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Connection is like a light in a dark space. The more light there is, the brighter the room becomes. And the more trans men of color connect with each other, the bigger our families become. In this episode of Dem Bois Podcast, my guest, award-winning author KB Brookins, shares their journey of navigating identity, writing, and family dynamics. We discuss the importance of visibility and connection, the nuances of Black womanhood and manhood, the precarity of these identities, and the significance of diverse representation in literature.

We talk:

09:05 - Understanding gender and self-discovery

21:14 - Advice for navigating queerness and family

34:22 - The journey of writing a memoir

44:36 - Exploring freedom through poetry

55:18 - Trans News That Doesn't Suck

Episode References:

1946 (movie)

Dearborn (book) By Ghassan Zeineddine

Erin In The Morning

Autostraddle

LGBTQ Nation

Learning to Shut Out the Noise with Ja’Mel Ashely Ware

Read more about KB in their bio below:

KB Brookins is the author of three books, including Pretty (2024), winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction. They are an ACLU of Texas Artist-in-Residence and a Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellow at UNLV.

• @earthtokb on Instagram, TikTok, and Substack
• Trans News That Doesn’t Suck
• Freedom House

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