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REVIEW: Entanglement Bound – Mary E. Lowd

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Entanglement Bound - Mary E. Lowd

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Lesbian, Trans FTM Reviewer: SI Get It On Amazon About The Book Clarity’s home is her spaceship. Living on the move. Planet to planet. When money trouble forces Clarity and her traveling companion, Irohann, to take on passengers, Irohann worries his secret identity will be revealed. He’s a canine alien on the run from an empire of sentient plants, and their queen has a personal vendetta against him. But Clarity believes his fears are unfounded and the Doraspians gave up on him long ago. Heartsick at the idea of losing their ship, Clarity … Read more

REVIEW: Imaginary Creatures Anthology

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Imaginary Creatures Anthology

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Let go of the mundane and escape reality with four tales of strange, wonderful magic by up-and-coming authors in the realm of queer romance. Imaginary Creatures by Shai Porter explores the relationship between two people who meet via online fandom. Loo isn’t asking for much from life, really. Just a safe place to start over with her daughter and cat, the occasional glowing comment on her fan fiction, and maybe even a washer-dryer. Anything else…well, … Read more

Let’s Make Laverne Cox a Superhero

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Laverne Cox - Twitter

Laverne Cox has opened up about her “dream” of starring in a superhero movie, and we are here for it. Cox spoke to the PA News Agency about her starring role in the new Amazon Prime film Jolt. Her character is a “no-nonsense” detective with a “foul mouth” named Angela. Cox told PA she loved playing the role because she “always wanted to do an action movie”, and hopes that it leads to more like it. Cox discussed her deep love for action films including the James Bond and Mission Impossible franchises before admitting her dream of starring in a … Read more

Hollywood Fail: No Trans Characters in Major Films in Four Years

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Transgender Flag

There hasn’t been a single trans or non-binary character in a major Hollywood film for four years, proving Hollywood still has a long way to go towards LGBT+ representation. LGBT+ media advocacy organisation GLAAD released its ninth annual Studio Responsibility Index Thursday (15 July), which tracks the representation of queer characters released by eight major Hollywood studios in 2020. The study found that there were no trans or non-binary characters represented in any of the 44 films released by the eight largest film studios. According to GLAAD, this is the fourth year in a row that trans and non-binary characters … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Colour Theory – K. Leigh

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Colour Theory - K. Leigh

K. Leigh has a new queer sci-fi anime book out (bi/trans mtf): Colour Theory. Some people believe in reincarnation. Others believe humans will eventually become robots. Why not both?  That’s how Alex wakes up—aboard CONSTELIS VOSS, humanity’s very own planet-sized ship. He soon realizes that he’s a bit of an anomaly; he’s the only android who’s ever remembered a past life. Now he needs to know why he’s remembering bits and pieces of the 1990s and how he became an android in the first place. Familiar faces aboard CONSTELIS VOSS help him color in the blanks. Memories start to form patterns—patterns … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Sea Lover – J.K. Pendragon

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Sea Lover - J.K. Pendragon

QSFer J.K. Pendragon has a new MM paranormal romance out (cis/trans): Sea Lover. And there’s a giveaway! Ian is happy with his life in a remote Canadian fishing town, where he has only the sea and his fishing crew for company. People say being alone is terrible, but he’s never had any problems with it. Then his peaceful life is thrown into upheaval when he finds an injured merman washed up on the shore. With no idea what else to do, Ian takes the merman home and nurses him back to health. But as he helps S’mika heal, a bond … Read more

There Are Trans Tribbles!

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Kirk with Tribbles

The Transcendent Caracal and Transcendent Tribble pets both feature pink, blue and white colouring to support the trans community. “This breed has a bright pastel coloration that shows its fearless nature, and can be found in all manner of places as it seems to thrive on overcoming boundaries,” reads the blog description of the Tribble. Star Trek Online community manager Mike Fatum discussed the pets with Daily Star Trek News: “The name was chosen to fit more with Star Trek lore, but the in game descriptions, and the fact that these items are the colours of the trans flag, are meant to really signify that [Star … Read more

Nickelodeon’s Danger Force Casts First Openly Trans Actor

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Danger Force

Nickelodeon has made history by casting its first-ever openly trans actor in the live-action superhero show Danger Force. In a first for the television channel, 13-year-old actor Sasha Cohen has been cast alongside his twin sister, Natalie Cohen. “I had never felt comfortable about who I am, and I always thought that I would never play a transgender role,” Sasha told Variety. “But there are so many kids out there who need to see someone like them – a role model who has the ability to put themselves out there.” Full Story from Pink News

Half of Our Trans Kids Contemplated Suicide Last Year

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Trans Teen Suicide Drpression - Deposit Photos

OK, this isn’t a typical QSF story. But so many of our members are trans or non-binary or gender-fluid or genderqueer. Take a moment to read this, and reach out to your friends to tell them you love them EXACTLY AS THEY ARE. From LGBTQ Nation: The Trevor Project’s latest National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found some troubling results: nearly half of the youth they surveyed considered taking their own lives in the last year. More than half of transgender and nonbinary youth considered doing so as well. That is undoubtedly due in part, to the record number … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: World of Warcraft Confirms Character is Trans

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World of Warcraft character Chromie

A new World of Warcraft book appears to confirm that the character of Chromie is trans. Releasing on 25 May, World of Warcraft: Folks & Fairy Tales gives extra insight into many characters in the game and some fans have been lucky enough to receive a copy early. Chromie is one such character. She is a dragon who takes the form of a gnome; her story explored in the short tale “The Visage”. Her full name is Chronormu, a male dragon name, but she takes the mortal form of a female gnome in a coming-of-age ceremony. Full Story from Pink … Read more