Rolling with the lgbt discussion

Does anyone have any Trans books recs (preferably transmasc )? I've been getting back into reading and would love to read a narration from a trans character :)

If you're into more YA books, I really enjoyed the art of being normal by Lisa Williamson. The main narrator/protagonist is transfem but a transmasc character comes in later on. I'm cisgender myself, so I'm not sure how accurate it is, but I liked it when I read it a couple of years ago!
Haven't read any other books with a trans protagonist I can think of :/

Eli wrote: "Does anyone have any Trans books recs (preferably transmasc )? I've been getting back into reading and would love to read a narration from a trans character :)"

The art of being normal as suggested is really good!
Felix ever after is one of my favs but there's also:
Cemetery boys
A lady for a duke
If i was your girl (omg tears streaming down my face)
Meet cute diary
Detransition, baby
and
Ander and Santi were here
(sorry for the late reply hope this helps!)

Cemetery boys is reaaalllly good!!!!!!

Drew (Taylor's version)✨ wrote: "Eli wrote: "Does anyone have any Trans books recs (preferably transmasc )? I've been getting back into reading and would love to read a narration from a trans character :)"

The art of being normal..."

I've still to read it but I just put it as an option for this months group reading so hopefully it'll get round soon, I'm super excited!

Hell Followed With Us from Andrew Joseph White :D

"Prepare to die. His kingdom is near.

Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.

But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all.

Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own. "

I really enjoyed it but I think the topic/genre is not for everyone. It's very dark and often sad but at the same time ... there is a lot of light <3


From the authors website:
HELL FOLLOWED WITH US is a horror novel about fundamentalism, hatred, and violations of the human body. Content warnings include:

- Violence (explicit gore, arson, murder and mass murder, warfare, terrorism)
- Body horror
- Transphobia (misgendering, dead-naming with name written out repeatedly, threats of transphobic violence, forced detransition)
- Religious abuse/Christian terrorism, combined with elements of eco-fascism
- Abusive parents and domestic partner violence (including returning to an abusive partner and victim self-blame)
- Self-injury (including attempted suicide of a side character)
- Emetophobia (vomiting) warning throughout

And I would recommend Melissa -> that's not as dark and more slice-of-life. It's sad as well but also ... very strong and shows a beautiful friendship <3

"BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.

George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy.

With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte—but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all."

I was born for this. Is a great book for trans people (ftm) if you aren’t feeling represented One of the two main characters is trans. doesn’t talk about his experience that much but I’m glad it does have representation!

Here's some!
- Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore (trans boys)
- I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman (trans boy)
- Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky (nonbinary)
- Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino (nonbinary)
- Both Can Be True by Jules Machias (genderfluid)
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (nonbinary)
- The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver (nonbinary)
- The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver (trans boy, nonbinary)
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (nonbinary)
- The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (nonbinary)
- Melissa by Alex Gino (trans girl; formerly published as George)
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (trans boy)
- Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (trans boy)
- Act Cool by Tobly McSmith (trans boy)
- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (trans boy)
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (trans boy)
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (trans boy)
- Always the Almost by Edward Underhill (trans boy)
- Out of the Blue by Jason June (nonbinary)
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon (intersex)
- The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez (trans boy)
- Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass (nonbinary)
- Ana on the Edge by AJ Sass (nonbinary)
- This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by various authors (various queer identities)
- The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean (trans boy)
- The Companion by E.E. Ottoman (trans women, trans man)
- Peter Darling by Austin Chant (trans man)
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (trans girl)
- Moonflower by Kacen Callender (nonbinary)
- Nevada by Imogen Binnie (trans woman)
- Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa (trans boy)
- Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin (trans women, trans man)
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (trans woman)
- O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti (trans girl)
- Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (trans girl)
- The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (trans girl)
- Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni (trans man, trans woman, nonbinary)
- Constellations by Kate Glasheen (nonbinary)
- Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore (trans boy, bigender)
- A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (nonbinary)
- Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa (nonbinary)
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (demiboy)
- Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass (nonbinary, trans boy)
- The Spirit Bears Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (trans boy, trans girl)
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (trans boy)
- Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku (trans boy)
- Dreadnought by April Daniels (trans girl)
- Cheer Up: Love and Pom-Poms by Crystal Frasier (trans girl)
- Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark (trans girl)
- Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve (trans boy)
- Kisses For Jet by Joris Bas Backer (transmasc)
- Wandering Son by Shimura Takako (trans boy, trans girl)
- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow (trans boy)
- Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky (nonbinary)
- A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow (trans boys)
- Court of the Undying Seasons by A.M. Strickland (demigirl)
- A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee (trans man)
- The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (agender, genderfluid demiboy)
- Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (nonbinary, trans man)
- Magical Boy by The Kao (trans boy)
- The Pants Project by Liv Clarke (trans boy)
- It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland (nonbinary)
- Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (genderfluid)
- Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (trans woman)
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (agender)
- Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley (nonbinary)
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (nonbinary)
- Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall (agender, nonbinary)
- Little Fish by Casey Plett (trans women)
- This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill (trans boy)
- The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (trans boy)
- Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges (trans girl)
- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor (nonbinary)
- The One True You and Me by Remi K. England (nonbinary)
- The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor (agender)
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (trans boy)
- Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo (intersex)
- The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley (nonbinary)
- The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey (trans boy)
- The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (bigender, genderfluid)
- Transmogrify! by various authors (various trans identities)
- World Running Down by Al Hess (trans man)
- Jamie by L.D. Lapinski (nonbinary)
- Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon (nonbinary)
- Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla (nonbinary, trans man)
- They Fade Away by Alex Armoredes (trans boy)
- Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans (nonbinary)
- Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly (genderqueer)
- Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (nonbinary)
- Second Chances in New Port Stephen by T.J. Alexander (trans man)
- The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars (trans boy)
- The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (nonbinary)
- Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan (trans man)
- Heart, Haunt, Havoc by Freydis Moon (trans man, nonbinary)
- Chef's Choice by T.J. Alexander (trans man, trans woman)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan (nonbinary)
- All About Romance by Daniel Tawse (nonbinary)
- The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin (nonbinary)
- Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens (nonbinary)
- A Milky Way Home by Hsinju Chen (transmasc)
- How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve (trans boys)
- A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O'Brien (nonbinary)
- If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla (trans boy)
- Paper Planes by Jennie Wood (nonbinary)
- Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li (nonbinary)
- Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker (trans girl)
- Breakup, Makeup by Stacey Anthony (nonbinary)

Damn I just wrote a list down and only got 43 but.... I need to add these