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This selfie shows Sophie Labelle, a pale-skinned woman with long pink hair, smiling up at the camera.

An Interview with Author Sophie Labelle

By: Alex Falck For my final installment (for now) in my Trans Author Interview series, I spoke with cartoonist and activist Sophie Labelle. Here in the States, she’s best known […]

December 17, 2018December 13, 2018 Alex Falck Artwork & Illustrations, Authors, LGBTQIA+
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi smiles at the camera. She is an Afro-Latina trans woman with her hair in long twists and a colorful strapless top.

An Interview with Author Lady Dane Figeuroa Edidi

Edidi is a black trans woman, writer, poet, musician, priestess and performance artist. Her novel, “Yemaya’s Daughters,” is a work of otherworldly fiction.

December 4, 2018November 29, 2018 Alex Falck Authors, LGBTQIA+, Social Justice
Alex Gino

An Interview with Author Alex Gino

Alex Gino’s first book, George, is a frequent target of challenges and bans. Their new novel, You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! just came out.

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 Alex Falck ALA Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books, Banned and Challenged Books, LGBTQIA+
A headshot of Rivers Solomon standing on a city sidewalk. They are dark-skinned and wearing plastic-rimmed glasses with their braided hair wrapped and tied on top of their head.

An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon

In the latest installment of my Trans Authors Interviews, I talk with Rivers Solomon about their book “An Unkindness of Ghosts.”

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Alex Falck Authors, LGBTQIA+
H. Melt sits on a futon in front of a window. They are wearing a light-colored plaid shirt and on the wall behind them is a trans pride flag with the word “ALIVE” written across it.

An Interview with Poet and Editor H. Melt

By: Alex Falck This is the third in an ongoing series of interviews with trans authors. You can find other interviews in the series here. I wasn’t planning to interview […]

August 28, 2018August 27, 2018 Alex Falck Authors, LGBTQIA+
A selfie of Elliot Wake, a fit white man with dark hair and a short beard, wearing a loose gray t-shirt.

An Interview with Author Elliot Wake

Elliot Wake’s interconnected novels, Black Iris, Cam Girl, and Bad Boy, aren’t often mentioned on LGBTQ book lists, and that’s a shame. His sexy, violent, diverse and feminist romance/thrillers have all the fun of a guilty pleasure without the guilt.

July 26, 2018July 21, 2018 Alex Falck Authors, LGBTQIA+
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