TRANS AUTHORS

When "Have You Read Nevada" launched in 2015, it was just a simple way to get trans folks to read Nevada. It worked, and three iterations later, it's back online. But Nevada was released in 2013. The trans literary world has changed immensely since then. Now, we have speculative fiction anthologies, erotica collections, graphic narratives, and full-length novels. We have a field filled with trans authors, artists, producers, and publishers that's only just getting started.

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But we also have a lot of work ahead of us. While novels and short story collections are reaching the New York Times, trans game developers, zine artists, and adult content creators are largely ignored. Despite a growing library of work from trans people around the world, the same few books are continuously passed around the community (mainly from Topside Press) while others' hard work remains unseen. And our most influential literary communities continuously center white, middle-class trans people while ignoring QTPOC writers, poor trans folks, rural trans creators, and trans people living outside of North America and Europe. Where are they supposed to go to see themselves?

 

I want to use this site as a reference point so any trans writer who wants their work shared—and any trans reader who wants to read said work—can have a place to see themselves. It's not perfect, but it's a start. I hope it gives us the push we need to fix our community's problems.

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— Ana Valens, May 2019