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Lee Lai
Lee Lai (born 1993) is a transgender, Asian-Australian cartoonist who presently lives in Canada. In 2021, the National Book Foundation named her an honoree of their 5 Under 35 award for her debut graphic novel, ''Stone Fruit''. The following year, ''Stone Fruit'' won the Lambda Literary Award for Graphic Novel/Comics, and was a finalist for the Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics. Biography Lai was born in 1993 in Melbourne and has a sister, with whom she is close. She presently lives in Montreal. Lai became interested in comics because of mild dyslexia, which made reading traditional novels difficult. Her short story comics have been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Lifted Brow'', ''Room Magazine'', and ''Everyday Feminism''. Lai is transgender and Homosexuality in Japan, homosexual. Awards and honours Publications * ''Stone Fruit'' (2021) Contributions * ''Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transgender
A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes persons whose gender identity matches their assigned sex. Often, transgender people desire medical assistance to Gender transition, medically transition from one sex to another; those who do may identify as transsexual.. "The term ''transsexual'' was introduced by Cauldwell (1949) and popularized by Harry Benjamin (1966) [...]. The term ''transgender'' was coined by John Oliven (1965) and popularized by various transgender people who pioneered the concept and practice of transgenderism. It is sometimes said that Virginia Prince (1976) popularized the term, but history shows that many transgender people advocated the use of this term much more than Prince." Referencing .. "The use of terminology by transsexual individuals to self-identify varies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
