Cam

I played this really great indie game which is a fictionalized memoir about a trans femme's time doing sex work. Absolutely devastating game.

I'm considering how much I should say about this game... Because I'm sure it's really triggering for abuse survivors and also for trans people. I think I'm going to skip even sharing the title, which somewhat misgendering (??). Take a look at the page if you want to see it. The beginning of the game itself contains a detailed list of content warnings.

Anyway, it's really great and really smart and such a gut punch. It shows just how vulnerable she was and how decriminalization is so important. I know it's something that needs to be a higher priority in my own politics.

Fun fact I just learned today: treatment for cis women’s gender dysphoria has been enshrined with legal protections at the federal level since 1998

Does anyone remember this indie game that a few people posted on here during Pride Month: It had a skeleton or Death as cover art, and it was supposed to be about dating while trans. I thought it might be in the 2023 Queer Game Jam but I looked through the games and couldn't find it. I don't remember it's name at all. I wanted to look into it!

Edit: Found it! It's called Winter. 😀👍

I’ve really had a hard time getting myself to read since 2020 which has been getting worse as the years go by, which I’ve been disappointed about. I think working from home and too-regular access to my phone and social media has really activated my previously docile ADHD (…he posts on social media).

So it was nice to give myself a small goal (this 163 page book) and achieve it easily and realize I can actually get back into reading and actually take something off my “TBR” shelf.

“What Makes You Beautiful” is a “hi-lo” book, which I’ve never heard of before, but it’s apparently a book for teens about teen subjects but written more at a middle grade reading level, which I think is very cool and very great to have. (And also is very easy to read for adults with ADHD who forgot how to stick through a whole book 😅)

This book is about a young queer mixed-race teen who opens the book referring to herself as a gay boy and explores her gender identity at a new performing arts school, and ends the book realizing that she’s a trans girl. I thought the book was very cute and has a sweet little romance and I’m glad teens have access to it. I thought the author did a great job.