Can a Trans Writer Be America's Next Great Novelist? Torrey Peters Thinks So.

Can a Trans Writer Be America's Next Great Novelist? Torrey Peters Thinks So.

Torrey Peters, photographed by Hunter Abrams.  “Perhaps Detransition, Baby is the first great trans realist novel,” wrote Professor Grace Lavery in The Guardian of the debut novel by Torrey Peters. This sentiment was commonplace in 2021, when the book took the literary world by storm. At the time, author Meredith Talusan explored the book’s unusually broad popularity, writing that Destransition, Baby,which follows three characters with different…

Uniting with Trans People: Why Solidarity Is Essential for the Whole

This op-ed originally appeared on pridesource.com 03.06.2025When straight people see the acronym LGBTQ+, they tend to think of the varied people falling under its broad umbrella as a monolith — a cohesive group of folks united by our queerness. But those of us who are part of the LGBTQ+ community know how wrong that perception can sometimes be.   In reality, there can be clear divisions and lack of support for each other. And that lack of unity,…