hi! regarding our BEST TRANS HORROR OF THE YEAR reprint anthology. we are looking for authors who identify as trans only because we specifically want to platform (and pay) trans voices.
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we are not exclusively looking for stories about the trans experience as it's a stereotype trans writers can only write about trans people. therefore, opening the anthology to "only trans stories" instead of "only trans authors" defeats what we are trying to do here.
the last thing we want to do is accidentally create a problematic imbalance of more cis authors than trans author being featured in an anthology specifically spotlighting trans authors. that's not why we want to do this project.
there is a reprint-only anthology. if you are not out yet, and do not feel comfortable sending a reprint to our project, that is TOTALLY OKAY AND VALID. nobody is forcing anybody to get out of their comfort zone here.
this is something we *carefully* considered behind the scenes before announcing anything. it should also be stated that 50% of the profit will go toward a local community benefiting the queer community, and that our press is literally operated by a non-binary person.
there is nothing malicious here. we are a small press & bookstore trying to make cool art & platform cool authors. suggesting we are putting trans people in danger by "forcing them to come out" implies we are forcing anybody to do anything. nobody has to agree to be in this book.
also, we do not have time to respond to every email, especially when it's suggesting something we've privately considered. & yes, we reserve the right to block anybody on any platform for any reason, especially when we've been repeatedly emailed, DM'd, & tagged by the same person. thank you.
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