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To celebrate Ace Week (23–29 October), here’s a bonus Queer SFF Spotlight blog post! This is a round-up of all the brilliant science fiction and fantasy books with asexual representation that have featured on the blog before. Enjoy!
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In celebration of International Non-Binary People’s Day (14 July), this month’s Queer SFF Spotlight features four brilliant SFF novels and novellas with non-binary protagonists.
Let’s jump right in!
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In celebration of Agender Pride Day (19 May), I would like to spotlight four brilliant SFF novels and novellas with agender protagonists. (Not sure what agender means?)
A large proportion of agender characters in science fiction and fantasy are robots/AIs, aliens or supernatural beings, which—brilliant though many of them are—I wouldn’t exactly call representation. And out of all the SFF books I’ve read with non-binary characters, I couldn’t think of any that specified that those characters were agender. So I set out to find some agender humans in SFF, and I set myself the challenge of finding books where they take centre stage as the protagonists.
It took a little bit of digging (and one case of complete serendipity), but it was so worth it. The four books below are absolute gems that I would highly recommend to all fans of queer SFF, whether you’re actively seeking out agender rep or not. And, as a bonus, all four of them happen to be uplifting, feel-good stories that I’m sure we can all appreciate right now. So, without further ado, here they are!
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