Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme Technology Studies this book stands as both

this book stands as both a classic and a still-revolutionary work--one that continues to push us gently but profoundly to the furthest borders of the gender frontier

where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters

and expand our education around consent far beyond "Yes Means Yes

Richard Blanco's personal narrative is a resonant account of how he discovered his authentic self and ultimately

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme Technology Studies this book stands as bothLambda Literary Award finalist American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book In the summer of 2009, butch writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and gender researcher and femme dynamo Zena Sharman wrote down a wish list of their favourite queer authors; they wanted to continue and expand the butch femme conversation. The result is Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme. The stories in these pages resist simple definitions. The people in these stories