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Teresa Barrera has finally moved back home after running away when she was 15. Things are better for her than they were then. She's out as a trans lesbian, has a good job, and is in the promising start of a new relationship. To top it all off, she's back in contact with her sister, who has completely accepted her. She's not ready to tell the rest of her family, but that's okay.

The nightmares find me. They steal my breath, slowly suffocating me. I'm scared. I want it to stop. He's supposed to help me. Instead he evokes something forbidden. I know I should run. But I can't. I've made my choice. I want him. There's only one problem.... He's my therapist.

Cierpiący na amnezję i inne przypadłości psychiczne bohater zostaje odizolowany od świata w domu swoich ciotek. Brak jakiegokolwiek zajęcia i zakotwiczenia w rzeczywistości, a także nieświadomość własnej przeszłości sprawiają, że całkowicie oddaje się on swoim wizjom, zwidom, chaotycznym przemyśleniom. Struktura książki, pełna powtórzeń, splątań i metafizycznych wątków, pozwala czytelnikowi na udział w swojego rodzaju rytuale, który umożliwia samopoznanie.

Saba Vasili, a scholar of the astral sea, faces a harrowing accusation: an arcane device he designed has malfunctioned and an entire district of the city has been obliterated and a foreign dignitary has been killed. Charged with murder, Saba is incarcerated on the orders of Byrengrad's ruling council, the Triad. Ambassador Luan Zek of the Rezwyn Empire is dispatched to take custody of the alleged murderer of his countryman. But seeing Saba's pathetic state, Zek questions whether Saba is truly guilty or only the Triad's scapegoat.

An embittered dog walker obsessed with a social media influencer inadvertently puts a curse on a young man - and must adventure into a mysterious dimension in order to save him - in this wildly inventive, delightfully subversive, genre-nonconforming debut novel about illusion, magic, technology, kinship, and the emergent future.

Brian, Nik and Darby—three friends practiced in ennui, binge-drinking, hooking up with strangers and fighting supernatural crime (when Brian's not committing it as a werewolf once a month)—have been sent by Abe Van Helsing (yes, one of those Van Helsings) to try to track down a colleague who has gone missing in London. As they putz around the city, following any leads that might help them find their British counterpart, they uncover a clairvoyancy smuggling ring, located right in the heart of the financial district. Who's kidnapping all the fortune tellers in Soho, and why?

Set in Mexico City during the early 50s, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. Burroughs' only realist love story, Queer is a haunting tale of possession and exorcism.

In this sequel to Post-Human, humanity will be forced to face a future more advanced than it could have imagined if it wants to survive. Nineteen months have passed since the A.I. turned against humanity and was subsequently destroyed. In the meantime, James Keats has turned over the A.I.'s powers to a non-intelligent, easily controlled operating system. He and Thel have left the planet and spent six months vacationing on Venus, which has been newly terraformed without the consent or knowledge of the Governing Council.

Andrew Sola explores the past, present, and future of relations between Europe and the United States with scholars, artists, authors, politicians, journalists, and business leaders. Based at the Amerikazentrum in Hamburg, the Trans-Atlanticist provides you with insights from the thought leaders who are shaping the trans-Atlantic relationship every single day.

In this page-turning novel set in 2003 New York City, a genderqueer book conservator feels trapped by her gender presentation, her ill-fitting relationship, and her artistic block—until she discovers a decades-old hidden queer love letter and becomes obsessed with tracking down its author...

Definire la forma esatta dell'amore, il percorso corretto della passione, spesso non è altro che nascondersi dietro frasi fatte, gabbie di luoghi comuni, convenzioni rigide e senz'anima. Nascere donna in un corpo di uomo vuole dire strappare ogni giorno una pagina sbagliata, scardinare ogni forma per assaporare la sostanza, liberarsi di ogni costrizione per inseguire il vento.

Everything in Edith’s life is approaching disaster. Her writing career is stagnant. Her love life is a mess. Her ex, Tessa, is marrying a man. Her teeth are rotting in her skull. And her best friend, Val, is dead. Still Life volleys between the present and recent past, chronicling the lives of three women—one cis, two trans, all forever entwined.

From the author of Little Fish (Amazon First Novel Award Winner, 2019) and A Dream of a Woman comes eleven unique short stories featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love in settings ranging from a rural Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn. These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, or sad, but never will it be predictable.

Author Kate Bornstein ushers listeners on a funny, fearless, and wonderfully scenic journey across the terrains of gender and identity. On one level, Gender Outlaw details Bornstein's transformation from heterosexual male to lesbian woman, from a one-time IBM salesperson to a playwright and performance artist. But this particular coming-of-age story is also a provocative investigation into our notions of male and female, from a self-described nonbinary transfeminine diesel femme dyke who never stops questioning our cultural assumptions.

Stories that unite, opinions that divide, and everything in between - this is the Transatlantic Book Club, where books have no borders.Hosted by Lee and Nathan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the review of the book—To Be Many Things— by Kimathi Kabwi, which dives into the topic of transformations like gender transformation. To read the book; https://books2read.com/u/bQkrq...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tomboy-to-transgender--6574260/support.

Since being cast as an interviewee for the documentary Beneath My Skin, Cassandra “Sand” Ross is inspired to walk in her own truth. While undergoing her gender transition, she decides to produce the unscripted reality series Versions of Love with the help of her wife, Rene. It is sure to be a journey, as the couple embeds themselves in the vibrant light of the culture and the love stories between women. When Rene hires a production assistant, Sand is once again faced with a blast from the past - an old flame, who has every intention of winning Sand’s heart back.

Pirates, lesbians, swords, boats. Welcome to Strumpets and Flagons, with Laser (the Doubleclicks), Riley Silverman (Star Wars author), Josh Closs (The Hartvane Chronicles), Ben Paddon (Jump Leads) and Rebecca McGlynn (Asexuality! the solo musical), playing Thirsty Sword Lesbians from Evil Hat Games!

Ein Bibelkommentar als Radioprogramm aus Brasilien – eine spannende Wanderung durch die 66 Bücher der Bibel. In einfallsreicher Umgangssprache, dabei tiefgehend und ausgeglichen und damit leicht verständlich um das Bibelwort im Alltag anwenden zu können. In seiner Urfassung auf Portugiesisch stammt das Programm von Professor Luiz Sayão; vorgetragen wird es auf Deutsch von Roland Körber und Vera Ochenhofer oder Carlos Waldow. Dauer: 27 Minuten Sendung Samstags 17:00 Uhr über Radio Agudo FM, Agudo-RS/Brasilien

Die Sammelleidenschaft von Rosalie und Anton wurde, nachdem auch König Blitzeblank in seinem Garten Mülltonnen aufstellen ließ, mangels der gähnenden Leere des Gartens auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Welch eine Freude als Anton in der hintersten Ecke der Deponie ein Fass und unzählige Lackdosen entdeckte. Er strich sein Kistelkastelschwabbelbett damit in allen Farben an. Was weder er noch Rosalie wussten, dass die giftigen Dämpfe gefährlich sein könnten.