Despite the joy Micah finds in flying far above the ground, they discover the circus is far from the charming magical place they originally thought. Reinventing themselves and taking on the name Micah Grey, Micah joins the circus and becomes an aerialist. What with being intersex and displaying magical abilities that haven’t been seen for centuries, it’s no surprise Micah decides to leave - in disguise - their wealthy home where their parents want them to be the typical debutante. Pantomime is the first book in a fantasy series set in the Victorian era featuring Micah Grey, a protagonist who’s intersex, genderqueer, and bisexual! Micah also has magical powers. Also check out Lianne Simon’s YA novel, Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite. While it seems Danièle is getting everything she wants on the outside, on the inside she’s still struggling with her own gender identity and feeling torn about who she loves. They rekindle their close friendship, and Melanie offers to be a surrogate for Danièle and Ethan.
At just the right time, Danièle’s childhood friend and crush Melanie comes back into her life after five years apart. It’s an issue that’s recently become more important, given that Danièle and her fiancé Ethan want to have a family. This book is also by an intersex author! Danièle has androgen insensitivity syndrome, which means she’ll never be able to carry her own children, even though she’s always wanted kids. We hadn’t done an intersex fiction list… until today! Here are eight great fiction books featuring intersex characters, three of which are written by intersex authors!? (FYI, I have left off some well-known books with intersex characters because they’ve been deemed harmful by intersex activists and readers.)Ī Proper Young Lady is unlike anything you’ve ever read, at least in some ways: it’s a new adult romance novel featuring a love triangle with an intersex woman at the center. My only point of reference for intersex folks is “ Faking It” and that one episode of “Freaks and Geeks” where Seth Rogen gets a cute intersex girlfriend. Have ya’ll done a fiction list for intersex characters? If not, would it be possible to make one? I’m thinking of including an intersex character in this fantasy story I’ve been thinking about for a long time, but I want to make sure I don’t tokenize them.
This month’s Ask Your Friendly Neighborhood Lesbrarian answers a question that recently arrived in the A+ Priority Contact Box:
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