This June, the fantastic zine/collection 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies won the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Anthology. WGSS PhD student AJ Castle’s essay “The Cipher Cut” is featured in this award-winning volume. We couldn’t be prouder of our department’s first Lambda winner!

2 Trans 2 Furious was edited by Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis with cover art by Mattie Lubchansky and zine design by Shay Mirk. You can get a PDF version of the collection directly from Girl Dad Press, or you can order a bound print copy from AK Press.

Here’s the official description:

More than forty trans writers and artists have joined forces to explore the deeper meanings of the Fast & Furious franchise (and also gender). There’s really no way to know why this exists, but it does, and you can own it! Suitable for F&F fans and newcomers alike.

Includes:

– A new short story by Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin
– A demolition derby driver’s perspective on 2 Fast 2 Furious’s derby scene
– An essay contemplating the queer symbolism of Cipher’s bowl cut <— This is AJ’s piece!
– The scoop on the franchise’s only canonically nonbinary character
– Instructions for an F&F-themed tabletop role-playing game
– A contemplation of which Taylor Swift album represents each F&F character

Plus: Bingo cards! Comics! Haiku! And, of course, hot gay erotica…