Jacob Anderson-Minshall

Jacob Anderson-Minshall (born September 14, 1967) is an American author.

He received a B.A. in Peace and Global Studies from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and a master's degree in communication from Idaho State University in Pocatello.

Career After graduating he canvassed for anti-nuclear group SANE/FREEZE and other efforts before focusing on lesbian and gays rights. He was disabled in a work-related injury in 2003; at which point Anderson-Minshall returned to writing. From 2005 to 2009, Anderson-Minshall authored the syndicated column "TransNation", which ran in LGBT publications like San Francisco Bay Times, Windy City Times, and Boston's Bay Windows.

In 2016, with his wife, Anderson-Minshall launched the editorial services company Retrograde Communications, which took over the editorial services for Plus magazine (for those affected by HIV) and HIVPlusMag.com from Here Media. A year later the company took over the editorial for the print edition of the LGBT news magazine The Advocate now owned by Pride Media. Anderson-Minshall now serves as the deputy editor of Plus and the deputy editor of The Advocate.

Anderson-Minshall and his wife have co-authored the Blind Eye mystery series, including Blind Curves, Blind Leap and 2008 Lambda Literary Award finalist Blind Faith, published by Bold Strokes Books.

In 2015, Anderson-Minshall became the first openly transgender author to win a Goldie award from the Golden Crown Literary Society; he shared the award for best creative non-fiction book with his wife Diane Anderson-Minshall for Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders.

In 2018, Anderson-Minshall released his first novel, Swimming Upstream, through Transgress Press.