recs? (aka ginny is my weasley, and other stories)

[rhivolution]

So, with all the HP talk going on, obviously, and having just read through Reparo after were_duck (nor sasha_feather fail me) mentioned listening to the podfic, and having mentioned on Google+ that I am desperately missing IRL queerness...I came to a quandary.

Are there any Harry-era/later HP fics out there that examine or worldbuild a wizarding queer community? Especially for women and trans* people?

I will freely admit that I haven't gone looking yet and that I've sort of been spoiled by the interest in cultural study that is present in Star Trek fandom, I think. But HP is so big, I figured it MUST have come up at some point, and if not...

Consider this a dare.

Comments

[tellitslant]

Not quiiiite what you're looking for, but you might find this one interesting: Witch Night

[sasha_feather]

Hm, I don't think it was me that recced it. But now I will give it a listen and/or read! Because I am reading ALL THE FIC lately, and avoiding actual work.

[were_duck]

I was actually the one reccing it on the Twitters :)

[sasha_feather]

Again, were_duck is not my sock puppet. She is a real other person!

[were_duck]

:)

[rhivolution]

Oh god, I thought it might have been, but all I could remember was Madison person who likes podfic, and it was too far back to look. I'm really sorry, G.

[ex_troublesteady667]

Oh, yay, I'm going to have to keep an eye on this post because I have been on a mission to find HP fic that isn't just, you know, queer in that two blokes are going at it. :/ Although I did quite love Reparo. Also, "Ginny is my Weasley" should be printed on t-shirts.

I'm on a mission to find long, non-wangsty femslash. (Or, well, write some. I hope to have written Ginny/Astoria and Lily/Andromeda by the end of summer, because yay infidelity issues and eighties wizarding activist lesbians!) A problem I noticed in HP fandom is the assumption that while boys will usually leave their canon girlfriends for the gay, you will usually only read about girls experimenting and going back to their canon boyfriends at the end. Which is just terribly depressing. And I don't think I have ever read anything about trans* or genderqueer wizards, which strikes me as such a waste of potential awesomeness; how would wizards even perceive gender when sex can be easily altered, what with metamorphomagi and potions and stuff? Ahh so many thinky thoughts.

Sorry for the incoherence, I've had these ideas flying around in my head but never actually put them to words before.