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this isn't bait pls don't meme me
are there any good books about being trans/with trans characters
this is the only one i found it was ok
The Wasp Factory
>>8190337
Middlesex, though it's more about identity, and intersexuality.
We had this thread 2 days ago
>>8190343
link?
it wasn't me who posted it
>>8190343
No we had an edge thread.
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counting time till somebody suggests orlando :^)
that book sucks lol
>>8190337
you're WRONG, it was BAD.
It was really shallow. It couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a book that tries to distill the trans experience (it was super entry level, nothing more than what you'd get from talking to a trans person for 10 minutes) or simply a story involving a trans character (the story sucked).
>>8190393
Try to use proper punctuation and capitalization.
>>8190393
>>8190387
ok I agree that it was a little 101/didactic and doesn't hang together perfectly as a novel (I think it depends on how much you liked Maria, which I did, and could forgive her her flaws and mistakes), but I think it works on a lot of levels, one as a time capsule, I'm not trans but it looks like some things have changed for the good even since this was written and it'll be interesting to look at it 10, 20 years from now and just a more general slice of ny at that time among young trans/queer people
the second part really bummed me out
>>8190483
>it'll be interesting to look at it 10, 20 years from now and just a more general slice of ny at that time among young trans/queer people
city of night by john rechy
