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Celebrate International Non-Binary Peopleâs Day with Books by Non-Binary Authors!
Today, July 14th, is International Non-Binary Peopleâs Day. Last year, we put together a post featuring our favorite books with non-binary characters. This year, we changed it up by highlighting books we loved written by out non-binary authors! We hope youâll take a peek at the works weâve listed here and other stories created by these awesome folks! The contributors to this list are: Shea Sullivan, Nina Waters, Sanne, May Barros, Shadaras, Tris Lawrence, Meera S. and two anonymous contributors.
Iron Widow (Iron Widow series) by Xiran Jay Zhao
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
Nimona by N.D. Stevenson
How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel by Alex Norris
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon series) by RoAnna Sylver
Gamechanger (The Bounceback series) by L.X. Beckett
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg
Foxhunt (Foxhunt series) by Rem Wigmore
An Accident of Stars (Manifold Worlds series) by Foz Meadows
A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty series) by Alexandra Rowland
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Melissa by Alex Gino
Once & Future (Once & Future series) by A.R. Capetta
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
Providence Girls by Morgan Dante
Soulstar (The Kingston Cycle series) by C.L. Polk
Who are YOUR favorite non-binary authors?
#duck prints press#non-binary#non-binary characters#non-binary people's day#international non-binary people's day#non-binary authors#non-binary books#book recommendations#rec list#queer books recommendations
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#bianca torre is afraid of everything#justine pucella winans#book reviews#non-binary authors#queer literatuee
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Fluff only for this one. Woman Reader (sex irrelevant)
Your Godly lover had given you immortality after They nearly lost you. They couldnât bear the idea of losing you. You hated Them for it even all these centuries later. You had to watch your family grow old and die. Your younger siblings. Their children. Their childrenâs children. Eventually you couldnât even be around their descendants. It was too hard. All you could do was set up a trust fund each time you found out another had been born. You still had to take care of them somehow. They were all that was left in this world of your family.
You were a whispered legend in the county you lived in. Some thought you were a Spirit of the Forest that was from the pre-Colonization of the area. Some said you were a monster, lurking and read to eat unsuspecting youth who wandered into your trees. Others said you were stolen by a man who killed you. Very few whispered the truth, because those who had eventually were forced away from the area to allow it to be settled.
It wasnât until some of your youngest sisterâs descendants moved back to the area that you allowed yourself to peek at them. Youâd find excuses to go to town, to find them. Your sister had been gorgeous. Maybe the most beautiful woman aside from your mother that youâd ever seen. She was tall, with eyes like clay, hair like midnight and skin so smooth you always wanted to be the one to paint it. Her descendant was none of those things aside from beautiful.
Her eyes shun like the midday sky, with hair that curled and twisted in ways youâd never imagined before the settlers came. Her face was round and childlike despite the life line that aged her face. Her skin burned easily in the sun that your sister loved, but there was ink on that skin. A permanent painting of a bird. You couldnât help but smile. The more you saw her, the more you wanted to get to know her. You were attached. You did get to know her. You two chatted, and her voice sounding like a melody. You loved her. She was almost like her sister had come back to you.
Then she died.
You felt like your heart was torn out of your chest. You screamed, cried, begged your Godly former lover to let you die, but They didnât. Then, a few days after, you stood at the edge of her funeral, watching her cold body be lowered into the ground. You saw her husband standing there with their child. A beautiful little girl who reminded you so much of her mother.
It wasnât long until you saw that same beautiful little girl curled up in a ball in the middle of the woods, sobbing. Her father said he wanted to go camping, then left her. You couldnât let the search party find her. They would give her back to that man who said she ran off, and she was too young to deny it.
As you sat with her head in your lap and she started to fall asleep, having washed the dirt out of her golden hair, your Godly former lover appeared before you.
âThis will hurt. It always does.â
You look at Them, your lower lip trembling. âI know, but I had to save her. He would have just done something else if this didnât work.â
They look down at the little girl, tilting Their head. âHer heart reminds me of hers. Pure. Soft. She will grow up to be kind, just like her.â
âI miss her,â you whisper, voice cracking as you look down at the sleeping child.
Your Godly former lover lays Their hand on your shoulder, squeezing it softly. âIâm sorry for what I did to you. I love you.â
âI know. I wish you didnât.â
âI know⌠me too.â
#writers on tumblr#writing#fantasy romance#author#romance fluff#contemporary romance#queer fluff#queer romance#nonbinary fluff#non binary fluff#fluff#romance#authors#native writer#writer stuff#writers of tumblr#queer writers#i wrote some words#i wrote something#stuff i wrote#i wrote this#my writing#short story#short fluff#god#goddess#immortality
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âDanmei is mlm fantasy written by and for straight womenâ is a lie. Itâs written for transmascs and lesbians obviously.
#for real tho most danmei fans Iâve come across seem to fall into one of these categories#straight women are a rarity#or maybe they just huddle in their own little circles while we queers live it up in ours#also I couldâve expanded the joke to include mlm trans men and non binary ppl and trans men who donât realize theyâre men yet#I also know of some cis mlms who enjoy the genre#but the wordier a joke is the less funny it is I find#also itâs worth noting that we donât actually know the personal identities of most danmei authors#so assuming that theyâre all straight seems like a pretty big stretch to me#danmei#mxtx#tgcf#mdzs#svsss#2ha#Oliver rambles
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When they were in drag, Billy went by Holly.
Apparently it was a reference according to Eddie Munson. A queer icon from the 80s. Steve looked Holly Johnson up one night and admitted he could see why Billy would be drawn to him.
They didnât really care about gender. Most times Steve saw Billy, they were blending masculine and feminine clothing together seamlessly, not caring about the abuse people hurled at them on the street.
Steve wished he cared that little about how he was perceived.
It might have been two solid years of watching Kalvin Garrah before realising how disgusting those ideas were but Steve still paused at even wearing the colour pink, worried it would somehow negate his transness. All ideas of Steveâs masculinity dependent on a fucking colour.
The very definition of toxic masculinity.
Billy could probably see how insecure Steve was in his identity and that was the reason they never even glanced his way. They spent most of their time at death metal concerts or drag shows, talking to interesting people.
Steve was probably the least interesting man alive.
And of course he was hopelessly in love with Billy.
Well, maybe infatuated was a better term for it but the general gist was there.
So he hung around places that were noisy and crowded and everything Steve hated just to get a look at them. They were absolutely spectacular every time. It almost made all the stress worth it.
Robin asked him why he didnât just talk to them. Steve responded that heâd talk to Billy when she talked to Heather.
Both of them took a moment to think about how disasterously single they were that night.
Eddieâs birthday took them to a punk bar. Steve wasnât quite sure how heâd been invited but apparently him and Eddie actually were friends. It was nice, actually being someoneâs friend, not just being in a clique.
What Eddie hadnât mentioned was how loud it would be.
Steve made it through about three songs before he broke. It was clearly a very friendly environment but he just couldnât cope. Instead he sat on the sidewalk outside, hands shaking slightly as he tried to calm his breathing.
The sensory overload bordering on panic attack was interrupted by the most beautiful voice Steve had ever heard.
âHey man, you ok?â
Standing above him was Billy Hargrove, dressed in denim head to toe, small bits of glitter adorning their moustache.
Steve could feel his brain leaking out of his ears as he nodded, not sure what to say.
Most people would have walked off after that.
Billy stayed with him the entire night.
They talked to him about their cat, their baby sister, their annoying boss. Steve returned some nervous responses until he gained more confidence and found that talking to Billy was shockingly easy.
It was kind of a bummer when Steve realised heâd have to make his way back to Robin to give her a ride home but she was already arm in arm with Heather, flashing him a thumbs up and waving wildly.
Out of the many things Billy was, they were also incredibly forthright.
Because they just looked Steve dead in the eyes and asked to kiss him. Steve said yes and despite the having to jump wildly because he was so much shorter, it was incredible.
The next morning Steve found himself sitting on the floor of Billyâs apartment while they did his makeup and it was the most at peace heâd felt in a long time.
#billy hargrove#steve harrington#harringrove#harringrove ficlet#i had an idea#trans billy hargrove#trans steve harrington#non binary billy hargrove#transmasculine steve harrington#author is trans fyi#cw mention of transmedicalism#cw panic attack mention
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I love how Edgar looks at Scott and is like man he's so pretty. He's so pretty and nice and cool and I love him so much. He's got such a nice face and I like his freckles and wowie what a great guy.
Meanwhile this is Scott:
buddy
buddy you're being weird
i mean i've been there but trust me when you say shit like this people think you're weird
#writeblr#writing community#writers on tumblr#authors of tumblr#on writing#queer writers#trans writers#non binary#nonbinary#agender
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Checked an AO3 review notification and I beg your fucking pardon lol?
#fanfic#Ao3 review#ao3#archive of our own#the crazy thing is that this is part of a longer essay complimenting my fic#but the nonbinary comment is made directly in response to me saying in an authors note that my characterization of a character had been#impacted by my exploring my gender identity at the time#and I explicitly said I was non binary in the authors note
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Iâve had this headcanon forever and itâs just never come up anywhere, so I figured itâs time to write about it.
Calebâs spell that he makes for Veth, Widogastâs Transmorigification, has major implications for Exandriaâs trans population! This could be the magical equivalent of top or bottom surgery only itâs down to a biological level! Iâm sure theyâve had their own procedures, but a body that you can personally design does seem like an upgrade from whatever technology/magic they have available!
I like to believe that Caleb doesnât think about the spell in that context at first, why would he? It was designed for someone with a different type of body dysphoria, and he doesnât interact with too many trans people (at least that he knows, I have no clue if he knows about Yussa, and they havenât seen Bryce in ages).
But once he starts teaching, and establishes himself as a safe space for queer kids (you canât tell me the empire is super open minded, especially their most prestigious traditional institution) the application becomes obvious. The first time his favorite student, a small purple tiefling named Aza who reminds him so much of Molly it hurts, comes to him mid-breakdown because of how bad the dysphoria is the solution just immediately pops into his head. He could fix this for her, give her the body she shouldâve been born in.
He comforts her the best he can and then calls a meeting of the lgbt club he has set up (itâs run under the radar to make it safe even for students who arenât out to their peers yet). Where he gives a presentation on the spell, and itâs capabilities, even has Veth come in to show the results and have her talk about her experience and if there had been any side effects.
A couple students in the room cry at the possibility, some remain uninterested, but many are enraptured with the idea.
In what seems like the blink of an eye Caleb has suddenly become an underground queer hero, he starts performing the spell free of cost to anyone who wants it and is above the legal age (you just have to help dig up the clay if you can). Ends up having a whole medical procedure to the spell, where he takes them to the blooming grove (which I imagine has plenty of clays heheh) where itâs peaceful and they can talk everything over with caduceus before and after. Who can guide them through their feelings much better than Caleb though he always tries his best. He always offer the option to go back as well (though they have to wait a year, which is of course stated beforehand) if it isnât the solution they were hoping for.
(Totally off track but I fully believe Caduceus ends up super involved in Calebâs queer club, thereâs so little aro ace rep and seeing someone whose so confident in it would be so helpful for them, and I think it would be so comforting for Caddy to see others like him and to know heâs not alone in that)
They keep the whole operation quiet, but it spreads silently throughout the queer community, Astrid even stepping in a time or two to keep it off the Assemblyâs radar (She may be straight, but sheâs poly with a bi partner, and I believe sheâll use her powers for causes she believes in for better or worse. Thankfully this is one of them).
Thereâs still discrimination against the queer community, but this quiet movement starts to spread to the point that almost every member of the nein is involved. Beau uses her connections at the Soul to get new documentation for people with proper names and pronouns. Yasha starts running Rexxentrumâs first self-sustainable lgbt safehouse for kids with nowhere to go (the garden is incredible). Jester and Fjord turn Fjordâs old orphanage into a second lgbt safehouse after he gets it shut down. Veth adds lgbt education to her camps curriculum, and is an advocate for same sex healthcare in the Nicodranas school system. She has a tunic that says proud mother of a bisexual wizard that she wears a little too often much to Calebâs chagrin. Even Kingsley (illegal pirate king that he may be, my beloved) ends up becoming as involved as possible in Calebâs group. Loves learning more about gender identity, and becomes the first Plank King to be openly gender fluid (probably who knows, I donât know much about Darktows history but I def didnât get super queer vibes). Makes sure Dark-Tow is accepting of all who turn to piracy, and imposes harsh laws against discrimination.
Essek looks on all of this with pride, so proud of Caleb and even the small role that he got to play in the spells creation. Itâs the first time he gets to see something he helped with create good in the world. With Calebâs permission he ends up sneaking back into the dynasty and leaving a copy of the finished spell on the Bright Queens desk, with a big created by Caleb Widogast across it (with whatever the wizard equivalent of copyright is). In a culture that centers around rebirth in different bodies, the idea that you could choose to have your original body back is a big deal. Dysphoria after consecuted individuals get their magic back is a huge problem within the dynasty, and it does Essek a lot of good to know that heâs done something actually helpful for his country.
Basically this got super long winded and out of hand, and I know Matt has largely cut homophobia, transphobia, and non-fantasy racism from Exandria but this idea would just not leave me alone!! And either way the spells implications for a gender affirming procedure are still super relevant.
#trans rights#lgbt in Exandria#trans writings from a trans author#well okay is non-binary technically trans??? do we fall into the gender spectrum kr the trans spectrum???#please send help in clearing this up oml#critical role#Caleb Widogast#mighty nein#veth brenatto#nott the brave#essek thelyss#mollymauk tealeaf#kingsley tealeaf#cadeuces clay#beauregard lionett#yasha nydoorin#fjord stone#jester lavorre#transgender#lgbt
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"How Do I Sexy? A Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Queers" is ALREADY at 500 copies sold and that's just in pre-orders of the physical copy alone! If you haven't done so yet, be sure to secure yours for when it releases next Friday, August 23rd, 2024, by ordering now on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Indigo, or by supporting your locally owned queer bookstore!
Be sure to also check out some of my upcoming discussion events with bookstores across North America!
August 27th - Saskatoon, SK, Canada; In-Person w/ Turning the Tide Bookstore @ 7:00 PM CST
August 28th - Calgary, AB, Canada; Instagram Live w/ Shelf Like Books @ 2:00 PM MDT
Sept 4th - Vancouver, BC, Canada; Zoom Discussion w/ Cross & Crows Books @ 7:30 PM CST
September 6th - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Zoom Discussion w/ Under the Rainbow Bookstore @ 6:00 PM CST
#queer writers#lgbtq books#lgbtq author#queer books#lgbtq community#queer#nonbinary#lgbtq#gender nonconforming#lgbtqia#queer author#queer lit#queer community#queer nsft#queer pride#trans#genderqueer#trans writers#trans books#non binary#nonbinary books
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#queer fiction#original content#wlw author#queer community#realistic fiction#non binary character#found family
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Day 18: JOMPBPC: Lgbtqia+ Character
Ben De Backer đđ¤đđ¤
#justonemorepage#jompbpc#lgbtqia+ character#ben de backer#i wish you all the best#mason deaver#non binary#beautiful book#beautiful cover#amazing author#lgbtqia+#nash#eve#fear#bagheera#i love books
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Sapphic novel enjoyers!!
My friend is writing a queer sapphic fantasy romance written in the mysterious world of Wistervander, with witches and detectives (and detective witches!) with a hefty side of pining and slow burn.
She's been working very hard on this over the last few months and I have been beta reading for her, so please show her some love because she deserves recognition, and it's hard to get that as a new writer <33 (She's also drawn all the art for it! I personally adore the chapter paragraph icons) You can find her work here: https://tapas.io/series/Creatures-of-Wistervander/info
#queer writers#sapphic#queer#lgbt#sapphic writing#fantasy#fantasy writing#indie author#posted with permission#wlw#lesbian#genderqueer#non-binary romance#novel#tapas#tapas creator#witches#witchcore#detectives#yearning#and also#pining#slow burn#art#queer artist#sapphic art
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eh you know what, fuck it, I doodled my version of sinner!Adam and they made me happy so here you go
the hands and arms are shit just don't... don't pay too much attention
in this AU Adam woke up in Hell in a female body and ended up just... rocking with it
I guess he decided to commit to the rock star persona, I fully believe Adam would fucking love Hell if only he got off of his high horse, and with Lilith out of the picture the "singer empowering the people of Hell" role is free soooo... you know đ¤ˇ
lyrics from Stick It To The Man
#hazbin hotel#i still plan to push the non-binary!adam agenda#god themself can't stop me but the adhd is very successful at it so far#adam is still very much voiced by alex brightman#he probably stick to masc pronouns out of habit but don't mind others#off topic (kinda) but i really have a lot of feelings about the reference to school of rock in ep 6#it's soooo ironic from adam who himself identify as 'the man' (both about gender and figure of authority) to say that#but 'stick it to the man' is such an angry song and adam is so pissed off pretty much half of his screen time#he deserves to sing it at least onceâ so there it is#trans adam hc (hazbin hotel)#hazbin adam
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⨠Meet the Artist â¨
About time I made one of these, and also a great way to introduce myself here on tumblr I guess! Feel free to reblog with your own, I love these things.
#Meet the Artist#SarielSnowingsArt#queer artist#illustration#trans Artist#trans#non binary#meet the author
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okay i did that YA book trend. howâd I do?
buy it here!
#bookblr#book recs#short stories#indie author#indie publishing#strong branch press#queer horror#Sci fi#sci fi comedy#fantasy#queer Sci fi#non-binary author#writer#writerblr#YA book trend
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Edgar Gallows is done with magic.
He left it behind when he left the Academy, a deep-rooted institution where anyone can dedicate their lives to tapping into the source of magic - and all the pain that brings. Now he's found himself a quiet life in nearby New Orleans where he can focus on staying alive, pretty much alone, and relatively happy.
Scott Skylark Kaufner is losing his mind - literally.
Since being born a birthright with innate magic, he has had a dark and screaming void desperate to take over his body. A powerful madness that will render him unstoppable for as long as he is separated from the other half of the soul bond he was born into. Every day the cosmic oil spill swallows up more and more of himself, and there's nothing he can do but keep travelling from town to town and looking for an indistinct figure he only knows as Eddie.
Edgar and Scott cross paths in the dirty walk-in of NOLA tourist trap. But this has happened before, hasn't it?
Something about this
feels
familiar.
A tender asexual romance with eldritch undertones. Mental health representation and an intersex lead. Love both romantic and platonic and familial. Intense food service specifics. Jim Jarmusch meets Satoshi Kon meets The Mountain Goats meets most lighter shades of green and yellow.
Blind Trust! Out June 20th!
#writers on tumblr#writing community#writeblr#blind trust#writing#on writing#agender#asexuality#queer writers#asexual#non binary#nonbinary#indie publishing#authors of tumblr
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