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Official account of the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon! 🏳️‍⚧️ March 21-31. 🏳️‍⚧️
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If you participated in the readathon, could you please fill out our exit survey? 🙏🏼
Slide 1: Caption Reads: Fill Out The Trans Rights Readathon Exit Survey. A pastel pink-and-blue outline of a smartphone screen fills the rest of the page. A pink text bubble reads, “We want to hear from you.” A blue bubble, sent from the phone, reads, “I thought the 2025 readathon was…” Slide 2: Caption reads: 4/2/25 Call To Action: fill out the exit survey. Main text reads: We collect this generalized data so that we can see metrics on the amazing work this community has been able to complete year after year. Seeing these numbers is another way to spread hope for the future. (Or at least make us feel nice!) It also helps us figure out how to improve next year. If you only participated in some ways & not in others, that’s okay! Please fill it out anyway so we can track our progress, even if you didn’t sign up before the event. A pink and blue gradient QR code appears in the bottom right corner, with a link to the Action Network exit survey also available on our website.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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As the readathon winds down, we hope people continue to read and support trans+ stories (and organizations!) throughout the year. This isn’t an exhaustive list, so if you’re an indie author especially, we’d love a 2025 released self-rec. #trr25 #booksky #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Prompt: 2025 Releases. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries (Already Out!). This Feast of a Life by Cynthia So (Already Out!). They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Already Out!). The Cosmic Color by T.T. Madden (Already Out!). Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet (Already Out!). Born Sacred by Smokii Sumac (April 3). Slide 3: Book Recs 2/3: When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris (April 15). Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi (April 15). Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa (April 15). Genoc*de Bad by Sim Kern (April 22). Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline (May 20). Costumes for Time Travelers by A. R. Capetta (May 27). Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: Going Overboard by Caroline Huntoon (May 27). The Glade by Naseem Jamnia (May 27). Vesuvius by Cass Biehn (June 3). This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman (June 17). Donut Summer by Anita Kelly (July 29). The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar (September 16).
April 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We have a couple more days-worth of posts coming, and we’ll keep collecting book recs. Thank you to everyone who’s been reading along with us, and who has messaged or posted to say that they intend to keep supporting these stories throughout the year. 💙🩷🤍
Slide 5: Text Reads: What Can You Do Right Now? Read Trans All Year. Don’t wait for the readathon to read, review, support & uplift trans stories and authors! With book banning on the rise, stories written by and/or featuring trans folks especially those written by Black, Indigenous, and POC authors will be, and have always been targeted the most. Purchasing trans books, requesting trans books at your library, requesting trans books from publishers, reviewing, making content, and uplifting these books are ways to take action! Slide 6: What Can You Do Right Now? Invest in Mutual Aid. Organizations and nonprofits are important, but the impact of immediate mutual aid is monumental. Offer your time, your labor, your skills, your support to your local trans organizations. With the restrictions on the federal level for funding, your support (monetary & otherwise) can make a big impact. Support your neighbor. See a mutual aid post? Have $5? Make direct impact. See a mutual aid post? Don’t have the means? Share the post. Indirect impact. One action can make all the difference. Slide 7: What Can You Do Right Now? Stay Informed and Engaged. Resist the urge to doom scroll and give into the chaos. We need all of us. We cannot close our eyes to the news or the needs of our neighbors. It also does no one any good to be aware of information without processing it. Stay informed, stay engaged. If you’re not engaged at your local level, start now. Slide 8: Text Reads: transrightsreadathon.carrd.co @transrightsreadathon #trr25 #transrightsreadathon. Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.
March 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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When one of our volunteers made this post >3 weeks ago, there were ~500ish bills being considered and only 5 had passed. 😔 We love how bright and joyful our feed has been the last 11 days, but we also want to remind people that 11 days of reading is only the start. #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Text appears over a series of geometric shapes with pink, white, and blue gradients. Text reads: Let’s Celebrate International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). History about the day & how we can celebrate through resistance! Slide 2: Text Reads: March 31st International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). The International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual day of recognition celebrated around the world on March 31st, which is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and victories of transgender and gender-expansive people, while simultaneously raising awareness of the work that is still needed to combat discrimination and violence. Slide 3: Text Reads: March 31st International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). In 2024, 674 anti-trans bills were considered with 50 passed. Just in the first quarter of 2025 there are 736 anti-trans bills being considered. 42 more have already passed. In recent years, proposed bills have trended towards healthcare and education—basic human rights! (Source: translegislation.com). Slide 4: Text Reads: March 31st International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). We’ve stressed the importance of utilizing our collective power since our inception, but it has never been more imperative that we are not frozen in fear or apathy, but fueled by the power of our community to stand up and fight back. We know the power of stories and narratives as readers and writers. Let’s ensure our narrative is boldly and proudly as trans folks and/or in unwavering support of all trans folks, always.
March 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Middle grade recs incoming! We’ve had at least one person ask for these specifically so that they can share reading time with their younger family members, which sounds lovely. 💕 #booksky #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Middle Grade. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Book Recs 1/2: Wishbone by Justine Pucella Williams. The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon. The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo Netz. The One Who Loves You the Most by Medina. Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese. The Fabulous Zed Watson by Basil Silvester and Kevin Silvester. Alex Wise vs. The End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker. Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser. A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff. Ice Apprentices by Jacob North. Deephaven by Ethan M. Aldridge. The Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith. Slide 3: Book Recs 2/2: Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp. Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker. Linus and Etta Could Use a Win by Caroline Huntoon. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee. The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa. Jamie by L.D. Lapinski. Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges & Meaghan Carter. Grace Needs Space by Benjamin A. Wilgus and Rii Abrego. Moonflower by Kacen Callender. Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet. Dotson by Grayson Lee White. Dear Mothman by Robin Gow. Slide 4: Text Reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: “March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.”
March 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Looking for some trans+ rep that’s out of this world? 🥁 We do tend to get fewer scifi titles on our StoryGraph suggestions, so if you have more suggestions, we’d love to hear them. (Especially if they’re indie!)
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Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Science Fiction. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Books Recs 1/3: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. The Seep by Chana Porter. Finna by Nino Cipri. Slide 3: Books Recs 2/3: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee. One Verse Multi by Sander Santiago. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. Loyalty of Severus by Len Berry. The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: Key Lime Sky by Al Hess. Station Six by S.J. Klapecki. Don’t Let Cha Cha D*e by Carrie Herthwell. Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe. Disarm Evil by Ritu Vedi. Synthetic Sea by Franklyn S. Newman.
March 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Technically, the prompt is “picture books and middle grade,” but we’ve split them up here. Want some recs to share with young readers in your life? We’ve got you! #booksky #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Picture Book. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Books Recs: 1/2: From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, Wai-Yant Li, and Kai Yun Ching. The Magic Shell by Jillian Christmas and Diana G. A. Mungaray. It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni. When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juniata. Just Like Queen Esther by Kerry Glitzky & Ari Moffic. Me & My Dysphoria Monster by Lauren Kate Dale and Hui Qing Ang. Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness and Gillian Reid. Simply Sky by Pamela Morgan and Heather Bell. Slide 3: Books Recs 2/2: Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution by Joy Michael Ellison and Teshika Silver. They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre by Lourdes Rivas and Breena Nuñez. Door by Door by Meeg Pincus and Meridth McKean Gimbel. Porcupine Cupid by Jason June and Lori Richmond. Good Dream Dragon by Jacky Davis and Courtney Dawson. My Rainbow by Trinity and DeShanna Neal & Art Twink. Slide 4: Text Reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: “March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.”
March 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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We have so many spec fic recs that we had to break the prompt into two posts. 🦄✨

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Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Fantasy. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach. A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff. Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb. The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia. Splinter by Jasper Hyde. Transmogriphy! an anthology. The Four Profound Weaves by R.M Lemberg. The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa. The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud. Ikarys the Dam*ed by Taylor Hubbard. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. Slide 3: Books Recs 2/3: Dragonfall by L.R. Lam. Home Grown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos. Guarding Gus by Karryn Nagel. Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgemon. A Tide of Treason by A.B. Daniels-Annachi. Onesies & Ouijaboards by Jamie Sands. The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane. The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy. Someone Else’s Shoes by Aldrea Alien. Alien Superhero Girlfriend by Fern V. Bedeck. Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter. Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore. Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: The Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen. The Deep by Rivers Solomon. House Monstra Hotline by V.T. Hoàng. Spider Moth by Amara Lynn. Dreadnought by April Daniels. Of Rebels and Gods by James N. Stadig. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom. Witch, Cat, and Cobb by J.K. Pendragon. The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven. Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker. The Cursed Heart by Derin Edala. She Who Earned Her Wings by Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea.
March 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Do we have impulse control issues? Maybe. Are there WAAAAAY too many excellent trans+ graphic novels to just choose a few? Definitely! Do we want still *more* recs if you’ve got ‘em? Of course we do!

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Book Recs 1/4: A Song for You & I by K. O’Neill. Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku. Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries. In the Land of Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky. Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau. Boyfriends by Refrainbow. Escape From St. Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis Hancox. Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall. Breathe by Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD. Cheer Up! Love and Pom Poms by Crystal Frasier. Magical Boy [series], by The Kao. Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo. Book Recs 2/4: Finding Home [series] by Hari Conner. Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta. Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth Lapensée, KC Oster, and Aarin Dokum. Gender X by Asuna Miyazaki. Mall Goth by Kate Leth. Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun. I Wanna Be Your Girl [series] by Umi Takase. Taproot by Keezy Young. Us by Sara Soler. Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager. It Took Luke: Overworked & Underpaid by Mark Bouchard, Bayleigh Underwood, Micah Myers, and Jasmine Walls. Deadname by Lennon Sweets. Book Recs 3/4: Blackward by Lawrence Lindell. My Journey to Her by Yuna Hiraswa. The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A. Spirit World by Alyssa Wong, Haining, and Sebastian Cheng. At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender by Shou Arai. Bad Dream by Nicole Maines & Rye Hickman. Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy, an anthology. The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jen St-Oje. FINE by Rhea Ewing. The Bride was a Boy by Chii. Succulent, an anthology. Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky. Books Recs 4/4: Boy Island by Leo Fox. When I Was Me, an anthology. Stone Fruit by Lee Lai. Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman. Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni. Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som. Real Hero Sh*t by Kendra Wells. Kisses for Jet: A Coming-of_Gender Story by Joris Bas Backer. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham. Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges & Meaghan Carter.
March 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Looking for some trans+ book recs by biracial or multiracial authors? We have some suggestions! As always, we’d love more recs to add to our ever-growing list of future suggestions. #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Biracial and Multiracial Author. a series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide). Slide 2: Book Recs 1/2: Dreamover by Dani Diaz. We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds. We Don’t Swim Here by Vincent Tirado. Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler. Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailard. Redefining Realness by Janet Mock. Slide 3: Book Recs 2/2: Toungebreaker by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee. Keep Me Close by R.M. Virtues. Nobody Needs to Know by Pidgeon Pagonis. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan. Slide 4: Text Reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: “March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.”
March 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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If you’re looking for some trans+ books by Hawaiian and Pacific Islander authors for the readathon, we have a few suggestions here—we’d love more, though! This category has been consistently small, and we’d be delighted to find new stories and authors to share in the future. #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander. a series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide) Slide 2: Book Recs: Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto. Samoan Queer Lives by Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Yuki Kihara. The Dawnhounds by Sasha Stronach. Odd Blood by Azalea Crowley. Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and illustrated by Daniel Sousa. Redefining Realness by Janet Mock. Slide 3: Text Reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: “March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.”
March 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Image 5: A “Q” or question: What one action do you wish readers would take today to support the trans community? Then “A” or answer: Stick up for trans people in rooms we're not in. It's hard, I know, but you've got the ability to change the minds of people who might not be willing to listen to us directly. Image 6: the date, 3/23/25, is listed. CALL TO ACTION: Have a conversation. This action is for the allies out there: Start a conversation about trans rights with someone in your life. If you’re not sure where to start, take a few minutes to write out or role play a possible conversation. Trans folks, your assignment today is to do something kind for yourself. That’s it. That’s the action. Image 7: text on slide reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Bottom reiterates the date of the readathon, March 21-31.
March 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Our second author spotlight is Victoria Zeller, a trans writer and former football player and sports journalist. Victoria Zeller’s book is especially important and timely with trans rights to play in sports is being questioned. "One of the Boys" releases 13 May 2025. #booksky #transrightsreadathon
Image 1: cover of One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller over the words Trans Rights Readathon. The bottom text reads “TRR Author Interview." Image 2: the top of a bubble reads “interview with Victoria Zeller”. Text in the bubble reads “Victoria Zeller (she/her) is a trans writer born and raised in Buffalo, New York. A former football player and lifelong fan, her initial focus was sports journalism before she made a sharp pivot to writing about queers who can’t stay out of trouble.” Image 3: A “Q” or question: What made you want to write about Grace and her relationship with football? Then “A” or answer: I've always been fascinated by the fraught relationships that athletes can have with the sport they love, and as a trans woman with a long history in football, this was a story I felt uniquely equipped to tell. Image 4: A “Q” or question: What do you hope readers take away from One of the Boys? Then “A” or answer: The trans community (and queer community more broadly) is not homogenous! Trans girls, especially, do not fit into the neat little boxes society like to stuff us in.
March 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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We’re excited to offer our first-ever spotlight, and we’ve got more coming. 🥰

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Image 9: Other books by TJ Alexander are shown. These include Chef’s Kiss, Chef’s Choice, Second Chances in New Port Stephen, and Triple Sec. Image 10: text on slide reads: “The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!” Bottom reiterates the date of the readathon, March 21-31.
March 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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If you would like a copy of the book, please follow this account & @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social and reply with a book you plan to read for the readathon *somewhere on this post.* I’m still figuring out BlueSky, friends. I confuse easily. 😅
Image 5: A “Q” or question: What do you hope readers take away from A Gentleman's Gentleman?. Then “A” or answer: That trans happiness is real and always has been. And that our stories can be fun and funny! Image 6: A “Q” or question: What one action do you wish readers would take today to support the trans community?. Then “A” or answer: Give a trans woman $100. If money's tight: call your reps and tell them you're sick of seeing trans people scapegoated. Image 7: the date, 3/22/25, is listed. CALL TO ACTION: Give to Trans People. If you have the means to donate, consider giving money directly to trans people! Looking for options? Consider one of these three mutual aid requests, also found on our website via the QR code below. Four images follow: a Black trans woman walking a small brown dog; a two-spirit person standing in a field against a blue sky; two transmac people taking a selfie in a hospital; a gradient QR code. Image 8: Want a copy? Giftaway time! Win a copy of The Gentleman’s Gentleman. Three things are required: follow the author @ tjalexandernyc, follow us (@ transrightsreadathon), and Comment the title of a book you plan to read during the readathon below. plan to read during the readathon below. Five winners will be chosen at random. US entries only. Entries close 3/25, and winners will be asked to provide an email so that the publisher can contact you directly.
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We’re trying something new this year! In addition to your normal readathon activities, we’ve added daily action items in conjunction with author spotlights + giveaways. Our first participant is @tjalexandernyc whose historical romance “A GENTLEMAN’S GENTLEMAN” is now a US TODAY BESTSELLER! 🥳🎊
Image 1: TRR Author Interview: Call to action & giveaway at the end! The name of the author TJ Alexander over a picture of a smiling white nonbinary person with a half shaved head and chunky black glasses. Two of their books, Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman, are on the side. Image 2: cover of A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander over the words Trans Rights Readathon. The bottom text reads “TRR Author Interview + Schmiveaway” Image 3: the top of a bubble reads “interview with TJ Alexander”. Text in the bubble reads “TJ Alexander is a Lambda Literary Award finalist and USA Today bestselling author who writes about queer love. Originally from Florida, they received their MA in writing and publishing from Emerson College in Boston. They live in New York City with their wife, cats, and various houseplants.” Image 4: A “Q” or question: What made you want to try your hand at historical fiction?. Then “A” or answer: It wasn't trans enough! It's getting better, slowly, but we could always use more.
March 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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After our 2S and Third Gender post, we got a few questions about other indigenous trans+ recommendations. To clarify, the recommendations we include here are written by indigenous authors who use trans, nonbinary, and related labels to self-identify AND/OR whose characters use these terms.
Slide 1: Bonus Prompt: Indigenous Author. Slide 2: Book Recs 1/2: You Are Enough by Smokii Sumac (Ktunaxa Nation Author). Blood Orange by Yaffa (Palestinian Author). The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (Seminole Author). The Dawnhounds by Sasha Stronach (Kāi Tahu + Kāti Huirapa Author). Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée (Anishinaabe + Métis Author). Heat and Light by Ellen Van Neerven (Mununjali Yugambeh Author). Slide 3: Book Recs 2/2: Permafrost by SJ Norman (Wiradjuri and Ngyiampaa-Wailawan Author). All the Dead Things by Bear Lee (Cherokee Author). Sordidez by E.G. Condé (Boricua Author). Weaving Us Together (releases July 2025) by Lay Maloney (Gumbaynggirr + Gunggandji Author). Indiginerds, an anthology. The Specimen’s Apology by George Abraham (Palestinian Author). Slide 4: Text Reads: The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level! Stylized cascading text at the bottom adds: March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.
March 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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So happy to have you with us for year 3. 🥰
Slide 5: Text Reads: Take Action: Throughout the readathon, we’ll be asking you to take different kinds of action. Today, can you take a few minutes to write love letters to trans folks in red states? Text followed by an image of a gradient hyperlink to the tab on our site where the relevant links can be found. Slide 6: Text Reads: The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level! Stylized cascading text: March 21st-31st, 2025, Trans Rights Readathon.
March 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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SHE’S HERE! The Trans Rights Readathon has officially begun! ✨🥳🎊🎉📚 #booksky #trr25 #transrightreadathon
Slide 1: Pink, white, and blue text over a background image of a trans flag. Text Reads: The 2025 Trans Rights Readathon: A decentralized grassroots event that focuses on UPLIFTING trans books, AMPLIFYING trans stories, and SUPPORTING trans organizations and communities. March 21-31, 2025. Slide 2: Text Reads: The #TRR Isn’t Just Reading, It’s Action! The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters. Along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level! Image includes a blue box with the word UPLIFT, a white box with the word AMPLIFY, and a pink box with the word SUPPORT with a dollar sign in place of the S. Slide 3: Text Reads: It’s not too late to sign up! You can find resources, graphics, and more information via our website. We also encourage you to sign up and so we can communicate with you throughout the readathon. This effort is decentralized. We encourage you to get involved and support your local community directly! Slide 4: Text Reads: Get Loud, Stay Loud. Trans people, trans voices, trans stories have always been here, and will always remain. If this is your first or third readathon, you’re an author or a reader, an accomplice, young or old—let’s always remain loud for Trans Rights!
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Please remember that actual people are on the other side of the pages and screens. If you have any additional feedback for this year or the future, we’d love to hear it! 🥰
Slide 5: If you are going to leave a negative review, Don’t Tag The Author! If you are going to post a negative review, DO NOT TAG THE AUTHOR. This should apply anytime you post a negative review of any book, but let this serve as a reminder. Some authors do not want to be tagged below a certain star rating or if you post any critiques at all. Please respect the separation of author and reviewer spaces. Slide 6: Be intersectional in your language. Two Spirit and Third Gender =/= Trans (1/2). One of our core prompts this year focuses on 2Spirit, Indigiqueer, Third Gender, and Indigenous Gender Expansive identities. We have created this category to acknowledge a range of identities that exist outside of binary views of gender and sexuality. That being said, not everyone who uses these titles identifies with the terms trans or nonbinary. Please be respectful of each author and their culture, and the language they use to describe themselves. Slide 7: Be intersectional in your language. Two Spirit and Third Gender =/= Trans (2/2): We make this distinction not to deny the presence of trans folks in indigenous societies across the globe, but to recognize that colonialism has actively worked to erase those legacies. Transness and gender nonconformity by definition make space for people to decide which terms, labels, and expressions fit, and which do not. Many indigenous and third gender identities come with a set of specific cultural, social, and/or spiritual roles. Acknowledging this doesn’t somehow divide the trans community. It makes space for the wide range of human experience. Instead of telling people who they’re allowed to be, let them tell you who they are. Slide 8: Did we miss anything? Share other advice on how to make this a successful readathon in the comments! While reading trans books is fun, remember at the heart of this are real trans people who are fighting for their rights. As long as we are respectful, there’s no reason we can’t have fun and do good at the same time.
March 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Hi, friends! A few days ago, we shared an IG📸 post from an author who was unwillingly outed by readers in 2023. We have a few notes we want to share for how to keep the readathon safe and successful for everyone. 💕 #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Social Etiquette. Slide 2: What and Who is This Post For? This post is a reminder for us all on how to respectfully participate in the Trans Rights Readathon, whether this is your first time on bookish social media, you are an ally, or you simply have any hesitation on the “right” way to participate respectfully. Slide 3: DON’T OUT AUTHORS. First and foremost, the Trans Rights Readathon supports trans folks and wants to minimize harm to real people. In years past, authors have felt pressured and obligated to out themselves to readers in order to be included in the Readathon. Because we never want to forcibly out an author, we promote books that are written by trans+ authors OR feature trans+ main characters. Do not ask or pressure authors to disclose details of their identity that are not already public. Slide 4: Think Before You Review (especially if you are cisgender!) Before you rate a book negatively, ask yourself: • Is there a reason I “don’t relate” to this story? • What is my intention in posting a negative review right now? Can it wait a few weeks? • What are my trans peers saying about this same book? Especially ask yourself these questions for intersectional trans stories, such as books by BIPOC authors if you are a white reader.
March 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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In the process of curating our 2S and gender expansive recommendations, we contacted the authors included on this set of slides to make sure their identities were presented properly and respectfully. Please be mindful when discussing and recommending authors whose works fall into this category. 💕
Slide 1: CORE PROMPT: 2Spirit, Indigiqueer, Third Gender, & Indigenous Gender Expansive rep. WHAT we mean: A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who holds a gender identity or cultural role outside of the gender binary, and which exists outside of Western definitions of transness and/or queerness. Please note that these identities and terms are specific to the culture in which they originate. Slide 2: Book Recs: Disintegrate, Dissociate by Arielle Twist (2S Trans Woman, Cree). A Body More Tolerable by jaye simpson (Two Spirit Indigiqueer Trans Woman, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation). It Was Never Going to be Okay by jaye simpson. Màgodiz by Gabe Calderón (Two Spirit, Nonbinary, Anishnaabe, L'nu). Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (Māhū, Nonbinary, Kānaka Maoli). Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina (Two Spirit Character, Tunica Biloxi Tribe). Slide 3: Love After the End, an anthology. Love After the End is a collection of short stories featuring Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer speculative fiction by Indigenous authors from across Turtle Island. From the book’s blurb: “These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism’s histories.” Slide 4: Join us March 21st-31st, 2025, as we read trans books, fundraise for your local organizations, and show some love for this community. For more info, visit our website at transrightsreadathon.carrd.co
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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There are tons of great indie books out there, and this is truly just the tip of the iceberg. If you’re an author, we encourage you to self-rec in the comments, and/or tag us in posts! We also have an announcement about our indie book database coming soon! 👀

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Slide 1: BONUS Bonus Prompt: Indie Books. Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: Knight of Elysia by Aiden Murray. Real Sugar is Hard to Find by Sim Kern. Tell Me How it Ends by Quinton Li. Sails of Black & Blood by Leslie Allen. The Sons of Echidna by Athena M. Bliss. Fall for You by Georgina Kiersten. Slide 3: Book Recs 2/3: Δάιος: A Call Me Icarus Novel. The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross. Dawn of the Obsidian Sun by RN Barbosa. Lupus in Fabula by Briar Ripley Page. Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan. King of Dust by Tycho Dwelis. Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: Pur Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn. Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret. I am Only a Foreigner Because You Do Not Understand by L. Nichols. A Tide of Treason by A.B. Daniels-Annachi. Finding Home by Hari Conner. The Tale of the Hidden Village by K.C. Norton & Riley Rookhouse.
March 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Transness isn’t a monolith, and whether you’re part of the community or an ally, listening to each other has always been the way forward. Consider adding a memoir to your #TRR25 TBR! Got more recs? You know what to do. 😽

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Slide 1: Rep to Read: Memoir & Biography. Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: Miss Major Speaks by Miss Major. Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi. Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero. Pageboy by Elliot Page. Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson. Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock. Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler. We Both Laughed in Pleasure: the Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan. Marsha by Tourmaline (coming May 2025). Slide 3: Book Recs 2/3: Carrie Kills a Man by Carrie Marshall. Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride. I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya. The Risk it Takes to Bloom by Raquel Willis. Transland by Mx. Sly. Dear Senthurian by Akwaeke Emezi. A Life in Trans Activism by A. Revathi. Amateur by Thomas Page McBee. Beautiful Monster by Miles Borrero. A Personal Score by Ellen van Neerven. In the Form of a Question by Amy Schneider. Dirty River by Leah Lakshmi Piepenza-Samarasinha. Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: Yes, You are Trans Enough by Mia Violet. Nonbinary by Genesis P-Orridge. Fairest by Meredith Talusan. Pretty by KB Brookins. Hiding My Candy by The Lady Chablis. ANTIBOY by Valentijn Hoogenkamp. Knot Body by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. Born on the Edge of Race and Gender by Willy Wilkinson. I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante. Real Queer America by Samantha Allen. Make It Count by Cecé Telfer. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein.
March 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Contemplating some nonbinary, genderqueer, agender, or otherwise gender expansive books? Of course we have recs! We’ll always take more, though. 🤩

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Slide 1: Rep to Read – Nonbinary rep. WHAT we mean… A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who exists outside of the gender binary. This includes nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, and other gender expansive identities. For some people, this may mean identifying as both masculine and feminine; for others, it means being neither masculine nor feminine; and in some cases, this means identifying as a midpoint (or multiple shifting midpoints) between masc and femme. Slide 2: Book Recs 1/3: Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa. I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Connor. Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi. A Song for You and I by K. O’Neill. Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore. The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée. Slide 3: Book Recs 2/3: The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern. Model Home by Rivers Solomon. Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley. Single Player by Tara Tai. Dungeon Club (series) by Molly Knox Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma. Salt the Water by Candice Iloh. Slide 4: Book Recs 3/3: Pluralities by Avi Silver. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey. Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM