Mira Bellwether

Mira Bellwether but otherwise, including on the zine's front cover, went by ''Mira''; she is referred to as ''Mira'' in coverage of her death.}} (March 31, 1982December 25, 2022) was an American author, artist, and sex educator best known for ''Fucking Trans Women'', a single-issue zine in which she wrote and illustrated all articles. Described in ''Sexuality & Culture'' as "a comprehensive guide to trans women's sexuality", ''Fucking Trans Women'' was the first publication of note to focus on sex with trans women and was innovative in its focus on trans women's own perspectives and its inclusion of instructions for many of the sex acts depicted. Bellwether was also an advocate for transgender women and in opposition to trans-exclusionary feminism.

Bellwether's work has served as an influence to trans writers, journalists, and scholars, particularly in the field of transgender sexuality. Her death in 2022 was met with grief in the trans community, in which her work had attained a "mythic status" according to Kai Cheng Thom in ''Xtra''. Provided by Wikipedia