[1][2] Dunham is a published author, whose debut book, A Year Without A Name: A Memoir, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
[4][9] They graduated from Brown University with a degree in urban studies in May 2014,[10] and were a contributing writer for the student weekly The College Hill Independent.
[12] Dunham has written for The New Yorker, Artforum and Granta; as well as Transgender Herstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, UNCOUNTED: Call & Response at Vienna Secession and the AL-UGH-ORIES monograph, as part of Nicole Eisenman's exhibition at the New Museum.
[19] Dunham has collaborated frequently with transgender activist Tourmaline; their work together includes public speaking, writing, and performance.
[20][21][22][23] In 2020, Dunham co-founded Deluge Books, a queer literary press, with hannah baer and Emily Segal.