Transowe obecności w literaturze ponowoczesnej

Abstract

This article is an attempt to describe the most important problems faced by the contemporarytrans(gender) literature in Poland. The analysis was carried out on two main axes:with the distinction of texts identified as (1) heteronormative and non-heteronormative,and (2) homonormative and non(hetero/homo)normative. Moreover, author providessome interesting examples of trans negative and trans positive literature. An importantelement of this article is the analysis of the autobiographical texts inscribed in the axisof non(hetero/homo)normative literature and trans positive literature. In the last part ofthe article, the author highlights the importance of the first transgender children bookpublished in Poland “Kim jest ślimak Sam?” by Maria Pawłowska and Jakub Szamałek.