My downloadable zine about the first year of my transition has:
- 12 poems about gender & transition
- 1 piece of prose
- 23 digital ink portraits of men & boys
- Literally my entire heart
Free, but any donations go toward paying off my top surgery 💙
Link in next tweet ⬇️
ALT A photo of a hand holding an off-white paper booklet titled “Becoming All of Me” just above a rough wooden table, subtitled “Writings and artwork by Xander Ready.” Below the title is a detailed digital ink bust sketch of a young white man with short hair wearing an accordion-style cloth mask and a leather jacket, looking at the camera with a confident expression.
ALT A photo of a booklet laid open on a rough wooden table. Two poems and two ink sketches are visible. One poem, called “Mirror,” is 7 lines and illustrated with a white man in glasses adjusting his shirt collar in an ornate mirror. The other fills a page and is called “Soft,” and is illustrated by a young man in a leather jacket walking toward the viewer and smoking.
ALT A photo of a booklet laid open on a rough wooden table. There are three detailed pen and ink drawings and one poem visible. The drawings variously show a young bearded black man seated in a suit and glasses; two older, heavyset, bald white men with full beards, embracing, one with top surgery scars; and a full-page sketch of a slim man laying on a bed holding a book in front of his face, reading. The poem visible is titled “Holy” and is about finding sacred spaces in community with other queer people.