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Maia Kobabe

Author: Maia Kobabe

Maia Kobabe is a nonbinary, queer author and illustrator with an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts. Eir first full length book, GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR is forthcoming from Lion Forge in May 2019. Eir work focuses on themes of identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales, and homesickness.

The Pioneering Surgeon Who Defied Victorian Gender Norms

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on June 28, 2019February 7, 2020

Assigned female at birth, Dr. James Barry lived life as a man—and saved lives.

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Growing Up Gender Queer

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on May 24, 2019

Read an excerpt from Maia Kobabe’s new book “Gender Queer: A Memoir”

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Long Live the Monarch

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on April 5, 2019

You’re not just nostalgic: There are less butterflies than when you were a kid.

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Dancing with Pride

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on June 8, 2018

What you can learn while suffering a gender-nonconforming crisis in folk dancing class.

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The Nazis Next Door

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on October 11, 2017

Growing up next to a house full of white nationalists.

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Trump’s White House Won’t Acknowledge June as LGBT Heritage Month

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on June 25, 2017December 30, 2020

What a pride month without visibility means.

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Strength Through Unity

by Maia Kobabe

Posted on May 4, 2017April 21, 2021

How to spot Fascism before it’s too late

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