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In case you haven't heard yet Trans Rights Readathon is this month!
It's set during March 22nd to March 29th in preparation and support for Trans Day of Visibility on March 31st!!! The goal is to read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, genderqueer, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and 2Spirit authors and characters.
There's a huge list of books with trans characters and/or trans authors available on their carrd here as well as places to donate for trans causes.
Happy reading!
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Trans aro & ace books (part one)
THE MANY HALF-LIVED LIVES OF SAM SYLVESTER / acespec nonbinary MC, aroace major character
TWO DARK MOONS / arospec MC, nonbinary MC
TELL ME HOW IT ENDS / nonbinary aroace major character
NOT YOUR BACKUP / aroacespec MC, trans love interest
MEET CUTE DIARY / trans MC, ace love interest
THE WITCH KING / trans MC, demi love interest, ace major character
THE ORACLE STONE / major aro & nonbinary characters
GENDER QUEER / memoir about being trans and aspec
THE STONES STAY SILENT / trans aroace MC
#primarily by trans authors!#(or: as far as I know all of them are)#asexual#aromantic#aroace#trans#the many half-lived lives of sam sylvester#two dark moons#tell me how it ends#meet cute diary#the oracle stone#aroace books#transrightsreadathon
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Read These Sapphic Books by Trans Authors During the Trans Rights Readathon!
#sapphic books#queer books#lgbtq books#trans books#nonbinary books#trans authors#transrightsreadathon
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For Trans Rights Readathon, consider 'Dulhaniyaa', a desi F/F tale of forbidden love. A woman, promised to a man, can't help but fall for her transfem dance instructor. Written by a desi transbian, at a modest 39k words. Preorder linked here, ARCs available on request.
#transrightsreadathon#trans rights readathon#own voices#trans books#trans lesbian#sapphic books#sapphic literature
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Seeking recommendations for the Trans Rights Readathon! I'm trying to fill out every bingo spot, and I'm struggling with a few different categories.
I still need Pacific Islander Author, Poetry, and Outside Your Comfort Zone (Poetry will automatically fill Outside Your Comfort Zone!). Does anyone have any recs for books that hit those? Limitations: ebooks only (I can't focus on audiobooks and hard copies won't arrive on time), I won't use Amazon, and, obviously, they have to be available for Australian buyers! Genre-wise, I vastly prefer SFFH (science fiction, fantasy, and horror).
Any recommendations appreciated! <3
Edit: Got what I need for the fills, thank you, all!
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Willow speaking: as some of you know, I am a transgender woman. Right now trans rights are under attack across the globe. Many conservative politicians and demagogues don't want trans people to be safe. They don't want us to be visible. To those in power I say: too bad.
Trans visibility is important. Someone you know is trans. A trans person you know is afraid to come out to their parents, afraid to make friends, afraid to be bullied, or excommunicated. When I was young, every trans person I saw in the world was my hero. They had the courage to make themselves seen in a world that was hostile to them, to declare their real name in front of God and everybody.
Trans visibility is a celebration of the pillars of our society: freedom of information, the free exchange of ideas, and education. To oppose trans and queer visibility is to be on the side of censorship, to believe that ideas are corrupting, a thing to be controlled. I would not wish such a small-minded worldview on anyone.
The trans community cannot be silenced, not really. We will continue to live and love in full color. If you demand our silence, we will be louder. If you make us illegal, then we will rebel. There is nothing you can do to us that is worse than what we have already endured.
Trans rights are human rights, trans bodies are beautiful.
- Willow Payne
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trans rights are human rights
#transrightsreadathon tbr & recommendations 🩷 💙 💜
#transrightsreadathon#trans books#trans reads#trans recs#trans book recs#trans romance#horror romance#paranormal romance
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(via Trans Rights Readathon (March 20th - 27th, 2023))
The Trans Rights Readathon, will take place from March 20th to March 27th, 2023, and is a week-long event that encourages people to read books with transgender main characters, books by transgender authors, and raise funds for trans organizations that support and advocate for the trans community.
One of the great things about this event is that each creator has the opportunity to run their own mini-fundraisers and readathons where people can pledge, whether by page or by the book. Individuals are able to decide which organization (or individual) they would like to support.
People who can’t donate financially can ask friends and followers to pledge, or they can spread awareness while supporting trans books, creators, and authors! Posts can be made on all social media sites with the hashtag #TransRightsReadathon to get the word out.
Learn more by following the creator of this event, Sim Kern, on TikTok (@simkern) or check out my blog post!
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Queeird 30% OFF SALE
now until 1st April 2024 for #TransRightsReadathon
📱 Queeird eBook now £2.80
📖 Queeird paperback now £6.30 (plus p+p where applicable - free to UK
🌈 Queeird bundle: paperback, badge, bookmark & tote bag - £14 (plus p+p) - while stocks last!
SHOP NOW!
#transrightsreadathon#transmasculine#trans male#transgender#trans fiction#queer fiction#support queer writers
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TransRightsReadathon Sales & Freebies!
I will be collecting books that are reduced or made available for free by authors for the TransRightsReadathon here. Feel free to share any that you know of that I might have missed:
Queeird: A Collection of Unusual Trans Masculine Erotica edited by Max Turner | ebook 2,80 £, paperback 6,30 £
Androids and aliens, werewolves and vampires, furries and… tentacles?
This is a collection of unusual, and at times monstrous, erotica featuring trans masculine characters. From the ridiculous to the romantic, expect kinks, quirks and tropes. All the stories feature trans masculine main characters, with a variety of cis, trans female, trans male and non-binary lovers.
Deck the Holes by WrenVLothaire | ebook 0.50$
It’s Yule, a celebration Aloysius is well versed in but never has the time of year been his favorite. But with Malachai, a partner with whom he’s come to love and cherish, this holiday may not be as somber as it’s always been. This time he has a surprise in store. Let’s just hope the owner of the home approves of the decorations.
t4t, trans man MC
Tales of Genesis I-III by H.S. Wolfe | ebook free, (the book one that these short stories are based on costs 1.99$)
Out of the Rain by TinyLesbianRobot | ebook 0.50$
Echo interrupts a lazy morning with a strange request of Ender.
The first in a series of shorts set in the Genesis universe and can be read as a stand alone without having read In The Garden Of Echo
t4t, trans man MC & trans woman MC
The weather has taken a turn, forcing Flax and Lost to rush for shelter. But now that they've found a place to dry off, Lost's drenched clothes are clinging to her, and Flax is finding it difficult to keep from staring...
This story is a non-canon short set in the world of my novel 'Messenger': just under ten thousand words of warm, fluffy, robot-on-angel-on-human smut, a cozy and affectionate scene between women who love each other a whole lot.
transfemme MC
Rien Gray's Trans Rights Readathon Sale | ebooks 60% off, $6.00 for 2 books
Follow a fellowship of sapphic knights as they’re seduced by witches, queens, goddesses—and each other—in a dark, lush fantasy inspired by Arthurian legend.
genderfluid butch MC, agender MC
Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray | ebook free (+ other free sapphic books)
genderfluid butch MC
Our Monsters by Jemma Topaz | ebook 69% off, $1,23
Rosemary Dulahan, answering a strange job posting, arrives in Monstertown – a place inhabited by magical beings from another world.
Navigating the politics of sphinxes, lamias, and secrets, she must learn how to get along with her non-human coworkers and maybe romance a few monster girls along the way.
There's nothing she wants less than getting caught up in a murder mystery troubling all of Monstertown… but the mystery doesn't care what she wants, and she's about to discover the darker side of her new world.
trans woman MC
A.A. Fairviews TransRightsReadathon Bundle | ebook free
In celebration of the second TransRightsReathon you can grab A Doctor's Touch and Peaceful in the Dark for free.
Following a trans masc vampire and queer werewolf- these stories are as sweet as they are sensual.
transmasc MC
Bury your Gays & Bound in Flesh | ebook free
Anthology of tragic queer horror & anthology of trans body horror by ghoulish books
The Fealty of Monsters by Ladz | ebook free
Winter 1917. After years on the run from a dangerous cult, twenty-three-year-old Sasza and his father have established themselves among the Odonic Empire’s ruling class. But there’s a problem: Sasza is a vampire, and vampires aren’t supposed to get involved in human governance. What the aristocracy doesn’t know, after all, cannot hurt them.
Unfortunately, Sasza is far more involved than a stealth vampire should be. Not only does he work to quell the rumors of the vampires’ responsibility for an unsolved massacre, his lover is also the pro-proletariat Ilya, the Empire’s Finance Minister, who tries to recruit Sasza into the same cult hunting him.
Then—the Emperor declares war against the Vampire States. Diplomacy has failed. Sasza quickly learns that he will do anything to preserve peace–including giving in to the monstrosity he spent so many years concealing from even himself.
nonbinary MC
Trans Readathon by Wicked Witch Writes | ebook 50% off, $5
Your Body is Not Your Body anthology | ebook $1,99
A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club. Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror. A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies. A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some harrowing retribution of their own. Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming creators unite to voice their rage, and the rules of conventional Horror go out the f$%&ing window in this collection featuring murderous pleasure-bots; proselytizing zombies; acid-filled alien cops; science run amok; sorcerers, ghouls, cannibals...and that barely scratches the grave-dirt.
Blood from Stone by Bellamy Scott | ebook PWYW
Hitting a deer while driving a country road is unfortunate, but common enough that no one expects it to re-order the fabric of reality as they know it.
For Sam, a rogue stag on a summer night takes his husband, his life, and his name in a single blow. As months of grief pass, he things he's begun to get used to his new reality, until an encounter with a childhood friend changes it all over again.
BLOOD FROM STONE is a story of an old lady doing good deeds for bloody boys on the side of the road, of poisoned wine, and of a trans man Becoming Real.
Becoming Light by Riley Nash | ebook free
When people meet me, they see a bright faced, happy-go-lucky kindergarten teacher who will do anything to support his friends. Not everyone knows the struggle I’ve faced to become the man I am today.
Now it’s finally time for the gender-affirming surgery I’ve been dreaming of for years. But when an emergency leaves me without a caretaker, the only person who can take me in is my best friend’s aloof, reclusive, and incredibly sexy dad. The one who has no bedside manner and struggles to communicate. The one I’ve had a crush on for years.
The deeper we see into each other’s worlds, the stronger the attraction gets. I’m not sure either of us can make it through the next four days without giving in.
Trans man MC
TransRightsReadathon Sale by Matthew Zakharuk | ebook 50% off, $2.50
a story of trans transhumanism + a dystopian gothic
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Trans aro & ace books (part two)
OUR BLOODY PEARL / nonbinary aspec MC, ace MC
THE THREAD THAT BINDS / multiple nonbinary and aspec MCs
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY / trans ace-spec (word of god) MC
WERECOCKROACH / agender aroace MC
THE BRUISING OF QILWA / aroace nonbinary MC
THE WOLF AMONG THE WILD HUNT / aroace MC, aroace nonbinary major character
THE HERETIC’S GUIDE TO HOMECOMING / greyace genderqueer MC
TEARS IN THE WATER / ace-questioning & demi trans MCs, aroace side character
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN / nonbinary acespec MC (word of god)
#primarily by trans authors!#asexual#aromantic#aroace#trans#our bloody pearl#the thread that binds#werecockroach#the brusing of qilwa#the heretic's guide to homecoming#tears in the water#she who became the sun#trans rights readathon#transrightsreadathon#aroace books
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TRANS RIGHTS READATHON 2024
(March 22-29, 2024)
Since people have gotten ahead of me on reading my queer monster short story collection for Trans Rights Readathon, I figure I ought to introduce it. Something's Not Right is a collection of stories featuring a diverse cast of human and non-human characters struggling with what society thinks is right. There are stories about transphobia, stories about trans love, stories about casual hot trans roommates who help you deal with your problems (dealing blood to vampires and witches); whatever bizarre relationship to queerness you could imagine, it's in there.
Anyone who can't afford a copy and/or can't get one at their local library is welcome to contact me directly for a free e-copy, no questions asked. I also have thousands of words of free fiction available on my website, including two explicit novelettes (Long Line and Band Girls) both of which include trans characters.
And a week's worth of personal trans recommendations from my top reads of the last couple of years, should you need it anytime:
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Females by Andrea Long Chu
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
The Third Person by Emma Grove
Other Ever Afters by Mel Gillman
decolonizing trans/gender 101 by b. binaohan
Bonus links: ko-fi | Patreon
#indie writer#writeblr#writers on tumblr#book sale#trans rights readathon#trans books#queer books#fantasy#sff#transrightsreadathon#trans rights readathon 2024#writeblr community
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Alright, some more recommendations for the end of #TransRightsReadathon! Here are some standalones by trans authors I've enjoyed. These books mostly fall under the sff umbrella except for Confessions of the Fox which is meta-historical fiction.
They are beautiful, heartfelt, creative explorations of humanity, of our drive for connection, self-understanding, love, and survival. So many of these books look at history, personal, and community, aaaand they are filled with complicated, lovable, engaging characters. All of these books gave me something from a soft place to rest to a new way of viewing the world we live in.
Many of these have trans characters as well, but not all of them. Most of these authors have other books that are also wonderful. Annnd as always there are so many other fabulous books by and about people who are trans.
One Last Stop by Casey McQuistion
An Unkindess of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
ID: a stack of 8 books on a teal background
#booklr#trans rights readathon#transrightsreadathon#book recs#trans books#queer books#sff books#queer sff books#historical fiction#one last stop#casey mcquiston#an unkindness of ghosts#rivers solomon#freshwater#akwaeke emezi#confessions of the fox#jordy rosenberg#all the birds in the sky#charlie jane anders#magic for liars#sarah gailey#summer sons#lee mandelo#light from uncommon stars#ryka aoki#trans authors
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"I've picked up an analogy in my years of public speaking. It's one of the ways I describe the trans experience to audiences of largely cis people. I ask them to imagine that they are a can of lentils. (Bear with me here.) So, there you are, chilling out. Doing what canned lentils do. Then someone comes along, opens the cupboard, picks you up, and slaps a label on you that says 'coconut milk'.
Okay. You don't really know what to do. Obviously, you are not coconut milk - you know this intuitively But there's no way to prove your lentilness for certain, unless someone opens you up and peers inside. But they're sure going to be disappointed if they try to add you to a pina colada mix!
The trans experience isn't the process of lentils trying to become coconut milk, or vice versa. It's just a matter of changing the label on the outside, so people know what's inside. Sometimes to change that label, people go through surgeries, or hormones. Sometimes they just get a haircut and make a Facebook post. All it really takes is for people to just believe them when they say, 'I'm not coconut milk, and I never was. And next time, can you ask me before you try and label me?'"
- The Pronoun Lowdown, by Nevo Zisin
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Support the #transrightsreadathon this week!
Willow and I are supporting this week's Trans Rights Readathon and hope you will, too!
Please read a book by a trans author and consider supporting a trans charity as well! Here are three we recommend:
Trans Lifeline https://translifeline.org/
Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Mermaids (UK) https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
I'm re-rereading one of my favorite books, All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, which I highly recommend to everyone. And my family (including my daughter's roommate and boyfriend) are recommending a few other books we love: Dana Simpson's Phoebe and Her Unicorn series, As The Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman, Nimona by ND Stevenson, and Glory (Image Comics) which was illustrated by Sophie Campbell (and our copy of which has either disappeared or is out on loan).
If you're looking for books to read you can start with those or search the hashtag on social media instead. There are lots of folks posting great recommendations out there and talking about their books, and of course you should always ask your favorite librarian and bookseller for a recommendation. (Charlie Jane Anders even posted a list of some of her favorite trans/non-binary books in her newsletter this morning to get your started.)
Happy reading!
-Gene
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Need some reading ideas for the #TransRightsReadathon? We’ve got you covered! (And don’t forget to check out books by creator @sim_bookstagrams_badly!) This is a great week to read, buy, and request books by these authors and more, and to donate to organizations that help trans people and rights, like the @translawcenter! (Can’t find the perfect match in this stack? Don’t worry - it will certainly not be the only one I post this week!) #LGBTQReads #TransLit #Bookstagram #BookLove https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDWbbcLck6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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