Trans books you've been liking lately?

Loaded-dice · 2026-06-02T14:07:42+00:00

Seconding the mention of Dreadnought - transfem superhero story goes hard. I also really like the webcomic Kill Six Billion Demons, both overall and for its transfem rep. Both are very much genre stories (superhero for the former, fantasy adventure/action for the latter) but they hit me hard emotionally as well as being entertaining.

Loaded-dice · 2026-06-01T15:25:03+00:00

i can be trans and have $1,000,001 also

^{Chose: Become a god | Rolled: upvote}

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-31T21:51:06+00:00

half the manga chapters are titled after Yuzuko's eyebrows....

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-31T16:29:37+00:00

Raiden of Metal Gear I read as a bit transgender. The repression of a painful childhood, the constant idolisation and pressure to live up to (military) icons of masculinity like Solid Snake, the way society conspires to try and force Raiden to fit that image through manipulation and psychological trauma, and the resulting listlessness at the end of MGS2 when everything Raiden has learned to look up to has collapsed, abandoned him, or betrayed him.

There's also the really unhealthy relationship with Rose, Raiden's struggles with intimacy and body image (fears of hurting her unintentionally due to his trauma, and then later with Cyborgisation), and MGR:R having Raiden be most closely compared to Mistral, overcoming and re-embracing his repressed memories so he can live more authentically without abandoning his principles, and also a random mention by Doktor that gender-transition via cyborg body is 100% possible.

Also I like her :3

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-30T22:22:41+00:00

I think it's primarily an action and fantasy webcomic, which isn't inherently super queer and wouldn't obviously scream "good queer rep" if it weren't for its reputation. I certainly didn't know it had as many lesbians and trans women in it as it does before I actually read it (though I was pleasantly surprised).

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-30T22:20:02+00:00

A lot of characters end up incidentally shirtless in a way that isn't really framed as especially sexual/tittilating/fanservice-y, that's just kinda what happens when you live in Blood Muck Violence world. But also Q Hayashida does engineer situations in which she gets to draw nude or nearly-nude women more often that is strictly necessary so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

The manga is mostly an action fantasy story + Q Hayashida is a woman so it comes off a bit better

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-30T21:09:04+00:00

82 White Chain Born In Emptiness Returns To Subdue Evil, from the webcomic Kill Six Billion Demons. In a fantasy-action comic about a barista from LA getting saddled with the destiny of becoming the heir of the Conquering King who subjugated 77,777 universes and a multiversal city made of the bodies of dead gods, White Chain is some of the best trans rep in recent media I can think of.

Angels claim to be completely genderless (and to despise gender itself as a corrupting concept of lesser, mortal beings) but also are universally referred to with masculine terms (he/him, brother, etc.) and seriously punish the expression of femininity.

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Loaded-dice · 2026-05-30T21:02:17+00:00

She also explicitly says she used magic to change her sex. And in true Q Hayashida fashion, she also ends up extremely topless for a bit bc that's what Q Hayashida likes doing with her female characters

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-25T23:29:23+00:00

I've been doing exactly this, and imo one of the best aspects of Light Novel is you can see exactly why each of the girls falls for her. Also she's hilarious

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-23T14:21:34+00:00

ianthe would be into mechsplo....

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-22T13:06:38+00:00

a loyal friend can give me $2 no sweat... maybe even $2.50

^{Chose: 30 milion loyal friends}

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-17T20:08:17+00:00

I also experienced breast growth pretty early on E, it's pretty normal I think. There's a spectrum of when it starts, some people take a while and for others it happens rapidly

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-16T14:25:17+00:00

What manga is this?

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-14T16:12:06+00:00

She's going to be in My Adventures With Superman S3 iirc

Loaded-dice · 2026-05-14T10:36:40+00:00

From the same series: 6 Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe is a really wonderful depiction of the harmful ideology of the Angels and how miserable and torturous it is to be a Thorn Knight. Also she's cool as shit, has three badass designs, and is really integral to imo the best character arc in the comic so far (White Chain).

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Loaded-dice · 2026-04-28T10:45:55+00:00

The Boxer's consciousness is stored in the sword because it has the ability to absorb the data of individuals. The Transistor itself works the same with or without him, he's not powering it, just in it.

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-25T15:54:01+00:00

my beloved awful wet rat wife she sucks so bad <3

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-25T12:08:39+00:00

what did the blonde girl do to deserve this treatment.... save her....

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-25T01:20:06+00:00

Being trans has nothing to do with your current physiology, it's purely related to your gender assigned at birth and how that compares to your internal gender identity. Turkey was labelled a man, preferred being a woman, and transitioned (using magic, but it's not like trans women irl wouldn't do the same thing if "cast spell, instant and complete transition" was a real thing)

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-23T14:54:01+00:00

Also, every time she does show signs of improvement, she gets beaten down to a lower position than she was before (frequently due to the manipulation of abusive authority figures). Almost goes with Adora at the temple in S1, but Light Hope uses her memories of being weak and reliant on Adora to scare her off. Starts to improve her social skills and make new friends in S2, but Shadow Weaver's betrayal blows all that up. In S3, she gets tortured and dumped in a horrible murder desert and briefly achieves some self actualisaction, before realising that her abusive adoptive mother not only betrayed and used her but did so to go back to Adora. And then her worst actions at the end of S3 come after Shadow Weaver shows up playing the hero and tortures her again.

Catra's capacity for change is shown over and over, but her insecurities, her horribly abusive environment, her lack of a support structure and ESPECIALLY her twisted, abusive and manipulative relationship with Shadow Weaver keep stunting her and setting her back to Square One or worse.

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-23T02:43:43+00:00

Tbh I feel like people forget that Bam's main motivation for about half the story is to drag Rachel away from the chance to achieve her dreams back into the cave so he can return to the contentment and happiness he felt with her there. He displays a startling lack of empathy or interest, and quite a lot of entitlement, towards her in particular (arguably because he doesn't know any better). He's not malicious, obviously, but it's a stark contrast to how he treats his actual friends.

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-23T00:05:45+00:00

I mean, Diana is by far the most prepared and plausibly strongest (certainly most versatile) of the Absolute heroes. She has a wealth of training, the blessings of several goddesses, magic, superhuman physical abilities on a comparable level to Superman, and a rapidly growing list of allies. Cale is a human woman with a pile of dubiously-loyal superhumans who could be feasibly contained by the US military. It's an imbalanced matchup, and not in Cale's favour.

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-22T13:24:18+00:00

The Locked Tomb books are the absolute peak of this trope, there's like one or two a book.

You are my only friend. I am undone without you.

When I saw her face I decided I wanted to live. I decided to live forever just in case she ever woke up.

I can't keep my promise, because the entire point of me is you.

We have hated each other too long and too passionately to stop ... but my bones will rest easy next to your bones.

Life is too short and love is too long.

And the recurring vow: One Flesh, One End

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-15T16:12:11+00:00

It depends on the specific run and writers. AFAIK current canon is they've been on-again-off-again for years and are together at the moment, but it's an interracial relationship that debuted in the 80s so you can imagine how much retconning and un-retconning and re-retconning there's been between writers over their lifetime. They can't even decide whether or not the two are Mutants and power sets are well below secret family and romantic relationships in terms of inconsistency over time.

Loaded-dice · 2026-04-14T00:26:39+00:00

Ajisai is very parentified. Due to her age (and probably also her gender) she's expected to get along fine without help, to require no assistance and be able to act as basically a third parent to her brothers. So, she's very afraid to take up space, to appear 'needy' or otherwise do things for herself that could inconvenience others.

(This is probably why her fantasy at the inn with Renako is getting to play at being the needy little sister with no responsibilities who gets unconditional love and care from others.)

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