Redfern Jon Barrett (they/them) is author to novels including Proud Pink Sky, a speculative story set in the world’s first LGBTQ+ state – which will be released by Bywater Books in March 2023. Redfern’s essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in publications including The Sun Magazine, Guernica, Strange Horizons, Passages North, PinkNews, Booth, FFO, ParSec, Orca, and Nature Futures. They are nonbinary, have a Ph.D. in Literature, and currently live in Berlin. Read more at redjon.com. ** Proud Pink Sky is a novel set in the world's first gay state – described as “gripping” and a “remarkable alternate history” by Publisher’s Weekly. ** VIEW THE VIDEO TRAILER VIEW PUBLISHER'S PAGE Support the show Instagram: GenderStories Hosted by Alex Iantaffi Music by Maxwell von Raven Gender Stories logo by Lior Effinger-Weintraub