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Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Follow young trans girl, Stephie, and her group of queer friends as they navigate school, family and relationships, and experiences of being trans. Based on the hugely successful and influential webcomic Assigned Male, and in print for the first time, this expanded collection contains exclusive content as well as familiar, well-loved characters. Humorous and acerbic, this ground-breaking graphic narrative brilliantly explores the journey of discovering...
Publisher
Andrews McNeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics includes 29 creators' tales of self-love and affirmation that detail their experiences with gender and identity. Originally published as a successful kickstarter campaign, this expanded edition includes comics by Dana Simpson (bestselling author of Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Aidyn Huynh (Snailords), Sage Coffey, Kyla Aiko, Coco Ouwerkerk, and many others. As editor The Kao writes in the book's introduction, 'My...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question: What is gender? This obsession sparked a quest in their...
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""I'm gonna tell Mido. Today, at the summer festival." Unable to push back his feelings for his childhood friend Mido any longer, Hiura makes up his mind to finally confess to him at the festival taking place at the end of summer. How will Mido, whose makeup skills transformed Hiura's life, respond?"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby's office. She wants to share this wonderful new book she's reading, but Toby, her therapist, is concerned with other things. Emma is transgender, and has sought out Toby for approval for hormone replacement therapy. Emma has shown up at the therapy sessions as an outgoing, confident young woman named Katina, and a depressed, submissive workaholic named Ed. She has little or no memory of her...
Series
Boys run the riot volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ryo and Jin have started their own fashion brand, Boys Run the Riot. Now they just have to get the word out there! But the world of fashion is a cutthroat business of patronizing adults, and the boys will have to get creative--and save some cash--if they want to get their brand off the ground and be taken seriously. Working part-time is hard enough, but for Ryo, being transgender makes it even harder. In work, friendship, and romance, he struggles...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Anne learns that her 19-year-old is a transgender man, she struggles to understand her son’s new identity. A new landmark in nonfiction comics, Transitions is a sympathetic, informative, and moving story of a family’s journey to acceptance. “I thought I was open-minded… The news of my child’s gender change hit me like a tidal wave, sweeping away all my certainties. Sweeping away the comfort of my tidy little life.” When university...
Author
Series
Magical boy (Graphix) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max―a high schooler chosen to become the next "Magical Girl." There's just one catch . . . he's a trans boy! Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself. But on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max's life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he's descended from a long line of Magical...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"'We don't just come out once. We have to come out continually throughout our lives. And as we grow and change and reach a newfound understanding of who we are, we come out once again in a whole new way.' Following the interconnected lives of a diverse queer community - including asexual, polyamorous, trans and autigender people - this empowering graphic novel explores the multitude of ways a person's identity and relationships can be expressed and...
Series
Boys run the riot volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"RIOTS ARE ALL THE RAGE. Now that the drama with Tsubasa has cooled down, Ryo is living out and proud at school, and he and his friends are back on track to create new designs for Boys Run the Riot. While doing so, Ryo bumps into a fan named Joe, who has been running his own fashion brand for 20 years. Under his tutelage, Boys Run the Riot gets put to the test to think up their brand message, motif, and concept...in order to prepare for their brand's...
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When popular guy Mido gives a makeover to his anti-social childhood friend Hiura (a boy), he accidentally creates an incredibly beautiful "girl"! With the arrival of summer, Mido and Hiura are keeping busy with new uniforms and talk of love. But when the Photography Club invites them to the beach, Hiura is faced with a new dilemma--what kind of swimsuit should he wear now that he's dressing as a girl?! It's up to Mido to find a solution!"--Back cover....
Series
Boys run the riot volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"To be my true self. Sales for Boys Run the Riot skyrocket when the famous LGBTQ YouTuber WING introduces the brand to their fans... but in the process, also outs Ryo as transgender to the whole world! With his secret now out in the open, Ryo is left to face the confusion of his classmates-- most of all from his best friend and crush, Chika-- and finds that the regret of staying silent is sometimes worse than the silence itself. Meanwhile, WING has...
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 1999, when most people think that the world is about to end with the Y2K crash on the eve of the new Millennium, Jet is just trying to get through high school. When their Mom moves to another country to work on fixing the Millennium bug, Jet is forced to stay at a boarding house while they finish the school year, and they re not pleased about it. But something s not quite right, and it s not just the out-of-control kids that Jet has to live with,...
Series
Boys run the riot volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"High schooler Ryo knows he's transgender, but he doesn't have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can't tell his best friend, who he's secretly got a crush on, and he can't tell his mom, who's constantly asking why Ryo 'dresses like a boy.' He certainly can't tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully... The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he's wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the...
Series
Dead Endia volume 3
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Trans teen Barney and his best friend Norma team up with the demons to stop the tyranny of the angels"--
16) Boys weekend
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Newly-out trans artist's assistant Sammie is invited to an old friend's bachelor weekend in El Campo, a hedonistic wonderland of a city floating in the Atlantic Ocean's international waters-think Las Vegas with even fewer rules. Though they have not identified as a man for over a year, Sammie's old friends haven't quite gotten the message-as evidenced by their former best friend Adam asking them to be his "best man." Arriving at the swanky hotel,...
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's a familiar story: a popular high school student gives their plain friend a makeover and transforms their life. But this time, both the popular student and the plain friend are boys! Mido Kenshiro has loved cosmetics all his life, keeping his obsession a secret. But when his childhood friend Hiura lets Kenshiro practice applying makeup on him, the results are earth-shattering--for both of them."-- provided by publisher.
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