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V.T. Davy

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Gay and Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Crime

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Born in London, Vic Tanner Davy now lives in the Channel Islands. When not working in an office crunching numbers, Vic is a writer.

Vic has been writing since 1995 when his first play, And Our Dear Channel Islands.., about the Occupation and Liberation of Jersey premiered.

Vic’s first novel, Black Art, featured Arty Shaw, the world’s first female-to-male transgender detective. It was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ top 100 books of 2012. Vic’s second novel, A Very Civil Wedding, was a finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Fiction: GLBT). Vic’s third novel, The Hystery App, received an honorable mention in the 2015 Rainbow Awards.

Since 2014, Vic has dedicated his spare time to the Jersey charity, Liberate, of which he is honorar ...more

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Trans Notes from a Small Island: United Through Pride

September in the Channel Islands has seen three firsts: the first pan-island Pride, the first Equality & Diversity Awards and the first award by a tribunal of compensation for hurt and distress from discriminatory behaviour in the workplace.

Pride was a truly pan-island event this year with a whole week of celebrations in both the Bailiwick of Jersey and Guernsey. Jersey held the first ever Pride

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The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard

by Tom Léger (Goodreads Author)

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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community

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Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men, and Ancestral Wives: Female Same-Sex Practices in Africa

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Quotes by V.T. Davy (?)

“You don’t rewrite it, censor it, or edit it, to suit some warped view you have of the past and your own present.”
― V.T. Davy, Black Art

tags: arty, censor, channel, crime, detective, edit, history, islands, nazi, past, present, rewrite, shaw, stasi

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“People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of shelves stuffed with manila files looks much like another.”
― V.T. Davy, Black Art

tags: archive, archives, file, files, filing, shelf, shelves, tour

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“I couldn’t imagine leaving a child. Not because it was unthinkable, but because I couldn’t imagine having a child to leave.”
― V.T. Davy, Black Art

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