This will be the companion to a piece I made last year based on the Lilith painting by John Collier

Ok the families are bringing the weird ass conflict thank you this is the Minnesota I know

Love that her first instinct is to be too annoying to ignore, I need to channel this energy

He literally waved goodbye after meeting her and it was cute I can’t lie

Seconding Amateur by Thomas Page McBee too. I read it years ago and am still thinking about it. A really good exploration of masculinity and the position trans men hold within it.

I really like @leemandelo.bsky.social writing - creepy gothic with transmasc main characters. Summer Sons broke something in me the first time I read it. I really liked The Woods All Black as well (cw this one does have themes around misgendering if that is triggering but it’s handled well)

Literally have to change my name to the same thing it already is but have some judge be like “yes okay good”

If you are based in MN and want to support queer and trans youth, QueerSpace is looking for mentors. Getting to work with these kids and know that they don’t have to be alone like I was is so healing and gives me so much energy in this fight.
www.queerspacecollective.org/mentorship

Well, that was short-lived optimism