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Danny Mclaren

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Danny McLaren is a neurodivergent, Jewish, queer, trans and non-binary writer and poet living in Katarokwi, what is colonially known as Kingston, Ontario. They have an MA in Gender Studies from Queen’s University, with research focusing on trans and queer world-making in independent video games. They write about living queerly, loving their friends, and their own trans body.

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	Cunning Linguists by T.C. Mill (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A. Zimmerman 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enby Manifesto it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	GlitterShip Spring 2018 by Keffy R.M. Kehrli (Goodreads Author), Jeana Jorgensen (Goodreads Author), Susan Jane Bigelow (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What Should Be Your Queer Summer Read?

I made this quiz for Velvet Zone Magazine, a queer zine with both online and physical components, to recommend some of my favourite queer reads for the summer! Most of these are by authors based in Toronto or within Canada at large, as local works these appeal to me, but not all of them are.

This quiz is just a bit of fun and, hey, maybe it will give you an idea of something to pickup during the s Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 21, 2020 16:51 • Tags: lgbt, queer

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