• DDW - S3 Ep7 - Writing Trans Characters

  • Feb 7 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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DDW - S3 Ep7 - Writing Trans Characters

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  • In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, Bethany and Mariëlle talk about how to write transgender characters.   Here’s what we discussed:   Who gets to write trans charactersWhich stereotypes and tropes to avoidOther things to avoid when writing trans charactersThe things we SHOULD be writing about when writing trans characters And here are the (re)sources we mentioned on the show:   “The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Transgender Characters” by Alice Thomas: https://properz.medium.com/the-dos-and-don-ts-of-writing-transgender-characters-15ae8fbfab6b “How to Write About Trans People” by Eli Cugini: https://electricliterature.com/how-to-write-about-trans-people/ Quora forum: https://www.quora.com/What-should-a-cisgender-author-remember-to-take-into-account-when-writing-transgender-characters“Writing Better Trans Characters” by Cheryl Morgan: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/writing-better-trans-characters/“Writing Trans Characters” by Alex DiFrancesco: https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2016/11/08/writing-trans-characters/“How to Write Transgender Characters” by Michael Brewer-Berres: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/write-transgender-characters“Before you write about a transgender character, read this” by Casey Plett: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/before-you-write-about-a-transgender-character-read-this-1.3919848“Transgender People” in the GLAAD Media Reference Guide 11th Edition: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender“Glossary of Terms: Transgender” in the GLAAD Media Reference Guide 11th Edition: https://www.glaad.org/reference/trans-terms“Trans 101: glossary of trans words and how to use them” by Gender Minorities Aotearoa: https://genderminorities.com/glossary-transgender/Disclosure: https://www.disclosurethemovie.com/about Sense8: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/ Dreadnought by April Daniels: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30279514-dreadnoughtCemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52339313-cemetery-boysSilence of the Lambs: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926Tootsie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084805Mrs. Doubtfire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107614Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston: https://www.caseymcquiston.com/red-white-royal-blue    This week’s episode page can be found here:  representationmatters.art/2023/02/08/s3e7   Subscribe to our newsletter here and get our Doing Diversity in Writing Toolkit, including our Calm the F*ck Down Checklist and Cultural Appropriation Checklist: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r3p6g8    Website: https://representationmatters.art Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doingdiversityinwriting YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHfIaeylIgbAWVy3E66lmw
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