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• We See Each Other

  a Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  Anderson, Tre'vell, 1991-

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  Nonfiction. Merging memoir and media study, the author spotlights trans narratives, past and current, while reflecting on the ways those stories have crossed their own personal journey of identity. (Library Journal)

• At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender

  Life Lessons From a 50-year-old After Two Decades of Self-discovery

  Arai, Shou,

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  Nonfiction. At age 30, Shou Arai came to a realization; he had no gender. Now he was faced with a question he'd never really considered: how to age in a society where everything is so strongly segregated between two genders? (Publisher description)

• Màgòdiz

  Calderón, Gabe

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  Fiction. Calderón’s debut, a fresh take on the classic epic fantasy fetch-quest, takes readers to a world reeling from ecological and informational collapse, and violently controlled by supernaturally evil Enforcers, where merely existing is an act…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Make Sure You Die Screaming

  a Novel

  Carlstrom, Zee,

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  Fiction. A nameless narrator, inspired to drop their old name and gender after the sudden death of their best friend and decade-long advertising partner, steals their abusive ex-boyfriend’s BMW and flees Chicago for Arkansas to visit their mother.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Manor House Governess

  a Novel

  Castle, C. A.

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  Fiction. A genderfluid governess becomes embroiled in a family’s troubled past in this debut novel. (Kirkus)

• Beneath the Burning Wave

  Danns, Jennifer Hayashi

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  Teen Fiction. Kaori and Kairi are the first twins to survive infancy on the ancient island of Mu, where gender is as fluid as the crashing waves. (Publisher description)

• So Many Stars

  An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-spirit People of Color

  De Robertis, Caro

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  Nonfiction. So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world. (Publisher…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Don't F&%k It Up

  An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (the First Ten Years)

  Fernandez, Maria Elena

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  Nonfiction. A retrospective of the first decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race, from the voices of those who made it a standout success. (Kirkus)

• Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

  Fransman, Karrie

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  Fiction. Fransman and debut author Plackett reflect a world in which gender roles are not so strictly defined in this charming collection of 12 lightly retold fairy tales. (Publishers Weekly)

• Boy

  a Novel

  Galland, Nicole

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  Fiction. A young actor famed for his female roles in Shakespeare's company, Sander Cooke, and his brilliant friend Joan Buckler are drawn into political intrigue with Francis Bacon, altering their lives and testing their dreams. (NoveList)

• Gender Euphoria

  Stories of Joy From Trans, Non-binary and Intersex Writers

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  Nonfiction. Editor Dale collects pieces from noncisgender writers who describe only their joyful trans or nonbinary experiences. None of the essays feature the psychological trauma that can accompany gender dysphoria. (Kirkus)

• Glitter and Concrete

  a Cultural History of Drag in New York City

  Goodman, Elyssa Maxx

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  Nonfiction. A comprehensive report on the history of drag. Writer and photographer Goodman vibrantly chronicles the history of “the renegades and rebels” who created and maintained the drag lifestyle since the mid-1800s. (Kirkus)

• Dragged to the Wedding

  Grey, Andrew (Novelist)

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  Fiction. Chicago police officer James Petika, who is not yet out to his family, recruits drag queen Daniel Bonafonte—aka Lala Traviata—to pose as his girlfriend at his sister’s wedding in Montana. (Publishers Weekly)

• Before We Were Trans

  a New History of Gender

  Heyam, Kit, 1990-

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  Nonfiction. An eye-opening study of the history of gender nonconformity...Heyam, a U.K.–based queer history activist and trans awareness trainer, tells a wide variety of pertinent stories that are often left out of the trans narrative. (Kirkus)

• The Water Outlaws

  Huang, S. L.

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  Fiction. Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of devastating ruthlessness, unseemly femininity, dangerous philosophies, and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history—or tear it apart.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Foxes Took Up Matches

  Kazbek, Katya

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  Fiction. Folklore enlivens a queer coming-of-age story set in 1990s Russia. (Kirkus)

• The Forbidden Book

  Lamb, Sacha

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  Teen Fiction. It’s the eve of her wedding night when Sorel Kalmans—the 17-year-old daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant who, along with the Hasidic rebbe, rules her small Russian town of Esrog—heeding the advice of a mystical “shadowy reflection”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Were You

  a Novel

  Major, Cesca

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  Fiction. Chief Bridesmaid Amy and her boyfriend Flynn accidentally swap bodies on the way to her sister’s swanky wedding. (NoveList)

• The Woods All Black

  Mandelo, Lee

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  Fiction. Frontier nurse and war veteran Leslie Bruin travels to the isolated, disquieting Appalachian town of Spar Creek, Kentucky, in 1929. He’s been charged with seeing to the mundane medical needs of the community, but he’s also prepared to offer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• People Collide

  a Novel

  McElroy, Isle

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  Fiction. Eli, a bumbling, aspiring writer, resides in a small and unhomey apartment in Bulgaria with his much more successful wife, Elizabeth, who holds a temporary teaching position there. One morning he wakes up to find he now inhabits Elizabeth’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation