Canadian
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writer and musician. Her
debut novel
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''Small Beauty'' was published in 2016.
She was awarded an honour of distinction from the
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
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in 2016, and won the
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction
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at the
29th Lambda Literary Awards
The 29th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 12, 2017, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2016."29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" . ''LGBT Weekly'', June 13, 2017. Her writing has also appeared in the anthologies ''Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet'' and ''Letters Lived: Radical Reflections, Revolutionary Paths'', and in the literary magazine ''
Room
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'', April 6, 2016.
Wilson-Yang was a member of the
Guelph
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-based
Burnt Oak
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collective and record label. She co-founded the group in 2005 with Ryan Newell and Brad MacInerny. In 2007 she released ''May All Yr Children Be Dragons'' which featured songs written while living in Beijing learning Mandarin. The same year Wilson-Yang released the split EP ''Hands and Feats'' with Burnt Oak member
Richard Laviolette
Richard Andrew Laviolette (August 22, 1982 – September 5, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Guelph, Ontario. He released material under a variety of band names, including Mary Carl, Richard Laviolette and His Black Lungs, Richard ...
. They supported the release with a seven-week tour of the United States and Canada.
Discography
* ''may all yr children be dragons'' (2007)
* ''Hands and Feats'' (with Richard Laviolette) (2007)
* ''changes of state'' (2008)
* ''Eleven Songs'' (2009)
* ''eight steps in the recent moves of'' (2013)