The 2024 Trans Rights Read-a-Thon has begun and this year I am fundraising for OUT MetroWest located in Framingham, Massachusetts!
“The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.”
My Fundraiser for OUT MetroWest
More information about the Trans Rights Readathon
I will be reading the following books this year:
“This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers”
Edited by Elias Jahshan
“Real Sugar is Hard to Find” a collection of short stories by
Sim Kern
“Breakout” – first novel in new series by Alek Cristea, described as a “space-opera/cyberpunk adventure featuring queer teens in space fighting back against oppression.”
Previous books I’ve read with Trans characters or written by Trans individuals include:
“The Thirty Names of Night” by Zeyn Joukhadar
“Seeds for the Swarm” by Sim Kern
“Transcendent: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction” by K.M. Szpara et al.
Other books written by or with Trans individuals
“Lakelore” by Anna-Marie McLemore
“Depart, Depart!” By Sim Kern
“Hell Followed With Us” by Andrew Joseph White
“We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir” by Samra Habib
“VenCo” by Cherie Dimaline
“The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester” by Maya MacGregor
“The Wicked Bargain” by Gabe Cole Novoa
“The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will” by Maya MacGregor
“The Free People’s Village” by Sim Kern
“The Gilded Ones” trilogy by Namina Forna