In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, Bethany and Mariëlle talk about how to write transgender characters.
Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app.
What we talked about
- Who gets to write trans characters
- Which stereotypes and tropes to avoid
- Other things to avoid when writing trans characters
- The things we SHOULD be writing about when writing trans characters
(Re)sources mentioned on the show
- “The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Transgender Characters” by Alice Thomas: https://properz.medium.com/the-dos-and-don-ts-of-writing-transgender-characters-15ae8fbfab6b
- “How to Write About Trans People” by Eli Cugini: https://electricliterature.com/how-to-write-about-trans-people/
- Quora forum: https://www.quora.com/What-should-a-cisgender-author-remember-to-take-into-account-when-writing-transgender-characters
- “Writing Better Trans Characters” by Cheryl Morgan: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/writing-better-trans-characters/
- “Writing Trans Characters” by Alex DiFrancesco: https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2016/11/08/writing-trans-characters/
- “How to Write Transgender Characters” by Michael Brewer-Berres: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/write-transgender-characters
- “Before you write about a transgender character, read this” by Casey Plett: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/before-you-write-about-a-transgender-character-read-this-1.3919848
- “Transgender People” in the GLAAD Media Reference Guide 11th Edition: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
- “Glossary of Terms: Transgender” in the GLAAD Media Reference Guide 11th Edition: https://www.glaad.org/reference/trans-terms
- “Trans 101: glossary of trans words and how to use them” by Gender Minorities Aotearoa: https://genderminorities.com/glossary-transgender/
- Disclosure: https://www.disclosurethemovie.com/about
- Sense8: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/
- Dreadnought by April Daniels: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30279514-dreadnought
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52339313-cemetery-boys
- Silence of the Lambs: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926
- Tootsie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084805
- Mrs. Doubtfire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107614
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston: https://www.caseymcquiston.com/red-white-royal-blue
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