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Looking for recommendations for books with trans protagonists (pawb.social)
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I've been going to a queer book club, and we're currently looking for books with trans characters to read next month.

Ideally we'd like a standalone book (not part of a series), and a story where trans identity is a significant part of it.

Thank you :)

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[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The main character has a few lines discussing pronouns. And there's the ambiguous gender / cross-gender attractions. Here's a better writeup than I would bother writing :)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/nimona-nd-stevenson-profile.html

The graphic novelist ND Stevenson wrote the trans allegory long before he came out. When it was time to adapt it for a new film, he was ready to go further.