah. He plans to spoil him with eight nights of affection, laughter, and submission, showing Adam that he can be the Daddy that he deserves. But will it be enough for Tate to keep him after the holiday's over? The Traditions series follows the Jewish calendar in making old traditions new and bringing romance to life. The series features many transgender, genderqueer, and gender-bending characters, as well as BDSM elements. As the series is united by a theme rather than characters, the books may be read in any order.

    In the centrepiece, she imagines the experiences of trans women in a dystopia akin to Handmaid's Tale, investigating their absence, and in doing so builds both a moving narrative and an in-depth criticism of Margaret Atwood.

    There was just one problem. Legally Sarah Miller didn't exist, and she was one crash away from being found out. And everything had been going so well, too. Of course when a door closes on an Angel, a houseful of windows open. Follow Sarah's adventure as she learns there's more to life than just racing.

    Suddenly, he finds himself living on the other side of the country with Fey, an aunt that he only met once when he was very little. She’s a bit of a hippy, living alone in the middle of nowhere, with no Internet or cell service. Life isn’t much better with Aunt Fey, at least at first. But it’s only a few weeks before Kenny starts to notice strange changes to his body. His hips are widening, his skin is softening, and a pair of subtle lumps are starting to form on his chest. If he didn’t know any better, he would think that he’s going through some sort of female puberty! But even that doesn’t really explain his sudden desire to try on the cute outfits he finds around Aunt Fey’s house.

    Yet there are many potential barriers to actively supporting trans people, including lack of knowledge about the needs of the trans community and lack of funding or institutional support. This book, written entirely by trans library workers, is designed to dismantle some of these barriers.Supporting Trans People in Libraries is relevant for library workers of any background and position. People with little knowledge about trans identities can start with the opening introductory chapters, while those looking for guidance on a specific situation--such as adding all-gender restrooms, interacting respectfully with trans coworkers, deciding what information to require on library card applications, writing inclusive job postings, making collection development decisions, and more--can jump to a particular chapter. For each topic, there are sections on easy fixes, best practices, and example language. Readers can easily adapt the information to benefit their libraries and communities in concrete ways.

    But he's been described as a PR nightmare, and Preston only has one shot left to change. If he doesn't learn to keep his mouth shut, Preston will have to forfeit the company to a stern woman named Laurie. To prove himself, he's going to have to work alongside Laurie for the next year. But Laurie has some special plans for Preston to help him find his "feminine" side. With a daily dose of strange pills, Preston's body starts to change before his very eyes. But that's not the only thing that's different. His desires are changing too. From lingerie to boys, Preston is going to learn first hand what it means to be a woman. Maybe then he'll learn to keep his mouth shut unless he wants it filled.

    Attending on a full-ride football scholarship, Trorm is breaking down boundaries that not everyone is happy to see come down. If he's to graduate from the Academy of Arcane Ascension maintaining his GPA is the least of Trorm's worries. He's also got to keep his host family from deporting him, prove himself to the football team, and survive a myriad of foes, both magical and not. Fortunately Trorm's not unarmed. He's got a pair of magical sunglasses that turn his life into a dating sim, his own powerful spellcasting, and a host of beautiful allies and lovers. If Trorm can survive to graduate, he just may become one of the greatest wizards of all time. Warning: This is a harem style romance featuring adult situations that includes a transgender character, complicated dating dynamics, bigotry, and violence, as well as heavy elements of the GameLit and LitRPG genres.

     I’m not used to any of this, but that’s okay. We’re just friends, meeting up and going out with no expectations of going further. And that’s fine. But what if we both want more than “just friends?” I know she’s the girl for me. Now, I just have to figure out how to be her man… This fun transgender romance features brand-new characters in a college setting from Sally Laces!

    But he hasn’t counted on unconventional boatyard boss’ wife, Leanne. Theirs is no ordinary attraction. In supporting Colin to become Colette and explore a new sexuality, Leanne is confronted with her own conflicted physical needs. Even in the sexually liberated sixties, falling for a transgender woman might be seen as taboo. Together the pair embark on a reckless adventure of sex, love, and rock ‘n’ roll.Then Colette falls for kindly, down-to-earth George, and both women’s lives are thrown into turmoil. Torn between George and Leanne, it takes an unexpected turn of events to force Colette’s hand.

    Forced to travel back to her hometown in Wisconsin, Autumn removes the makeup and reassumes the persona of her youth: William, a seemingly average, uninspiring man. A childhood friend urges Autumn to attend a drag show at Queens nightclub. While most of the club’s entertainers are amateurish at best, young singer Misty Haze captures the drag superstar’s attention with his angelic voice and dime-store drag. When word gets out that Misty is missing, Autumn—along with her best friend and sister queen, Cookie La Ruse—sets off on a dangerous mission to locate the gifted singer. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of handsome detective, Zachary Baker, Autumn and Cookie discover that sometimes it takes talent, nerve, and a fabulous wardrobe to get the job done!

    Coming in. Coming home.”Adam Prashaw’s life was full of surprises from the moment he was born. Assigned female at birth, and with parents who had been expecting a boy, he spent years living as “Rebecca Danielle Adam Prashaw” before coming to terms with being a transgender man. Adam captured hearts with his humour, compassion, and intensity. After a tragic accident cut his life short, he left a legacy of changed lives and a trove of social media posts documenting his life, relationships, transition, and struggles with epilepsy, all with remarkable transparency and directness.In Soar, Adam, Soar, his father, a former priest, retells Adam’s story alongside his son’s own words. From early childhood, through coming out first as a lesbian and then as a man, and his battles with epilepsy and refusal to give in, it chronicles Adam’s drive to define himself, his joyful spirit, and his love of life, which continues to conquer all.

    Because no matter how she feels inside, Jesse will only ever see her as an awkward, gangly boy named Jude. Being best friends and bandmates will have to be enough, because she knows it's all she'll ever get. Jesse just can't figure it out. Jude is his best friend. His perfect match. He might not be attracted to him, but he can't imagine a future without Jude in it. So when Jude takes off after graduation within a word, he's devestated. Their friendship has always come easily, but it might not withstand Julia's homophobic father or Jesse discovering the truth. There's no way Julia could ever become... Jesse's girl.

    Award-winning editor Bogi Takács has assembled a stellar line-up of stories that explore the frontiers of gender - using the imaginative tools of speculative fiction.The editor's introduction also includes a section on year-to-year changes in transgender SFF, and assembled longer-form trans highlights.

    She’s a successful artist with a hot line of edgy clothing and merchandise she sells from her boutique, Hell in a Handbasket. Along with her incredible chosen family, she’s in a loving relationship with Reggie, her girlfriend of six years.When Reggie blindsides London with a public marriage proposal, London freezes. She’s never wanted anything traditional, let alone marriage. When Reggie leaves her, she thinks things can’t possibly get worse, until she receives the call that her estranged mother has died. Suddenly, she’s catapulted into contact with the family she hasn’t seen in nearly twenty years.After her mother’s funeral, London discovers a letter she wrote to her future self as part of a school project when she was ten years old. Face-to-face with her childhood ideals and the drastically different life she’s built, London must find her way to the future—and love—she truly wants.Cover Artist: Tammy SedickGenres: Contemporary / General Fiction / Romance

    His frail body keeps him away from sports and other pursuits that a young man of his age would enjoy. Even when he does go outside to socialize he is terrorized by others in the neighborhood who consider him a freak. Seeking to turn his life around, Schulyer takes some special medication given to him by his father. He starts to feel better and suddenly others start warming to him too. The final part of the trilogy finds Taran having come to terms with her physical and emotional changes but those around her are not ready to let go of Schulyer just yet. As a final confrontation comes to a head, will Taran be able to live her life as the woman she now knows she is? BUY THIS BOOK FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE

    Taking another new job in another new city, Hunter hopes that maybe, just once, he can finally settle down.Then he meets Kacey Reynolds, a free-spirited student who is as beautiful as he is exasperating, to say nothing of the unbearable arousal Hunter feels whenever the boy is around.Hunter knows he can't give in to temptation. He's managed to stay celibate for two decades, and breaking that streak would make him just as bad as them.But Kacey might prove more than he can resist.**This book contains content of a taboo nature.** Also contains one stern logic professor who's haunted by his past, one sassy FTM trans student with an affinity for makeup and belly dancing, and philosophical musings on different cultures' views on sex and relationships.(Note: This story takes place in a fictional world, the same as in the Shifting Isles Series. There are multiple gods, different names for the days of the week, etc. A glossary is included.)

    Algorithmic Shapeshifting includes poems from the past decade and previously unpublished work. The scope of the pieces extends from the present and past of Jewish life in Hungary and the United States to the far-future, outer-space reaches of the speculative—always with a sense of curiosity and wonder.Advance Praise“Bogi Takács is a poet of visceral exuberance and Talmudic invention. Moving as dazzlingly between genres as languages, e makes the reader eir kaleidoscope where ancient traditions, unenvisioned technologies, and children’s toys tumble with ordinary, transcendent precision, imagining new ways of being and observing others signally extant. These poems draw blood and spark synapses, make dauntingly familiar and tenderly strange. You should let them change you.”—Sonya Taaffe, author of Forget the Sleepless Shores“Bogi Takács’s poetry is gleefully and unabashedly itself, pulling the reader through surreal worlds of visceral magic, body modification, political wit, and interpersonal devotion. Whether looking back into Talmudic history, forward into a science fictional psychic war, or sinking into the earth and growing flowers from its own eye sockets, “Algorithmic Shapeshifting” presents a voice that is consistently fresh, startling, and sincere.”- Ada Hoffmann, author of The Outside

    From an early age, Landa is aware that he does not relate to his female form, despite being socialised as a girl. In this groundbreaking and brutally honest memoir, Landa Mabenge establishes himself as a resounding and inspirational voice for anyone fighting to define themselves on their own terms. In mesmerising detail, Becoming Him lays bare Landa’s tortured world, growing up trapped in the wrong body, while unflinchingly tracing his transition from female to male. His childhood in Umtata is brutally shattered, when at age 11 an angry woman and her zombie-like husband unexpectedly arrive to force him to accompany them to Port Elizabeth. Life in PE with "The Parents" soon morphs into a Dickensian nightmare. Landa is subjected to horrific physical, emotional and psychological abuse as he descends into a world of isolation and shame. He recalls his prison of powerlessness: “I count the years I will have to remain a slave. There are seven before my redemption: 7 x 365 = 2555 days. Today is nearly at an end. By the end of tomorrow there will be 2554. By the end of the week, 2548. And so I will myself on. Eventually the day will come when I will be free.” At 18 Landa is finally able to escape PE to study at UCT, where he tries to embrace life as a butch lesbian, but he remains tortured by his female body. After a close-to-death break down, Landa finally finds strength to embark on an arduous four-year-long journey to physically and legally become “him," relentlessly researching what it will entail to embark on gender alignment. In 2014, Landa makes history by becoming the first known transgender man in South Africa to successfully motivate a medical aid to pay for his surgeries through the Groote Schuur Transgender Clinic. Both heartbreaking and uplifting, Becoming Him is a unique story of torture and triumph, bravely opening the lid on cultural shame and abuse against those who choose a path less travelled. In 2017 Landa was selected out of over 60,000 African applicants for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Today Landa lives a transformed and happy life as a transgender educationalist and consultant.

    Most people don't even know he's there. That is until a strange solar phenomenon throws the world into chaos. Rolling blackouts, rioting, no civil order and rumors of strange kids with extraordinary powers...

    When Nathaniel’s urge to paint died, so did his will to live. Until the night he meets Gabrielle. Gabrielle may be just a poor prostitute, but she has the beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite stunner and the otherworldly aura of a fallen angel. She also has a secret. Gabrielle is Gabriel, and when Gabriel’s dark past comes knocking and Gabrielle must abandon her new career as an artist’s model, Nathaniel’s whole world comes crashing down again. Better to die than living without her love, and the breathtaking creative drive she brought him. But it’s dead easy to die for a woman. Any fool can die for love. To live for it, that takes altogether more courage, doggedness, and imagination. #transgenderromance #queerromance #crossdresser

    But instead of burying his body in a shallow grave, as ordered by the earl, his kidnapper sells him to the Captain of a slave ship bound for Jamaica. Eighteen years later, when Charles returns to London society to attain his revenge, it is as a very different person indeed. For, whilst in Jamaica, Charles becomes Charlotte, a beautiful young debutante and wife to one of the richest plantation owners on the island. When her husband succumbs to yellow fever, the beautiful and fabulously rich Lady Charlotte returns to England with one ambition in mind—the complete and utter destruction of the Earl of Weybridge. Lady Charlotte soon discovers, however, that revenge is not a dish best served cold, after all. Instead, she discovers revenge is a dish best tempered with love for her friends, with love for her family, and with her love for a very special man.

    Helms. Monica’s book details the major events of her life, from childhood through to the book’s publication in 2019. Included are her service in the U.S. Navy as a submariner, and her personal journey to discovering her true self as a trans woman, including the subsequent battles she fought with her civilian employer, Sprint. Helms recalls her creation of the Transgender Pride Flag in 1999, and her donation of the original to the Smithsonian in 2014. Monica details her founding of the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) in 2003, where she went on to serve as president for ten years. Along with numerous other examples of her trans activism, including holding Atlanta’s first TDOR event in 2000, Helms recounts lobbying state legislators in Arizona and Georgia, as well as in D.C., and being elected a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. At times, funny, at others, necessarily sad, More Than Just A Flag is the story of a leader in the fight for transgender acceptance, at a time when the trans community was just coalescing and finding its voice.

    This sometimes darkly comical collection of literary work is touching, hilarious and never predictable. Ritchie introduces a range of unique voices and characters, crossing the boundaries of sexuality, gender, and genre.

    Here you will find the facts and legends that every gay man needs to know, celebrate and be proud of.