I was absolutely giddy when I first read this the other day -- I really enjoy your work and have been interested in your portrayals of gay characters, and for a long time have been wanting to see some trans* characters in good books! After thinking about it some, though, I want to say that I hope you'll be diligent with your research on this. Cisgender privilege seems to be particularly tricky to unpack due to the pervasiveness and the invisibility of our cultural assumptions about gender; even as a transperson, I sometimes find it difficult to navigate some of the particulars.
I do hope that the plot of the novel shows up and we all get to read it someday (soon!)
Also, re: the material under the cut, what everyone else has said. Probably the most memorable scene of its type that I've read.
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Date: 2009-05-28 07:21 am (UTC)I was absolutely giddy when I first read this the other day -- I really enjoy your work and have been interested in your portrayals of gay characters, and for a long time have been wanting to see some trans* characters in good books! After thinking about it some, though, I want to say that I hope you'll be diligent with your research on this. Cisgender privilege seems to be particularly tricky to unpack due to the pervasiveness and the invisibility of our cultural assumptions about gender; even as a transperson, I sometimes find it difficult to navigate some of the particulars.
I do hope that the plot of the novel shows up and we all get to read it someday (soon!)
Also, re: the material under the cut, what everyone else has said. Probably the most memorable scene of its type that I've read.
--FWL