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A Year of Queer, Trans, Butch, and Female Masculinities

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12 participants (92 books)

07 Jan 2025—07 Jan 2026

Overview

Twelve months for you to read books about lesbian, queer, trans, or female masculinities. Manhood optional, but possible. Books about butches, mascs, bois, men by choice, trans men,  female men, and liberating cis masculinity.

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Countersexual Manifesto by Jack Halberstam, [Kevin] Gerry Dunn, Paul B. Preciado

Countersexual Manifesto

Jack Halberstam, [Kevin] Gerry Dunn, Paul B. Preciado

240 pages • 2000 • 18 editions

nonfiction feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand by Megan J. Sinnott

Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory

Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand

Megan J. Sinnott

272 pages • 2004 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography gender challenging informative medium-paced
Dagger: On Butch Women by Roxxie, Lily Burana, Linnea Due

Dagger: On Butch Women

Roxxie, Lily Burana, Linnea Due

231 pages • 1994 • 3 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging funny informative medium-paced
Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad by Hil Malatino

Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad

Hil Malatino

224 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle

The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader

Joan Nestle

502 pages • 1992 • 2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America by Miriam J. Abelson

Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America

Miriam J. Abelson

264 pages • 2019 • 3 editions

nonfiction gender race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era by Bruce Benderson, Paul B. Preciado

Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era

Bruce Benderson, Paul B. Preciado

432 pages • 2008 • 24 editions

nonfiction feminism gender challenging reflective slow-paced
Sex Changes: Transgender Politics by Pat Califia

Sex Changes: Transgender Politics

Pat Califia

300 pages • 1998 • 1 edition

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nonfiction erotica essays lgbtqia+ politics reference sociology
Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam

Female Masculinity

Jack Halberstam

343 pages • 1998 • 7 editions

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Adult Human Male by Oliver Radclyffe

Adult Human Male

Oliver Radclyffe

90 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

nonfiction autobiography education gender lgbtqia+ politics