num_pages: 245
description: X MARKS THE SPOT is an anthology of personal essays art and poetry all by nonbinary people from around the world on the subject of gender identity and experiences. It aims to uplift the voices of nonbinary people to provide some much-needed representation and of course to be a resource for cis allies and questioning folks. Above all it is a space for everyone outside the gender binary to exist with all of themselves intact.All of the contributors are nonbinary agender genderqueer genderfluid wkte trans demigender or one of the hundreds of other labels available to people like us. This thought-provoking project is by nonbinary people for nonbinary people. We spend so much of our time explaining ourselves for the benefit of others but this anthology is different. In these pages we get to say what we want to say leading to work that is at once stirring bold and moving. Contributions came from all around the world and they explore our experiences with coming out transitioning relationships religion race disability and more. We are not a monolith. Our community is just as diverse and varied as any other but we hope that you might see yourself in our pages. We hope that you might learn empathy for the identities you don't understand. Gender identity has been a subject of intense debate but X Marks The Spot provides an emotional connection that will foster learning and understanding no matter whether youre gay or straight trans or cis binary or nonbinary.The LGBT community has long been misunderstood and nonbinary people are no different. If you have ever wanted to know what it was like to be neither fully a man nor fully a woman then perhaps this might begin to tell you.
language: English
title: X Marks The Spot - A Nonbinary Anthology
publisher: Independently Published