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This list of transgender publications includes books, magazines, and academic journals about transgender people, culture, and thought.
Some publishers of transgender-related books include Trans-Genre Press, [1] Topside Press, [2] and Transgress Press. [3]
Work | Year | Author | Notes | References |
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Transidentity | 2022 | Hans-Werner Gessmann/Vishal Lohchab | ISBN 978-3-928524-82-7 | |
ACT For Gender Identity: The Comprehensive Guide | 2020 | Alex Stitt | ISBN 978-1785927997 | |
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us | 1994 | Kate Bornstein | ISBN 0-679-75701-5 | |
Mom, I Need to be a Girl | 1998 | Just Evelyn | Memoir from the point of view of the mother. ISBN 0-9663272-0-9 | |
X Marks The Spot: An Anthology Of Nonbinary Experiences | 2019 | Theo Hendrie (editor) | Essays and poetry from nonbinary people for nonbinary people. ISBN 1-0809680-3-2 | [4] |
Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law | 2011 | Dean Spade | Nominated for a 2011 Lambda Literary Award. ISBN 0-89608-796-4 | [5] |
Raising Ryland | 2015 | Hillary Whittington | ISBN 978-0-06-23888-96 | [6] |
Redefining Realness | 2014 | Janet Mock | Memoir ISBN 978-1476709123 | [7] [8] [9] |
Third Sex and Human Rights | 1999 | Rajesh Talwar | ISBN 81-212-0642-1 | |
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue | 1999 | Leslie Feinberg | ISBN 0-8070-7951-0 | |
Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature | 2021 | Douglas A. Vakoch (editor) | ISBN 9780367086510 | [10] |
Transgender History | 2008 | Susan Stryker | ISBN 978-1-58005-224-5 | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
Transgender India: Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences | 2022 | Douglas A. Vakoch (editor) | ISBN 978-3-030-96385-9 | [17] |
Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come | 1992 | Leslie Feinberg | ISBN 0-89567-105-0 | |
Transgender Rights | 2006 | Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, and Shannon Minter (editors) | ISBN 0-8166-4311-3 | |
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman | 1996 | Leslie Feinberg | ISBN 0-8070-7941-3 | |
The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story | 2009 | Transgender A. Revathi | First book on Hijra by a Hijra. ISBN 978-81-8475-271-7 | [18] |
When Kayla Was Kyle | 2013 | Amy Fabrikant | ISBN 978-1-61286-154-8 | [19] |
Lou Sullivan: Daring to be a Man Among Men | 2017 | Brice Smith | ISBN 978-0-99825-211-7 | [20] |
Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman | 2019 | Abby Stein | First book by Hasidic trans person. ISBN 978-1-58005-916-9 | [21] |
Amateur | 2018 | Thomas Page McBee | ISBN 9781501168741 | |
Man Alive | 2014 | Thomas Page McBee | ISBN 9780872866249 | |
Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis | 2022 | Grace Elisabeth Lavery | ISBN 9781541620650 | |
The Last Time I Wore a Dress | 1997 | Dylan Scholinski and Jane Meredith Adams | 1998 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 978-1573220774 | [22] |
The Empress Is a Man | 1998 | Michael R. Gorman | 1999 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781560239178 | [23] |
Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach | 2001 | Virginia Ramey Mollenkott | 2002 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9780829814224 | [24] |
Dress Codes | 2002 | Noelle Howey | Memoir 2003 Lambda Literary Winner Award ISBN 9780312422202 | [25] [26] |
The Gender Frontier | 2004 | Mariette Pathy Allen | 2005 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9783936636048 | [27] |
The Transgender Studies Reader | 2006 | Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle (editors) | 2007 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9780415947091 | [28] |
Transparent | 2007 | Cris Beam | 2008 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9780156033770 | [29] [30] |
Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show | 2009 | Lynn Breedlove | 2012 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781933149325 | [31] |
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community | 2010 | Noach Dzmura (editor) | 2011 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781556438134 | [32] |
Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels | 2012 | Justin Vivian Bond | Memoir. 2013 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781558617476 | [33] |
Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies | 2012 | Anne Enke (editor) | 2013 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781439907474 | [34] [35] |
Work | Year | Author | Genre | Description and ISBN | References |
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10,000 Dresses | 2008 | Marcus Ewert | Young adult/Children's | Picture book about a young transgender girl named Bailey whose family does not agree with her desire to wear dresses. ISBN 1-58322-850-0 | |
An Anglo-American Alliance | 1906 | Gregory Casparian | Science fiction novel | ||
The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy | 2012 | S. Bear Bergman and Suzy Malik | Young adult/Children's | Title character Tulip receives a birthday wish from a child known as David who wishes to live as Daniela, and learns how to help and respect a gender-independent young person. 2013 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. ISBN 978-0-9879763-0-7 | [36] [37] |
Almost Perfect | 2009 | Brian Katcher | Young adult/Children's | Story of an adolescent transgender girl named Sage Hendrix who moves to a new high school in Missouri. 2011 Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association. | [38] |
Beatrice the Sixteenth | 1909 | Irene Clyde | Utopian/science fiction novel | A time traveller discovers a lost world, which contains a postgender society. | [39] |
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children | 2012 | Kirstin Cronn-Mills | Young adult/Children's | Despite bullying from his classmates and a lack of acknowledgement from his family, music geek Gabe (born Elizabeth) is transitioning, and just wants to make it through his nearing graduation. Stonewall Book Award winner and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. | [40] |
Being Emily | 2012 | Rachel Gold | Young adult/Children's | Emily (born Christopher) begins to come out as transgender during her junior year of high school. | [41] |
Breakfast on Pluto | 1998 | Patrick McCabe | Fiction | Patrick "Pussy" Braden is an Irish trans woman who escapes from the fictional Irish town of Tyreelin and a drunk foster mother, to find herself and the biological mother who gave her away. Booker Prize shortlist. | [42] [43] |
The Butterfly and the Flame | 2005 | Dana De Young | Fiction | [44] | |
Blond(e) Boy, Red Lipstick | 2018 | Geoff Bunn | Fiction | A cis man revisits a love affair he had in the 1980s with a transfeminine boy. | [45] |
Body Alchemy | 1996 | Loren Cameron | Fiction | 1997 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 978-1-57344-062-2 | [46] |
Bye-Bye, Black Sheep: A Mommy-track Mystery | 2006 | Ayelet Waldman | Mystery | Part of a series featuring Juliet Appelbaum, a stay-at-home mom and former public defender. In this installment, Appelbaum is approached by Heavenly, a transsexual woman who asks her to investigate the murder of her sister, Violetta, a prostitute and drug addict. ISBN 0-425-21018-9 | [47] |
Choir Boy | 2005 | Charlie Jane Anders | Young adult/Children's | A coming of age story of twelve-year-old Berry, a boy who seeks out antiandrogens in order to suppress his testosterone and prevent voice change from affecting his ability to sing in the choir. The novel won the Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender/Genderqueer category. ISBN 1-932360-81-6 | [48] |
Cereus Blooms at Night: A Novel | 1999 | Shani Mootoo | Fiction | A multi-narrative novel set in a fictional island in the Caribbean. An ambiguously gendered, but often presumed male, nurse named Tyler tells the troubled family history of Mala Ramchandin, an elderly woman under her care at a nursing home. Ze also relates the story of the transgender man named Otoh, who becomes Tyler's boyfriend. Shani Mootoo's novel explores identity, gender and community. ISBN 978-0-380-73199-2 | |
The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard | 2012 | Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod (editors) | Fiction | ISBN 0-9832422-0-8 | [38] [49] |
The Danish Girl | 2000 | David Ebershoff | Fiction | A fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery. ISBN 978-0-14-310839-9 | [50] |
Detransition, Baby | 2021 | Torrey Peters | Fiction | ISBN 978-0-593-13337-8 | [51] |
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta | 2022 | James Hannaham | Fiction | A trans woman returns home after spending 22 years in a men's prison. ISBN 978-1-78770-421-3 | [52] |
Freakboy | 2013 | Kristin Elizabeth Clark | Young adult/Children's | ISBN 0-374-32472-7 | [53] |
The Gender Fairy | 2015 | Jo Hirst | Children's picture book | ISBN 9780994457004 | |
Holding Still for as Long as Possible | 2009 | Zoe Whittall | Fiction | Josh is a trans man with a girlfriend, Amy. 2011 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781770898073 | [54] |
I Am J | 2011 | Cris Beam | Fiction | ISBN 0-316-05361-9 | [55] |
I Am Jazz | 2014 | Jazz Jennings & Jessica Herthel | Young adult/Children's | ISBN 0-8037-4107-3 | |
Just Girls | 2014 | Rachel Gold | Young adult/Children's | ISBN 1-59493-419-3 | [56] |
Kafka on the Shore | 2002 | Haruki Murakami | General | Features a gay, transgender man named Oshima who is friends with the main character. ISBN 1-84343-110-6 | [57] |
Luna | 2004 | Julie Anne Peters | Young adult/Children's | Story of Luna O'Neill (born Liam), a young male-to-female transsexual. Lambda Literary Award finalist in the Children's/Young Adult category. ISBN 0-316-73369-5 | [58] [59] [60] [48] |
Maxine Wore Black | 2014 | Nora Olsen | Fiction | [61] | |
An Unexpected Turn | 2021 | Brianna Nicole Austin | Fiction | A coming-of-age male-to-female story about a 12-year-old boy that gets caught by his mother cross-dressing. Her desperate attempt to hide the secret from her friends sets off in motion a series of events that will change their lives forever. Sometimes humorous and light, the novela delves into being a transgender girl from the perspective of both the young boy, Stephanie, his mother, and Dr. Dorothy, Stephanie's best friend, | [62] |
Mezcalero | 2015 2017 | T.E. Wilson | Fiction | First novel in the Detective Sánchez series, featuring the Mexican-Canadian transgender protagonist Ernesto Sánchez | [63] |
My Princess Boy | 2009 | Cheryl Kilodavis and Suzanne DeSimone | Young adult/Children's | Picture book about the author's son Dyson, whose self-expression does not conform to stereotypical gender role as Dyson prefers clothing meant for girls. | |
Myra Breckinridge | 1968 | Gore Vidal | Fiction | Myra is a beautiful young woman with a secret agenda — and a secret past as a man named Myron. | [64] |
Nevada: A Novel | 2013 | Imogen Binnie | Fiction | Punk New York City trans woman Maria Griffith goes on a road trip to Nevada while reflecting on gender and queer politics. 2014 Lambda Literary Award finalist. ISBN 0-9832422-9-1 | [65] |
Orlando: A Biography | 1928 | Virginia Woolf | Fiction | Story of an individual named Orlando, born as a biological male in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Orlando lives for more than 300 years and, at around 30 years of age, mysteriously changes biological sex to female. | |
Parrotfish | 2011 | Ellen Wittlinger | Young adult/Children's | Coming out story of a transgender teenage boy named Grady; the title refers to the fact that parrotfish can change their gender. | [66] |
Roving Pack | 2012 | Sassafrass Lowrey | Young adult/Children's | Story of a group of independent youths in the Portland, Oregon area trying to find their way. | [67] |
Run, Clarissa, Run | 2012 | Rachel Eliason | Fiction | [68] | |
A Safe Girl to Love | 2014 | Casey Plett | Fiction | [69] | |
Sacred Country | 1992 | Rose Tremain | Fiction | A novel about Mary Ward, who at the age of six decides she should have been born a boy. The novel concerns her struggle in a small town in England. ISBN 1-85619-118-4 | [70] |
She's Not There | 2003 | Jennifer Finney Boylan | Fiction | 2004 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9780385346979 | [71] |
Stone Butch Blues | 1993 | Leslie Feinberg | Fiction | Butch Jess Goldberg grows up in the pre-Stonewall era. Won the Lambda Literary Award and the 1994 American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Award. ISBN 1-56341-030-3 | [72] [73] [74] [75] |
The Ice Princess | 2011 | Emmy Morgan | Fiction | Black trans woman struggles through her past to become a daytime soap opera star. This is the first book in a trilogy. | [76] |
The Ship We Built | 2020 | Lexie Bean | Middle grade/Children's | 10-year-old trans boy Rowan doesn't have the words yet to describe how he feels. He doesn't fit in with the boys or the girls, he faces sexual abuse from his father, and his mother ignores him. He finds an outlet in writing letters and attaching them to balloons. Deals with gender, coming of age, bullying, abuse, and racism. | [77] |
Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica | 2011 | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Fiction | 2012 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9781573447201 | [78] |
Trans-Sister Radio | 2000 | Chris Bohjalian | Fiction | [79] | |
Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics | 2013 | T.C. Tolbert & Trace Peterson (editors) | Poetry | ISBN 1-937658-10-4 | |
Trumpet | 1999 | Jackie Kay | Fiction | 2000 Lambda Literary Award Winner ISBN 9780375704635 | [80] |
Wild Dogs of Mexico | 2018 | T.E. Wilson | Fiction | Second novel in the Detective Sánchez series, featuring the Mexican-Canadian transgender protagonist Ernesto Sánchez |
Title | Editor(s) | Publisher | First published | Ceased publication | Frequency | ISSN | Notes |
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Chrysalis: The journal of transgressive gender identities | American Educational Gender Information Service | 1991 | 1998 | Quarterly | ISSN 1086-4873 | ||
FTM Magazine | Jason Robert Ballard | 2014 | - | Quarterly | ISSN 2377-7737 | "The GQ for Trans Men" | |
Frock Magazine | Katie Glover, Sally Bend | The Gender Society | 2009 | 2017 | Bi-monthly | Magazine containing "transgender-related articles, features and stories which will be of interest to transsexuals, crossdressers, drag queens and transvestites and intersexed people" [81] | |
Original Plumbing | Amos Mac, Rocco Kayiatos [82] | 2009 [82] | Quarterly | ISSN 2153-6341 | "Dedicated to the culture and lifestyle of transgender men" [82] | ||
TG Life | Brianna Austin | Inicia Incorporated | 2004 [83] | - | "An online magazine, social network and resource center for, by, and about the transgender community." [83] | ||
Brianna Austin | Brianna Austin | Inicia Incorporated | 2000 [84] | - | "An online resource for articles, essays, poetry and true stories by Brianna Nicole Austin." [84] | ||
Transgender Tapestry | Dallas Denny [85] | International Foundation for Gender Education | 1985 | 2006 | Quarterly | ISSN 0884-9749 | Formerly known as Tapestry |
Transsexual News Telegraph | Gail Sondegaard | 1991 | 2002 | Quarterly | ISSN 1091-1138 | ||
Reflections International: The TV & TS Magazine [86] | TransEssex | 1995 | 1999 | ISSN 1357-2644 | |||
TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly | Paisley Currah, Susan Stryker | Duke University Press | 2014 | Quarterly | ISSN 2328-9252, ISSN 2328-9260 | ||
Transformation Magazine | Hanna Rodgers | Transformation Publishing Inc. | 1969 | Quarterly | OCLC 34616263 | Magazine of interest to transgender, transsexual, crossdresser, intersex, gender fluid, gender non-conformist readers | |
TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism | Davina Anne Gabriel | 1993 | 1995? | Quarterly | Feminism, trans activism, trans women | ||
Narcissus: Tv/ts Magazine [87] | New TransEssex | 1989 | 1992? | semiannually | OCLC 51182668 | ||
Transvestia | Virginia Prince | Chevalier Publications | 1960 | 1986 | Bimonthly | OCLC 10363080 | |
Transvestia: The Journal of the American Society for Equality in Dress | Virginia Prince | Virginia Prince | 1952 | 1952 | two issues (mimeographed) | OCLC 952387167 | First transgender publication in U.S. history [88] |
Das 3. Geschlecht - Die Transvestiten (The Third Sex) | Various | Friedrich Radzuweit | 1930 | 1933 | Biannually | ISSN 1619-9820 (German language reprint) | "A German magagazine featuring stories and advice columns written by cis and trans authors for trans readers. English translation available at The Weimar Project" |
#EnbyLife: Journal for non-binary & gender diverse creatives | Rae White, Alison Evans [89] | Rae White | 2016 | once in 2016, approximately weekly from 2019 | "In a world where diverse and marginalised voices are so often not heard, considered or understood, #EnbyLife journal will showcase the creative works of non-binary and gender diverse creatives, and pay them for their work." [90] | ||
Urania | Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Irene Clyde, Dorothy Cornish and Jessey Wade | Privately published by D. R. Mitra, Manoranjan Press | 1916 | 1940 | Bimonthly, then triannually | OCLC 269259351 | "The unifying legacy of Urania challenges the idea that trans and non-binary identities are something novel, and shows the longstanding interconnections and solidarities between feminism, trans rights and sapphic lives." [91] |
Girl Talk Magazine | Gina Lance, Bijoux Deluxe, Ivy D Vine, DeLux, | Rachel White, GTM Publications | 1997 | 2005 | Bi--month;y | ISSN: 15245594 OCLC:41104489 | Enjoying the fun of the Transgender lifestyle |
Nicola Griffith is a British-American novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award, Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, World Fantasy Award and six Lambda Literary Awards.
Katherine V. Forrest is a Canadian-born American writer, best known for her novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield. Her books have won and been finalists for Lambda Literary Award twelve times, as well as other awards. She has been referred to by some "a founding mother of lesbian fiction writing."
Ellen Hart is the award-winning mystery author of the Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenway series. Born in Maine, she was a professional chef for 14 years. Hart's mysteries include culinary elements similar to those of Diane Mott Davidson.
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the United States-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT themes. The awards are presented annually for books published in the previous year. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community."
Greg Herren is an American writer and editor, who publishes work in a variety of genres, including mystery novels, young adult literature and erotica. He publishes work both as Greg Herren and under the pseudonym Todd Gregory.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on gay male themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, women and heterosexual men may also be nominated for or win the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on lesbian themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, men and heterosexual women may also be nominated for or win the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Drama is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to an LGBT-related literary or theatrical work. Most nominees are plays, or anthologies of plays; however, non-fiction works on theatre or drama have also sometimes been nominated for the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a debut work of fiction on LGBT themes. Formerly presented in two separate categories for gay male and lesbian debut fiction, beginning the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013 a single award, inclusive of both male and female writers, was presented. The award was, however, discontinued after the 28th Lambda Literary Awards in 2016.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a gay-themed book of poetry by a male writer.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a lesbian-themed book of poetry by a female writer. At the first two Lambda Literary Awards in 1989 and 1990, a single award for LGBT Poetry, irrespective of gender, was presented. Beginning with the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991, the poetry award was split into two separate awards for Lesbian Poetry and Gay Poetry, which have been presented continuously since then except at the 20th Lambda Literary Awards in 2008, when a merged LGBTQ poetry award was again presented for that year only.
The Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT themes. The organization is considered to be one of the main promoters of new and emerging LGBT writers.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award established in 1994, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a memoir, biography, autobiography, or works of creative nonfiction by or about lesbians. Works published posthumously and/or written with co-authors are eligible, but anthologies are not.
The Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, presented to scholarly work that address "issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, and oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader." Most works are published by university presses.
The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry. Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
The Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with transgender content. Awards are granted based on literary merit and transgender content, and therefore, the writer may be cisgender. The award can be separated into three categories: transgender fiction, transgender nonfiction, and transgender poetry, though early iterations of the award included categories for bisexual/transgender literature, transgender/genderqueer literature, and transgender literature.
The Lambda Literary Award for Anthology is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards "[c]ollections of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry" with LGBT content. The award has been included since the first Lambda Literary Award ceremony but has included different iterations.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a memoir, biography, autobiography, or works of creative nonfiction by or about gay men. Works published posthumously and/or written with co-authors are eligible, but anthologies are not.
The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT community. Prior to 2021, the award was separated into separate categories for Gay and Lesbian Mystery.
The Lambda Literary Award for Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBT characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature." "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
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