The definition of ‘bisexual’ in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has been updated to encompass gender as well as sex, making it more inclusive of trans identities. The progressive move is thanks to bisexual advocate Robyn Ochs, who reached out to Merriam-Webster in January 2019 asking them to change their definition of ‘bisexual’ to a term that embraces the full gender spectrum. Full Story from Pink News
Genre: Dystopia LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual+, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Trans Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book In this Philip K. Dick Award–winning series, one woman’s unknowable destiny depends on a bold new step in human evolution. In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious, coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including the thriving … Read more
QSFer Minerva Cerridwen has a new queer fantasy/fairy tale out: The Dragon of Ynys. Every time something goes missing from the village, Sir Violet, the local knight, makes his way to the dragon’s cave and negotiates the item’s return. It’s annoying, but at least the dragon is polite. But when the dragon hoards a person, that’s a step too far. Sir Violet storms off to the mountainside to escort the baker home, only to find a more complex mystery—a quest that leads him far beyond the cave. Accompanied by the missing baker’s wife and the dragon himself, the dutiful village … Read more
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out, Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 3: “The Shoreless Sea.” This is a rerelease. The fight for the future isn’t over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of humankind. The generation ship Forever has left Earth behind, but a piece of the old civilization lives on in the Inthworld—a virtual realm that retains memories of Earth’s technological wonders and vices. Lilith leads the uprising, and if she sets its inhabitants free, they could destroy Forever. But during … Read more
An adorable new illustrated children’s book is giving kids a trans heroine to look up to, and a happily ever after to match. Launched by a $58,000NZD Kickstarter campaign and a creative team supported by Sir Ian McKellen and George Takei, Raven Wild is the third book in an LGBT-inclusive trilogy set “in a world where equality exists and no one is discriminated against for who they are”. It tells the story of Raven, courageous young woman who was raised as a boy named Hawk. One day Raven learns of an evil poacher’s plan to steal a powerful gem and … Read more
Star Trek is going where the 54-year-old sci-fi TV franchise has never gone before by introducing its first-ever transgender and non-binary characters. The characters will be played by actors who are trans and non-binary in real life. In its upcoming season of Star Trek: Discovery, the series’ 2018 CBS spin-off, trans actor Ian Alexander will play Gray, a Trill, which are aliens who serve as hosts for symbiotic creatures that provides unique personality traits and skills. Non-binary actor Blu del Barrio will make their debut by playing the non-binary character Adira, an intelligent and introverted teenage amnesiac whose coming-out story … Read more
Aurora Lee Thornton has a new queer fantasy book out: “All or None.” In a world where everyone has a soulmate, uniquely powerful mage Royiora and reluctant assassin Kalo collide in the worst of ways. Royiora Daralkaen, the only mage alive able to use all five kinds of magic, has a near idyllic childhood in the country of Porescalia – before war breaks out with their antagonistic neighbors, Kloria. Kalo Porla, a naturally magic-proof individual known as a Null, is trained to be as an assassin by the authoritarian empire known as the Domain. When Kalo and his partner assassin … Read more
QSFer Natsuya Uesugi has a new queer cyberpunk book out: “grydscaen: scout.” After hackers attack the stock market taking the economy, the pandemic that was ust a threat becomes a reality and the death toll mounts. The government and big pharma scramble to find a vaccine but putting profits over human life, the hackers infitratethe SenseNet after rumors of government corruption and testing utested toxic vaccine candidates on homeless teens. When the hackers stumble upon proof big pharma’s new vaccine is killing people, all hell breaks as they reveal the conspiracy as the death toll and new cases mounts uncontrolled. … Read more
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out: “The Rising Tide.” This is a rerelease. The Earth is dead. Five years after the Collapse, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever: a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship. When Eddy Tremaine and Andrissa “Andy” Hammond find a hidden world-within-a-world under the mountains, the discovery triggers a chain of events that could fundamentally alter or extinguish life as they know it, culminate in the takeover of the world mind, and end free will for humankind. Eddy, Andy, and a handful of other unlikely heroes must … Read more
After The Matrix director Lilly Wachowski verified the long-held theory that the film is an allegory for the trans experience, Netflix has broken down its queer themes in a powerful Twitter thread. Lilly Wachowski – who wrote and directed the Matrix trilogy with her sister Lana, before either had come out as trans – confirmed it was the duo’s “original intention” for the film to be read as a trans narrative. “The Matrix was all about the desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view,” she told Netflix in an interview for its Film … Read more