Transgender brothers raised in Surrey have co-authored a debut fantasy novel that aims to challenge racism and transphobia.
Vincent Hunter is the pen name for Kise Vincent Hastings, 29, and Hunter Levi Hastings, 25, who self-published The Garnet Crown in August.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e co-authored the book as a duo, which is not too common for brothers,91裸聊视频� Vincent said.
Graduates of Kwantlen Park Secondary in Surrey, the siblings say their book 91裸聊视频渄elivers a thrilling high-level fantasy plot that features diverse characters and themes.91裸聊视频�
Vincent said J. K. Rowling91裸聊视频檚 recent 91裸聊视频渁nti-transgender tweets91裸聊视频� challenge diversity in the fantasy genre, and that the Surrey-based duo is determined to showcase transgender, LGBTQIIA+ and queer characters in their novel series.
91裸聊视频淭ransgender people are being misrepresented in popular fiction and media, and we aim to change that,91裸聊视频� the duo say in a news release. 91裸聊视频淎s mixed-race transgender individuals, we grew up terribly underrepresented in all of the fandoms that we have loved. When we were represented, it did no justice. The characters that were portrayed as 91裸聊视频榙iverse91裸聊视频� or 91裸聊视频榯ransgender91裸聊视频� were written stereotypically, were usually antagonists, and did not occupy main roles in the story.91裸聊视频�
Mixed-race individuals were rarely mentioned at all, the duo add.
91裸聊视频淲henever we tried to challenge the representations of transgender and mixed-race characters in popular fiction, we were often discouraged by educators and told by other fans that our kind of person didn91裸聊视频檛 belong in these series because they were not a part of the lore.91裸聊视频�
The Garnet Crown, a 666-page book billed as 91裸聊视频淏ook 1 in the Crimson Plumes series,91裸聊视频� , in both soft-cover and e-book formats.
The book also aims to celebrates Canadian values, the brothers say.
91裸聊视频淎s Canadians, we wanted to write a story that represented the diversity and inclusion that our country is known for,91裸聊视频� the duo stated. 91裸聊视频淲e are proud to be Canadian and we were determined to write an epic fantasy series that highlighted how important and wonderful our country91裸聊视频檚 values are. We hope that our novel will inspire the world to be more like Canada and to celebrate multiculturalism, diversity, and inclusion.91裸聊视频�
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Vincent Hunter has also written an album of 91裸聊视频渟hanties and tavern songs91裸聊视频� to promote their love for the fantasy genre and the universe they91裸聊视频檝e created. Some of the tunes, featured on the album 91裸聊视频淪hanties & Songs of Aldrayon,91裸聊视频� are posted to their .
They hope their novel series will inspire others who have felt marginalized and misrepresented to write and share their stories, and participate in the fandoms they love.
91裸聊视频淥ur stories deserve to be told and we deserve to take up space. We91裸聊视频檙e a part of this world too, and it91裸聊视频檚 time people realized that,91裸聊视频� the brothers stated.
Vincent Hunter is on , and , and also runs a page.
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