If we’ve published it, you can find it here:
Literary Criticism
The Problem with Contemporary Transfeminine Literary Criticism (8/25/24) – An overview of the site’s aims and a broad critique of the state of the field in Summer of 2024
Transfemininity and Dissociative Identity Disorder: An Undertheorized Intersection (10/27/24) – A first attempt at a plural-informed transfeminism
How Literary Prestige Works (12/15/24) – Examining the history of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction and talking cultural capital
Black Transfemme Literary Springtime (2/16/25) – 2025 is the best year for Black transfeminine fiction ever. So why is nobody talking about it?
The Trans Literature Preservation Project
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: a Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship (11/13/24) – Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature – here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive
How to Build Your Trans Microlibrary (11/17/24) – A quick and easy guide to help you get a headstart on your microlibrary
Archiving Your Trans Microlibrary, Part One (NobleHeroine, 12/20/24) – The introductory article in a series about preserving and storing digital data
Hardware and Storage: Archiving Your Trans Microlibrary, Part Two (NobleHeroine, 2/2/25) – Going over different storage methods for archival data, with a healthy side-dose of Trump tariff panic
A Brief History of Trans Literature
Part One – The Moral Origins of Obscenity (9/15/24) – William Wilberforce, the American Revolution, and the origins of the Society for the Suppression of Vice
Part Two – Trans-Atlantic Relations and the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 (9/29/24) – The conquest of Haudenosaunee, the Haitian Revolution, British abolitionism, and the criminalization of obscenity in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th Century
Part Three – American Evangelicalism and the Ineptitude of the Whig Party (10/13/24) – On the Second Great Awakening, transvestic lithography, and the gross incompetency of the American Whig Party
Part Four – The Birth of American Anti-Trans Law (3/15/25) – A hyperbolic descent into the Antebellum period in search of the origins of American anti-trans law
Journalism and Current Events
LGBTQ+ People are Not Going Back (12/3/24) – Reflecting on my brief childhood experience with Sarah McBride in response to Julia Serano’s #LGBTQNotGoingBack action
Are We Still Free? (5/18/25) – Living in the new American fascism
Major Indie Marketplace Itch.io Shadowbans NSFW Content, Trans Authors Impacted (7/24/25) – Breaking news about a major escalation in payment processor censorship
Trans y Fugas, “Trans Archive and Trans Memory” (Laura Glover, Aquetzalli Vallejo, and Jamie Berrout, 8/24/25) – A first-time English translation of a new Mexican transfeminine periodical, published by a sex worker collective at the forefront of trans activism in Mexico
Book Reviews
How ‘Trans as Method’ Literary Criticism Fails Trans Authors (9/1/24) – A review and critique of the Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature
Books By Transfemmes You Should Read #1 – Dorothy’s Boy by M.K. Bengtson (9/26/24) – This 2009 psycho-sexual bildungsroman contains a surprising depth, one only accentuated by its sequel published later the same year.
Book Review: Disobedience by Danial Sarah Karasik (Roz Milner, 1/10/25) – One of last year’s overlooked debuts gets a revisit from literary critic Roz Milner
Book Review: Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (Roz Milner, 4/18/25) – Roz Milner tackles the blockbuster novella collection and the impossible standards of writing-while-trans.
Book Review: Autumnal Conductor by Lhuzie Fénix (7/18/25) – My 10/10 review of this exceptional debut is my first public Patreon review
Book Review: Homunculus Tears: Alchemy for the Brokenhearted by Inori (8/19/25) – A heartfelt meditation on suicidal ideation and depression that’s let down by a sloppy translation
Book Review: Woodworking by Emily St. James (9/26/25) – A wonderful debut novel posing pressing questions about platonic and intergenerational intimacy in the face of American conservatism
Top 10s
Bethany’s Top Ten Transfeminine Novels of 2024 (1/12/25) – Ranking my personal favorite books of 2024
Starter Guides
The 2024 Start Here Page (8/26/25) – 53 books by transfemmes you should read now. Like right now.
New and Upcoming
87 New Transfeminine Releases from the Second Half of 2024 (1/19/25) – A comprehensive list.
115 New Transfeminine Releases from the First Half of 2025 (7/6/25) – A comprehensive list
Casual Wednesdays
#1 – Kicking Things Off (8/28/24) – General information87 New Transfeminine Releases from the Second Half of 2024 about our plans for the website
#2 – Bookshelf Tour! (9/4/24) – Showing off my book collection and talking about some of my favorite books and interests
#3 – How to Find Books by Transfeminine Authors at Barnes and Nobles (9/11/24) – Tips, tricks, and a guided tour through your local bookstore chain
#4 – How I Discover Transfeminine Fiction (9/18/24) – A quick guide to my research methods for finding new books by underground trans authors
#5 – An Overview of Major Trans-Forward Publishers (10/2/24) – An overview of major trans-helmed indie presses and their major accomplishments
#6 – 15 Black Transfeminine Novelists You Should Read (10/9/24) – Looking at the position of black transfeminine novelists within the industry and their major works
#7 – 12 Spooky Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (10/30/24) – Vampires, living dolls, and dysphoria, oh my
#8 – Observing Trans Day of Remembrance (11/20/24) – Remembering those we’ve lost this year
#9 – Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Combat Anti-Trans Censorship (11/27/24) – A printable zine of the TLPP plus Julia Serano’s Dec. 3rd call to action
#10 – Trans Literature Doesn’t Require Big Tech to Organize (1/8/25) – Considering alternative solutions to social media for transliterary organizing
#11 – Ranking Every TG/TF Subgenre on Fictionmania (3/26/25) – Unpacking forty-nine Fictionmania categories in all of their messiness and feminist implications
#12 – Bookshelf Tour 2025! (7/16/25) – Updating my bookshelf tour for a new year and new apartment.
#13 – Showcasing the Transfeminine Nominees for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards (8/6/25) – A useful reading list for the 2025 Lammys
#14 – An Afternoon with Erica Rutherford (8/13/25) – Some evening reflections after a visit to the Erica Rutherford special exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada
#15 – Should Critics Read Bad Books? (10/1/25) – Art is not something we consume. Art is something we do
TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Vote in the TFR Reader’s Choice Awards + 1st Ever December Trans Readathon (12/1/24) – Introducing our annual awards show and December festivities for the first time
The Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction of 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/4/24) – Fourteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2024
The Shortlist for Best Transfeminine Poetry of 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/22/24) – Seven of the best poetry collections by transfeminine poets published this year
The Shortlist for Best Transfeminine Nonfiction of 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/22/24) – Five nominees for the Best Transfeminine Nonfiction of 2024 award
The Shortlist for Author of the Year 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/22/24) – You voted for four outstanding authors whose work stood apart this year
The Shortlist for Best Transfeminine Debut of 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/22/24) – Six debut novels by transfemmes from 2024 to knock your socks off
The Shortlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction of 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Award (12/22/24) – Four novels of distinction in the fiercest category of the 2024 Awards
The 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards (12/31/24) – Over 200 authors, critics, editors, and diehard readers came together to vote on their favorite literature by transfemme authors of 2024
TFR’s Mutual Aid Pride Drives
TFR’s 2025 Mutual Aid Pride Drive (6/13/25) – Raising money for transfeminine authors in need
Administrative
Update to Our Policies: February 7th, 2025 (2/7/25) – What it says on the tin
The Transfeminine Review 