tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post3458674338745276100..comments2023-10-07T02:00:48.078-07:00Comments on Trans Group Blog: Our Literature: What's the Future of Our Past and Present?helen boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979008474375552946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-46687364602954642432007-06-06T11:03:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:03:00.000-07:00funny, but i was told once i had a book published ...funny, but i was told once i had a book published it'd be easier getting articles published, & i find that's not the case at all. the hip publications see me as speaking "for" betty (which i don't do, but people don't always bother to read your book) & they want a trans person instead, & the mainstream publications see our story as way to weird, queer, & out there. unless i was a long suffering helen_boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449290480827158734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-52208943737606931762007-06-06T10:28:00.000-07:002007-06-06T10:28:00.000-07:00Hi Richard, I wanted to extend what you said about...Hi Richard, I wanted to extend what you said about books to other print outlets, such as magazines, newspapers and the like. When I first started trying to get my writings into those venues, I found it very difficult. If it's more of a mainstream outlet, then they are usually not interested in anything other than sensationalistic or trans 101 pieces. And while there are some feminist & queer -juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703465310869693798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-1757830907099010382007-06-05T22:08:00.000-07:002007-06-05T22:08:00.000-07:00Thanks Helen!Really, I'm less concerned about awar...Thanks Helen!<BR/><BR/>Really, I'm less concerned about awards than about the long-term consequences of having much of our community's writings on electronic blogs, livejournals and other types of online sites. When people kept paper diaries, those diaries stayed around and were accessible after their deaths. This was tremendously important to the emergence of lgbt historiography. And to Richard M. Juanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777152393210448146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-7021076397736573912007-06-05T12:34:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:34:00.000-07:00there is a CLAGS award for trans books, too: http:...there is a CLAGS award for trans books, too: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Clags/awards.htm#sylvia<BR/><BR/>but there's also this: there are endless book lists on trans sites, but very little in terms of fleshed out reviews. that was one of the reasons i started the "recommended reading" section of my blog. because often, as a partner, i would find lists with things as varied as books by richard docter helen_boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449290480827158734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-83115192760588413962007-06-05T12:18:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:18:00.000-07:00sorry about not winning the Lammy, richard. i know...sorry about not winning the Lammy, richard. i know the feeling, & even if it goes to a deserving book, there's still that, "but i wanted it to go MY deserving book" feeling.helen_boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449290480827158734noreply@blogger.com