Today, on this day of trans visibility, I find myself (still) asking the question:
where the fuck are all of the juicy fiction novels with trans characters
written by trans people?
@guerrillarain I can name a few webcomics that fit the bill if you're interested, but I really don't know of any novels
Trans authors, trans protags
Coquette Dragoon, by Ivy Jane
https://burgeroise.itch.io/coquette1
Crossed Wires by Iris Jay
http://crossedwires.irisjay.net/?comic=001
Goodbye to Halos, by Valerie Halla
http://www.goodbyetohalos.com/comic/prologue-1
Soft and Shattered, by Vivid Grim
http://softandshattered.webcomic.ws/comics/first/
Trans authors, protags aren't trans but there are trans characters
Demon Street by Aliza Bees
http://www.demonstreet.co/comic/1
Paranatural by Zack Robinson
http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-1
@guerrillarain Also here's three that have Trans protags, I'm honestly not sure if the authors are trans or cis and I don't really wanna social media stalk 'em to try and get an answer, feels uncomfy
Bad Bad Things, by James Wood and Alex Semmelhack (Big cw for violence on this one)
http://www.badbadthingscomic.com/comics/2015661/chapter-1-page-1/
Never Satisfied, by Taylor Robin
http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/never-satisfied
Quick$ilver, by Emily Smith
http://www.quicksilvercomic.com/comic/1
@bugeoisie thank you thank you thank you much!
@guerrillarain Finally, https://tagpacker.com/user/lgbtwebcomics is a big ol' list of queer webcomics all tagged by content so you can like search out specific stuff. I obviously can't really vouch for most of this cuz lord knows I haven't read all or even most of em lmao
There's a whole bunch of trans comics in there tho, of which I assume at least some must be written by trans folx
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain If you don't mind, I'd like to add O Human Star by @bluedelliquanti to the list of comics with trans protags but not by trans creators. I LOVE this comic.
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain wait, paranatural has a trans protag? i know there's a nonbinary side character but did i miss some important subtext
@HTHR @guerrillarain Paranatural is in the trans authors, protags -aren't- trans section :p
Zack came out not too long ago, although there's only one confirmed nb character (Unless you count the WKTD kids making a cameo on one page)
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain ah, i gotcha :) your wording in the original toot confused me
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain trans characters with trans creator, *beautiful* artwork, *fantastic* story, there's a lot of it already and still a lot more to come, I honestly cannot praise it enough: White Noise http://www.white-noise-comic.com/ by @thephooka
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain (pssst paranatural is zack morrison, fyi)
@bugeoisie @guerrillarain
Wohoo, webcomics!! ^,^