Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella

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Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella

The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye