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@brandawson
good afternoon, beloveds. it's #TransDayofVisibility today and i wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the work of some trans and nonbinary creators who are doing really amazing things in the arts right now. if this is you, reply to this thread and i’d love to feature your work.
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first: hi, you’re here. you know me, but i'm bran and i’m a nonbinary author, out there fighting the good fight to have androids legally declared queer culture. my new book, TELEMETRIES OF INDETERMINATE ORIGIN, is coming out with @GraywolfPress on 4/20 (nice)
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joshua jennifer espinoza (@sadqueer4life) is out there writing some of the poetry i wish i’d had when i was questioning. check out OUTSIDE OF THE BODY THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE HOPE from @biglucks https://www.biglucks.com…
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rivers solomon (@cyborgyndroid)'s AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS is a stunning afrofuturist novel that deals with race, gender, and sexuality very much in the lineage of octavia butler http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/...
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jayy dodd (@deyblxk) is a powerhouse of a creator. while you're waiting for THE BLACK CONDITION FT. NARCISSUS, out from nightboat next month, check out MANNISH TONGUES from (@platypuspress) http://platypuspress.co.uk/mannishtongues
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if you're not reading @danielortberg at this point, what are you even doing??? THE MERRY SPINSTER is full of the kind of fairytales i would love to read my kids. (...i don't have young children yet and it shows) https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/...
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akwaeke emezi isn't on twitter at the moment, but they're an igbo and tamil writer and video artist whose debut novel, FRESHWATER, knocked me off my fucking feet. https://www.akwaeke.com/freshwater
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andrea lawlor's PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL was one of those novels i read in the height of my "maybe being a shapeshifter would make dealing with my gender questions a lot simpler" phase. also this book is funny and gorgeous and a force of nature. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com...
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no list of trans and gnc artists is complete without acknowledging danez smith (@Danez_Smif), one of the most important working poets today (and a @GraywolfPress pressmate!). their work engages with race, sexuality, gender, and illness, and every time i've watched them read, it's been an incandescent experience DON'T CALL US DEAD: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books...
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idk about you, but i spend most of my days waiting for @Paige_M_Lewis's book to come out. why is it not october yet? preorder SPACE STRUCK as soon as you can: https://t.co/lNDSwSkhO2
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chase berggrun (@patriphobe)'s R E D, an erasure of bram stoker's dracula, is a book that's honestly almost too powerful to behold. it's one of those books i keep returning to as an exploration of the way things can be made new and magical. http://birdsllc.com/catalog/red
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there are so many more trans creators who are living and working and thriving today. so much about trans day of visibility is about reminding the world that we are here, that we deserve compassion and space and our lives, but it's more than that.
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this is a day to celebrate the categorical excellence that continues to take place in the trans community. so much of this day is about raising awareness, and that's so important.
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but these communities are more than that. they're vibrant and creative and adorable and resourceful and scrappy as hell. they're making art; they're making change.
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in short: they are alive. we are alive. if you're reading this, beloved, you are alive. you're alive, and i'm so fucking proud of you.
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i'm traveling most of today but will be retweeting trans creators whenever i can. keep sending me things. i see you; i love you; you look cute as fuck today. your hair is doing that cool thing and your butt looks great. keep it up.
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