A review by wcsheffer
The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard by Riley MacLeod, Tom Léger

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Léger and MacLeod's anthology of contemporary trans fiction (published in 20102). I was quite impressed with the breadth of stories included ranging from more poetic biographical explorations to more mainstream short stories about superheroes featuring trans protagonists. Many of the stories featured heartbreaking portrayals of a trans person's continuous struggle with acceptance from themselves and others in a contemporary society that does consistently tells them they are wrong. It was also fun to read stories where trans identity played very little role other than basic description of the character. I would have enjoyed more intentionality from the authors on how they organized the stories are at least some explanation in the preface about why they didn't organize the stories in a discernable way.