Transgender
REVIEW: Best Game Ever, by R R Angell
Title: Best Game Ever Author: R R Angell Genre: Cyberpunk/Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Publisher: Sisu Publications, LLC Pages: 460 Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It is springtime at Bolin College and death is in the air.The Virtual Campus Challenge demo is one week away. To make matters worse, Robby hasn’t had a boyfriend since freshman year and his gender-fluid friend is making that all too clear. When Robby and his team uncover a link between suicides and virtual reality games, Virtuella, SaikoVR’s AI game engine, fights back. … Read more
TV: “The Craft” Reboot to Feature Trans Actress
The witchy 1996 cult favorite “The Craft” is getting a modern-day remake, and transgender Latinx actress Zoey Luna will be one of the four young women in the film’s coven, alongside Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Cailee Spaeny. The 1996 film followed four misfits who begin dabbling in witchcraft to improve their looks, love lives and social standing at their Los Angeles parochial high school. Their magical connection starts to unravels when certain members begin using their powers for vengeance, leaving the others to reap the dark magic’s consequences. The female-led cast, themes of empowerment and supernatural horror vibe made … Read more
FOR READERS & WRITERS: They Kick Ass
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Who are your favorite trans/gender fluid/nonbinary kick-ass characters in sci fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic.
Review: Migration Flash Fiction Anthology
Title: Migration Series: Queer Sci Fi Annual Flash Fiction Contest Author: Various Genre: Speculative Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: LGBTQ+ Publisher: Other Worlds Ink Pages: 256 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book MI-GRA-TION (Noun) 1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. 3) Movement from one part of something to another. Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites. Migration … Read more
OWN VOICES: Transgender, Non-Binary And Gender Fluid Authors
Welcome to #ownvoices on the QSF Facebook group. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring trans, NB, and gender-fluid authors. If you’re a trans, NB, or gender-fluid spec fic author, tell us about yourself, your experiences as a trans, NB, or gender-fluid author, and the spec ficbooks you write with trans, NB, or gender-fluid characters (with links, please). If you’re not trans, NB, or gender-fluid, you can still participate – share your favorite trans, NB, or gender-fluid spec fic authors. Note: Today’s #ownvoices is about authors who are trans, … Read more
FILM: Lana Wachowski is first openly trans director of a blockbuster
After months of speculation, it was announced this week that Lana Wachowski will write and direct a brand new instalment in dystopian franchise. With the first three films in the series making a combined $1.6 billion (£1.3m) at the box office, the new sequel has the potential to become the most lucrative piece of trans art in history. Lana and her sister Lilly co-wrote and directed the initial Matrix trilogy, released between 1999 and 2003, before either had come out as trans. This latest film will see Lana go it alone, as Lilly has opted not to return. “Many of … Read more
Marvel Seeks Trans Actor for Superhero Gig
Marvel Studios is reportedly casting “transgender actresses only” for a new role in the franchise. The casting call for “Jessica” reportedly is looking for a trans woman of any ethnicity in her twenties or thirties. On Sunday (July 29), Pose actress Angelica Ross tweeted, “Ummmm Marvel? They keep asking if I’m joining the family. You want to tell ‘em? #MarvelStudios.” Ross has previously been open about wanting to join the Marvel franchise, saying in a Jezebel interview last year: “I’m trying to manifest me being in the Black Panther sequel.” Geeks Worldwide, who first reported the story, have speculated that the character could be … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Migration – Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction Anthology #5
Queer Sci Fi has just released the annual QSF Flash Fiction anthology. This year, the theme is “Migration.” MI-GRA-TION (noun) 1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. 3) Movement from one part of something to another. Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites. Migration feaures 300 word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane
QSFer Amir Lane has a new FF/queer urban fantasy suspense tale out, book one in the Barrier Witch series: Gift of Shadows. And get two books free! Why would anyone try to murder a phoenix? A corpse with no eyes bursts into flames before Toronto’s Special Crimes Detective Fairuz Arshad can investigate. Her superiors are ordering her to close the case before it’s even been opened, and it isn’t the only one. She tracks down a siren and a faerie, both missing organs and brushed off by the police. Fairuz and her dryad partner, Rowan, suspect there’s more to this mystery than it appears. The … Read more