Chef Naaji "Naz" Ofori is a young, first-rate chef who's taking the city of Atlanta by storm. He's the author of award-winning cookbooks, a James Beard Award winner, and the owner of one of the hottest restaurants in the city: The Black Ambrosia. Naz's path to success while embracing his transgender identity has been anything but easy. However, he triumphed over all obstacles with his ambitious drive and the prayers of his Ghanaian mother. Everything about Naz screams the perfect man: handsome, talented, and rich, yet his love life is dormant. His picky nature keeps him single by choice, but he has his eyes on one particular woman. She may be out of his league, even for someone of his caliber. Kaielle Bree "Kai" Havens is a fashion designer and owns the luxury streetwear brand: Haven's Gate. Once upon a time, she was Atlanta's top attraction, a skilled stripper at the city's leading gentleman's club. Now, celebrities and high fashion brands recruit her for her voguish, inventive designs. Kai spent most of last year healing from a toxic four-year relationship with her R&B superstar ex-boyfriend. Her friends and therapist suggest that it's time to return to the dating scene. And though Kai believes they are correct, the ghosts of her past still haunt her. Naz and Kai are young, successful Black business owners trying to navigate life, love, and business in Atlanta. They possess the makings of a supreme pair, but can they transcend through the fire as life gets tough? Rankings achieved: #1 in FTM

Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the only settlement still thriving. *********** It's a Wasteland, baby. In the uncomfortably not-so-distant future, the world has been ravaged by natural disasters, water shortages, and public apathy. People like Kai Gilling have flocked to the desert (once known as the American West) in hopes of finding a better life. After picking up a pair of siblings, the three come across a strange woman who claims to have a map to Arcadia, an urban legend rumored to be the only city thriving in the wreckage of the old world. Will they keep their hearts set on an oasis in the desert--even if it's just a mirage? Or will they be tempted by something else

Camden is a trans boy in the late eighteenth century. He doesn't know how to deal with it or even how to come out, because things like that don't exist where he lives. So when he's approached by a woman who seems to know exactly what he's going through, he's more than just a bit confused. She offers him a scholarship to Quirks United, a boarding school for people like him. When he gets there, he realizes it's about more than just being queer. For him, it's about love, turmoil, time, and coping. Quirks United is exactly where he needed to be.

In a society where technology enhances conformity, Charlie defies expectations by requesting to transition to male. But when the system wants to change his brain rather than his body, he and the woman he loves must join forces with a group of Queer Rebels to fight for their freedom. Season 1 of The Queer Rebels *** Charlie has always been told that on his twentieth birthday, he can choose to be anything he wants. Most people choose to be beautiful, or smart, or funny, but on his Choosing Day, Charlie asks for a male body to fit his mind. But when he realizes that authorities aren't going to accept his request and he's in grave danger, his only choice is to escape with Marcy, the woman he loves. Together, Marcy and Charlie give up everything they've ever known to escape the city for the Queer Rebels, who for decades have been providing refuge to runaways. At first, Charlie and Marcy's relationship blooms as Charlie finds a community he never knew existed and harnesses advanced tech the government's always hidden from them. However, nothing is quite as it seems, and things get complicated as they are forced to navigate ideological factions within the Queer Rebels. Charlie is drawn into a struggle for liberation, while Marcy urges caution. Their love was born in a repressive regime, but will it survive in the freedom beyond the city's borders? Content warning: This story contains violence and mentions of homophobia and/or transphobia that may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Sage, who has been raised as a boy despite his female form, decides to confront the gods and force them to transform his body ------------------------------ When Telethusa was pregnant, the goddess Aurelia visited her in the night and delivered a prophecy that she would have a son. So, when she gave birth to a baby girl, she raised the child as a boy, heeding the goddesses words. Eighteen years have passed since that night, and Sage has grown to be a strong and determined young man who is betrothed to marry a neighbor girl named Violet. He is becoming increasingly agitated that the gods have still not fixed their mistake and completed his form. When an injury threatens to reveal his "incomplete" body to Violet, he decides that he has had enough, and he sets off on a quest to confront the gods.

After being accused of fathering a child that couldn't possibly be his, Marin must choose between revealing a deep secret to prove his innocence, or accepting heavy consequences for breaking his vows of celibacy.

George, a transgender man, begins writing in a journal to stave off loneliness as he tries to survive in the zombie apocalypse. After he finds a stash of food, his paranoia only makes his loneliness more intense. When he runs into strangers he taunts them, "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the ginger beard man!" What will happen when he runs into a foxy lady that he can't run away from?

It may have taken centuries, but Alexander is finally comfortable in his own skin and is no longer scared of looking at himself in a mirror. Now he just wants to find someone who sees him as clearly as he sees himself. After he keeps striking out at the bar, a friend recommends a new dating app. Can this new technology really help his ancient heart find true love? ONC 2021 Prompt #21