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Transgender

Buffy’s Anthony Stewart-Head Went out of his way for a young trans fan

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Tired: J.K. Rowling pledging her support for a woman with “absolutist” anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans. Stewart-Head, who played Buffy’s watcher Giles in the cult series, reportedly reached out a young fan after he came out as trans in 2015. He’d heard that Jay Hulme, a poet, was “having a hard time” after coming out. Hulme was also “kind of sad” that all the photos he’d taken with the actor at fan conventions were signed to his dead name, and showed him with long hair and no chest binder. … Read more

GLAAD Calls Out J.K. Rowling for Transphobic Tweet

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LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD has taken author J.K. Rowling to task for her tweet in support of an anti-trans activist. The “Harry Potter” novelist went on Twitter to speak out about Maya Forstater, a British researcher with a history of anti-trans activism who was fired from her job after writing a series of anti-trans tweets. Rowling wrote on Twitter: “Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill” Full … Read more

COVER REVEAL: The Four Profound Weaves, by R.B. Lemberg

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The Four Profound Weaves - R.B. Lemberg

We have the cover reveal for a forthcoming trans fantasy novella (Sept 2020) by R.B. Lemberg, set in the Birdverse universe – “The Four Profound Weaves.” Preorders open now. Wind: To match one’s body with one’s heartSand: To take the bearer where they wishSong: In praise of the goddess BirdBone: To move unheard in the night The Surun’ nomads do not speak of the master weaver, Benesret, who creates the cloth of bone for assassins in the Great Burri Desert. But aged Uiziya must find her aunt in order to learn the final weave, although the price for knowledge may be … Read more

REVIEW: The Rising Tide, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Rising Tide

Title: The Rising Tide Series: Liminal Sky Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Ace, Trans Publisher: DSP Publications Pages: 388 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Earth has died.  Five years later, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever, a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship. When Eddy Tremaine and Andy Hammond find a hidden world-within-a-world under the mountains, the discovery triggers a chain of events that could fundamentally alter or extinguish life as they know it, culminate in the takeover of the world mind, and end free … Read more

SPACE: Jupiter for Trans Rights?

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What’s that up in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane? It’s Jupiter saying, at the top of its gas-filled lungs, “trans rights!” The fifth planet from the sun has made the groundbreaking decision to come out in favour of trans rights. Jupiter was snapped in UV light by the Hubble Telescope late last year, but has gone viral again in a tweet from a trans activist who tagged a photo of the planet with: “Jupiter says trans rights.” Full Story From Pink News

FOR WRITERS & READERS: National Week of Trans Awareness

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s “National Week Of Trans Awareness,” so readers, share your fave books with trans characters, and writers (whether you are trans or not), share your books that include them. Writers: This is a writer AND reader chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

VIDEO GAMES: New Xbox Game Has Playable Trans Character

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Tell Me Why game

Xbox Game Studios just published its latest game, Tell Me Why, the first mainstream game from a major publisher that features a transgender character as the playable lead hero. The game, which was developed with input from the LGBTQ media group GLAAD, was announced during Microsoft’s Xbox London event on November 14, 2019 and will be available on Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass in 2020. In the game, players will be able to control Tyler and Alyson Ronan, Alaskan twins with different memories of their troubled childhoods. Tyler is a transgender man, and players must make decisions based on … Read more

REVIEW: Her True Form, by Melody Avant

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Her True Form - Melody Avant

Title: Her True Form Series: Yvette Book One Author: Melody Avant Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Transgender Publisher: Self Pages: 169 Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Yvette knows she’s a girl, no matter how many people tell her she must be something else. Having spent most of her life studying the arcane arts she is finally prepared to face the greatest challenge of all. Becoming the woman she’s always known she was meant to be. With only her magic and her bodyguard, Gervas, to protect her, she doesn’t care if she has to … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Cailleadhama: Through the Veil, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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Cailleadhama - J. Scott Coatsworth

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new MM (gay/trans) urban fantasy out: “Cailleadhama: Through the Veil.” Colton is a trans man living in a climate-changed world. He plies the canals that used to be city streets, earning a living taking tourists on illicit journeys through San Francisco’s flooded edges beneath the imposing bulk of the Wall. Tris is an elf who comes through the veil to the City by the Bay – the Caille – on a coming of age pilgrimage called the Cailleadhama. He is searching for his brother Laris, who went missing after crossing through the Caille years … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Goodman Dairy , by Alex Silver

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Dan's Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Goodman Dairy

QSFer Alex Silver has a new MM (gay/Trans FTM) paranormal romance out: “Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Goodman Dairy.” When ghosts reach across the veil, Daniel Collins is there to tell their stories. Dan is a vlogging ghost hunter. He has devoted his life to documenting paranormal activity. In his converted van, he travels around the country exploring haunted sites. He loves the thrill of filming restless spirits. Chad Brewer, skeptic, works for an insurance company. He doesn’t believe in ghosts, but watching Dan’s vlog is his guilty pleasure. The cute vlogger is accident prone. He has Chad’s work extension on … Read more