Notable Transgender Writers
There are many prominent transgender writers active on various fronts. These include memoirs, novels, fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, journalism, travel, history, sportswriters, screenwriters, comic books, and academic writings. They must be celebrated for their valuable contributions to society and the arts.
A transgender writer brings a unique perspective to their craft obtained through their lived experience. Their voice brings the reality of their community to life for all to read about, be better informed, and understand their milieu.
There are several transgender writer support organizations. These include the Trans Writers Union, Transjournalists, Trans Women Writers Collective, and the The Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA). Their goals are to improve conditions for the most marginalized writers in our community, create a point to gather around, pool knowledge, share opportunities, and keep one another safe in overtly or implicitly hostile industries.
Our list includes many award winners, with a particular grouping around the Lambda Literary Award. Book critic Andrea Long Chu received the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 for her work. Popular writers include Great Britain's Jan Morris, Canada's Gwen Benaway, and America's Susan Stryker and Lana Wachowski, to name a few.
Simply click on their names to read their fascinating biographies.
Australia
- Estelle Asmodelle, science writer
Canada
- Gwen Benaway, fiction and nonfiction
- Hazel Jane Plante, nonfiction
- Casey Plett, fiction writer
- Trish Salah, academic writer
- Jia Qing Wilson-Yang, fiction
China
- Lei Ming, memoir
Commonwealth of Dominica
- Gabrielle Bellot, global literature
Great Britain
- Nicky Bandini, sportswriter
- James Dawson, teen novels
- Juno Dawson, young adult
- Jane Fae, climate change, ethics, political and sexual liberty, and online censorship
- Juliet Jacques, memoirs, gender and sexuality
- Sarah Lennox, children's book author
- Jan Morris, history and travel
- Jack Monroe, journalist
- Richard O'Brien, screenwriter
- Laurie Penny, journalist
Ireland
- Caitlin Kiernan, science fiction
Nigeria
- Akwaeke Emezi, nonfiction and young adult
Spain
- Alana Portero, novelist and poet
United States
- Charlie Jane Anders, novelist and short stories
- Nahshon Anderson, memoir and nonfiction
- Lexie Bean, nonfiction
- S. Bear Bergman, author and playwright
- Cooper Lee Bombardier, social commentary, memoir
- Lynn Breedlove, social commentary
- Poppy Z. Brite, gothic horror novels and dark comedies
- Patrick Califia, topics of gender identity, queer studies, lesbian sexual practices, eroticism, and transgender issues.
- Camila Maria Concepcion, screenwriter
- Leslie Feinberg, novelist
- Ina Fried, journalist
- Julian Gill-Peterson, history
- Rachel Gold, young adult
- Rosie Haber, screenwriter, nonfiction
- Andrea Jenkins, nonfiction
- Zeyn Joukhadar, novelist
- Matt Kailey, academic writer
- Christina Kahrl, sporwriter
- Bryn Kelly, author and storyteller
- Rebecca Kling, cultural and social issues writer
- Andrea Long Chu, author, book cricit
- Emmett Lundberg, web series
- Amos Mac, journalist
- TS Madison, memoir
- Thomas Page McBee, memoirs
- Tiq Milan, journalist
- Hari Nef, columnist
- Mallory Ortberg, fiction and nonfiction
- Mike Penner, sportswriter
- Torrey Peters, novelist
- Rachel Pollack, science fiction
- Jen Richards, media writer
- Monica Roberts, journalist and nonfiction
- Jordy Rosenberg, academic and history
- Meredith Russo, memoir
- Jessica Amanda Salmonson, fantasy and horror novels
- Julia Serano, feminism and transexuality
- Carter Sickels, novelist
- C. Riley Snorton, academic writing
- Susan Stryker, academic writing
- Bogi Takacs, speculative fiction
- Meredith Talusan, journalist
- Aiden Thomas, young adult
- Jeanne Thornton, novelist and comic books
- Diana Tourjee, journalist
- Emily VanDerWerff, journalist
- Lana Wachowski, screenwriter
- Emerson Whitney, fiction
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Kacen Callender, children's books
See Also
- Transgender Military Personnel
- Transgender Singers, Musicians and Composers
- Transgender Fashion Models
- Transgender Politicians
- Transgender Athletes
- Transgender Business Leaders
- Transgender Academics
- Transgender Activists
- Teachers of Creative Writing Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Transgender Filmmakers
