In de film Girl, eveneens op het Nederlandse taalgebied, komt op baanbrekende wijze de transgenderproblematiek aan de orde.

In Schipbreuk van Marco Kamphues en Franse Les van Ewoud Sanders betreft het relaties tussen man en vrouw, terwijl ontluikende homoseksualiteit voorop staat in Splinter Chabots Confettiregen en Paul Haenens Ik heb bekend. The anthology provides a superb overview but readers are stuck with the frustration of having to content themselves with brief fragments averaging nine or ten pages each, just enough to arouse curiosity for the entire novel. Giphart's anthology runs from De kleine republiek ('The Little Republic') by Lodewijk van Deyssel (1888) to De belofte van Pisa ('The Promise of Pisa') by Mano Bouzamour (2013), ranked in inverted chronological order. A recent survey compiled by Ronald Giphart contains 100 coming-of-age stories that have appealed to readers during the past century or so. There are numerous youthful heroes in Dutch fiction. Het is een prachtig overzicht maar als lezerservaring blijft het bij brokstukken van gemiddeld 9 á 10 pagina's, net genoeg om belangstelling voor het gehele boek op te wekken. Gipharts bloemlezing loopt, in omgekeerd chronologische volgorde, van Lodewijk van Deyssels De kleine republiek (1888) tot De belofte van Pisa van Mano Bouzamour (2013). Een recent overzicht onder redactie van Ronald Giphart laat zien dat je moeiteloos honderd boeiende coming-of-age verhalen, ruim geïnterpreteerd, uit de laatste eeuw bij elkaar kunt sprokkelen. A great book to escape the world with (or come out of the closet with, as I did in high school during a presentation on this book).Het wemelt van de jeugdige helden in de Nederlandse literatuur. It’s not always an easy world to live in, so it’s even better that with this book you get to experience it from the comfort of your own home.

It’s based on the life of Oscar Wilde, but very much fictional. Schijnbewegingen is a book that takes you to the gay side of Victorian England, from the banquets to the gutter. When the summer is over he wants to leave this darker side of the gay scene behind, but is that possible? Under the surface of art, a lot is happening… But when they all go to the continent for the summer, Adrian is again without money and does the only thing left for him: selling his body with the guys of Little College Street 13. Through Augustus Adrian gets introduced in the artistic circles of Oscar Wilde’s London. Without money and a place to stay he does the only thing he can think of: go to Augustus Trops, a painter who shopped at the store and said he would love to paint Adrian. But fed up enough to do something about it? When he gets fired, he doesn’t really have a choice. It is 1894, and Adrian Mayfield is fed up with his job at a menswear store. In Dutch, also translated into German and Danish as Ich, Adrian Mayfield/Jeg Adrian Mayfield

Schijnbewegingen by Floortje Zwigtman