if I translate an LGBT Chinese novel with gay characters and transgender people (not yaoi), would anybody host me? it’s short, 26 chapters, both happy and bitter atmosphere
Homosexuality itself has been legal in China since 1997. No laws protecting against discrimination though. Culture is fairly homophobic and much of it is under radar. A few gay bars in major cities though. Yep.
I wouldn't be surprised if a BL website like Snowy Codex or Isohungry translations accepted you. You should send em a mail and check.
I don't mind hosting~ though if your novel delves deeper into R18 content I would rec Krizzis over me~
It's a story based on three transgender friends author-san knew, so it's a blur between realistic components and fictional components. The story itself ends as a tragedy, but there's several short letters at the end written by the real version of the characters about their thoughts on their experiences. There's no smut whatsoever (it's not meant to be sexualized), but there's mention of plenty of ugly things (e.g. one of the friends was raped/did sex work to make ends meet, another committed suicide), so it has its fair share of ugly parts plus narratives of how two of them were kicked out by their families and tried to sustain their living. There are a lot of scene-skips so all the horrible stuff is mostly (but not all) cut out. At the same time, since I'm #queer myself, I rather like this one because it has a pretty good balance between happier and bitter parts. A lot of other transgender novels are a lot more depressing than this one and more difficult for me stomach. tldr; think of the novel as a fictionalized autobiography of four different accounts of how hard it is to be transgender. It's comparable to the manga: Bokura no Hentai Hourou Musuko Let me know what you think!
Sounds fine with me~ Just need to find an editor to chuck on it when it gets to me hahaha. Or if you got one yourself xD
Alright! Great! I'll ask around my friends first and if I can't find anyone I'll let you know. I'll see if I can translate 5 chapters first, so this way you can release more at once from the start. I'll PM you with any updates if I get anywhere then!
If you still need space to host your works I also have space on my site. message me if you still need.