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Emily Zhou’s debut short story collection, ‘Girlfriends’, tells seven distinct stories about contemporary trans life from the Upper Midwest to New York City.

Fifteen years ago, when Imogen Binnie started the novel that would become Nevada, she had pink hair and lived with approximately four roommates in a...

LittlePuss Press specializes in work by transgender writers. Its founders also know it’s hard to resist a great party.

A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership. 

Imogen Binnie published Nevada nine years ago. Since then, a renaissance of trans fiction bloomed. Now, Binnie talks about making art for trans audiences.

From the return of a legendary gay novelist to a blazing new memoir about parenthood, these are the queer books you should be reading this Pride Month—and beyond.

Imogen Binnie's 'Nevada,' first published in 2013, follows two people at different points of a transgender journey, each trying to live in the present.

Imogen Binnie published Nevada nine years ago. Since then, a renaissance of trans fiction bloomed. Now, Binnie talks about making art for trans audiences.

“This means that ‘transition’ doesn’t start with hormones or coming out. And I don’t think we live in a culture in which that particular transition has an end point.”

One From the Vaults where she explores important trans historical figures and events. She was one of the first trans people I followed on Twitter as I was starting my own transition, and I’m pretty sure it was through her that I discovered Topside Press (see “A conversation with Torrey Peters”) and the trans lit scene of the early 2010s. One of the things that I’ve taken from her is a rule she has about not publicly criticizing other trans women. It might seem like self-cens...