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The only book that comes to mind that might touch on this is:

The Women's House of Detention

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I don't have a masterlist premade, but I can make one for you right now!

For books:

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

The Other Olympians

For articles:

Amelio Robles Ávila

Karl M. Baer 

Zinaida Gippius 

Ferdinand Andreas Bruce 

Edward De Lacy Evans 

Zdeněk Koubek 

Victor Barker

Lou Sullivan 

Billy Tipton  

Alan L. Hart 

Anderson Bigode Herzer

Sir Ewan Forbes 

We are always exploring, so if you ask me in the future, I will have some more!

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“The question feels so patronizing: as if I’ve never thought about gender and how I choose to present myself, how I dress, how I stand, how I crop my hair short, and what this means. As if I’ve never thought about what it would be like to live as a man instead, the relief that would come from passing, with not having to face the everyday violence and humiliations of living in my body. As if I’ve never thought about how I don’t want that, how every cell in my body recoils at that thought of being a man, and yet how harrowing it is that the only way I can get out of my bed and make it through the day is by wearing masculinity on my body. As if I’ve never held dear my feminist rage, never thought about how I feel so politically aligned with womanhood and yet hate inhabiting it, hate it when my body is read as such. As if the only way to be trans is to transition to a binary gender, as if I can’t exist as I have been, in some space in between or beyond, using she or they pronouns and seething when people call me a woman and laughing when people tell me I should transition.”
― Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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Bite Marks

Bex Deveau

From Bex Deveau comes a spicy sapphic vampire romance between a coven that owns an adult club and their new bartender.

At O Nightclub, it’s love at first bite.

Someone should’ve told Vi that. And reminded her that she knew better than to get swept up by four vampires. Especially four vampires that hit all four of her secret relationship wish list: sexy, stylish, sapphic and stupid rich.

But resisting is easier said than done.

With her mom’s medical bills piling up and no job prospects she’s forced to fill in as a bartender at O, an exclusive vampire-only adult club and finds herself entangled with the captivating coven that runs it.

Sparks fly, and lust turns to more. But old secrets threaten to tear apart their tenuous bond, and the stakes may be too high for happily ever after.

The party won’t stop until mourning.

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Queer history is being erased, but not as a whole, it’s being torn away piece by revolutionary piece, so remember:

Abolishing I.C.E. is a queer issue

Anti-fascism means breaking rules

Trans people belong in sports

Queer history exists beyond the barriers of colonial powers

Sexuality is vital and revolutionary

America is not the heart of queer culture

Prison abolition is a queer issue

There is so much more queer history has to say, and sitting back and watching as it is buried will haunt us.

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Honestly, getting this means so much to me. I've lived in Alberta for most of my life and genuinely love it here. It has actually been a bit difficult lately, because whenever I post about something negative happening in Alberta the notes are FULL of smug people making snide comments like "of course it's Alberta", which is annoying at the best of times and disheartening at the worst.

I grew up in Claresholm, lived in Lethbridge and Fort MacCleod, and in all of these spaces I found queer people to cling onto. Now that I live in Edmonton it can be difficult because so many people here haven't ever experienced the small towns they look down on, and have no idea the amount of resilience and beauty there.

When things are hard here, no part of that is helped by people's condescending attitudes. What reminds me to keep fighting is people like you, and all the gentle, fierce, and vital queer connections I have made over my years here.

Anyways, thank you for sending this in. I appreciate it more than you can know, and I hope some other queer Albertans can see and take comfort in two queer people thriving in difficult conditions.

(Also here is some queer Albertan history, George Everett Klippert, and Jean-Baptiste L'Heureux)

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Queer+Sex

In response to recent backlashes against sexual expression, I compiled a little list of books that touch on queerness and sex.

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Selected Works from Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, most often known today as simply Caravaggio, was an Italian painter in the late Renaissance era. He was known in his time for how realistically he depicted people — physically and emotionally — especially compared to his dramatic use of light. While the figures are incredibly realistic, the lighting is so extreme it’s almost akin to stage lighting today. His work, especially that dramatic lighting, inspired the Baroque style of painting. He depicted women and men in his work, though more so the latter. This, and the eroticism of some of his works, is one of the reasons scholars have debated his sexuality. There were rumors and scholarly discussions of his personal life — he never married or had children, and there is evidence to suggest he slept with men and women. He lived a relatively short life, but his legacy is evident in Baroque paintings and the work they inspired today.

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Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

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Alex L. Combs (Author), Andrew Eakett (Author)

What does “trans” mean, and what does it mean to be trans? Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures ranging from the controversial Roman emperor Elagabalus to the swashbuckling seventeenth-century conquistador Antonio de Erauso to veterans of the Stonewall uprising Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. In addition to these individual profiles, the book explores some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and shows how European ideas about gender were spread across the globe. It explains how the science of sexology and the growing acceptance of (and backlash to) gender nonconformity have helped to shape what it means to be trans today. Illustrated conversations with modern activists, scholars, and creatives highlight the breadth of current trans experiences and give readers a deeper sense of the diversity of trans people, a group numbering in the millions. Extensive source notes provide further resources. Moving, funny, heartbreaking, and empowering, this remarkable compendium from trans creators Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett is packed with research on every dynamic page.

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