Last year I reported that Melbourne-based writer, Alison Goodman, had produced The Two Pearls of Wisdom, a YA fantasy novel with a positive portrayal of a trans character. This wasn’t entirely innovative. There are non-fantasy books with MtF trans characters, notably Luna by Julie Anne Peters, and there are books such as Lauren McLaughlin’s Cycler and Recycler that use fantasy to create the gender change. But until now I wasn’t aware of any YA or children’s books that featured an actual FtM character. Step forward another Melbourne writer, Hazel Edwards, whose new book, F2M: The Boy Within, does just that. I am rather proud of my former home town, and I’d love to meet both Goodman and Edwards while I’m there for Worldcon.

Of course if any of you know other YA or children’s books that include FtM characters I’d love to hear about them.