![]() ![]() ![]() “However, since the protagonist of the book is a trans girl, Thom turns the everyday narrative over its head – the Street of Miracles is not a place where desires are frowned upon. Where Death lives and make him give them back?” Their father in the war and their mother to disease, and who go forth to find Guys on the internet will never break them again? About trans girl who lost Golden eyes who cut out their own hearts and lock them in boxes so that awful ![]() Robber trans girls waving knives made of bone? About trans teenage witches with “Where are all those stories about little swarthy-skinned The book was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award which celebrates and explores LGBTQ themes. With the relationships that the protagonist forges, Thom is able to show how important community is for developing a sense of belonging, and how you can find that community, it’s just a matter of where you look. ![]() In making their trans identity only an aspect of their lives, Thom does something significant – she is able to narrate the story of full-fleshed out characters who are much beyond that one single part of their identity. Without diluting how the world sees transgenders, Thom gives agency to all the non-binary gender groups she writes about, allowing them to both dream, and achieve those dreams. ![]()
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