Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Terry Dactyl is a trans woman raised by lesbian moms who comes of age in the 1980s. She moves from Seattle to New York City and builds a community in the queer and gender-bending club scene, even as it is torn apart by the AIDS epidemic. At her art gallery job, she tries to blend her worlds of elite art and club culture together.
20 years later, Terry moves back to Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic, searching for community once again. —Danika Ellis