The Novel That Started the Trans Literary Revolution

Nine years ago, Imogen Binnie published Nevada, a novel whose punk-rock protagonist, Maria Griffiths, sent shockwaves around the then budding renaissance of transgender literature. Sardonically unconcerned with appealing to a wider cisgender audience, Nevada was a particular contrast to the buttoned-down memoirs of trans writers then yore. Set in 2008, the novel is a funny, profane, and melancholy portrayal of trans-ness. Maria is a 29-year-old trans woman who chronically forgets her estrogen shots, gets fired from her job in New York City, and blows her savings on heroin, all before stealing her ex-girlfriend’s car and aimlessly driving out west. In… Read Full Article