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Jaelyn 🏳️‍🌈It's the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransRightsReadathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRightsReadathon</a> again! From now until <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TDOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TDOV</a> on the 31st <a href="https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/</a> let's centre books by and about <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> people. Fight against the ignorance and prejudice by uplifting trans voices and stories.If you need any ideas on what to read, here's some of those I've read since those I posted last readathon above.- Hell Followed with Us (Andrew Joseph White) - a trans kid flees from the cult that ended the world <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/82428d08-f6ea-462f-b025-5d7cdc5c6fe6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/82428d08-f6ea-462f-b025-5d7cdc5c6fe6</a>- The Wicked Bargain (Gabe Cole Novoa) - enby latinx pirate <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e65c48b5-d757-4666-bdaa-800496b32a7a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e65c48b5-d757-4666-bdaa-800496b32a7a</a>- Bad Girls (Camila Sosa Villada) - Argentinian transvesti community <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/06e3f5c4-ba1d-410e-9bf1-c752613215e0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/06e3f5c4-ba1d-410e-9bf1-c752613215e0</a>- Sistersong (Lucy Holland) - trans prince in ancient Briton <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b98858e-9ca2-4f73-82a8-f7b1375a9384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b98858e-9ca2-4f73-82a8-f7b1375a9384</a>- Otherworldly (F.T. Lukens) - contemporary magic YA in a perpetual winter <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/74e76fc8-9854-4495-b2ba-2a7054c92046" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/74e76fc8-9854-4495-b2ba-2a7054c92046</a>- A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers) - hopepunk set around a tea monk and a robot <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c4eb60be-010c-4e20-ab7a-a4b65b65fa4b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c4eb60be-010c-4e20-ab7a-a4b65b65fa4b</a>- Confessions of the Fox (Jordy Rosenberg) - hilarious 18th century outlaw <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/607d7877-b0f6-4bca-ba8e-e74ff1a42f53" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/607d7877-b0f6-4bca-ba8e-e74ff1a42f53</a>- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (Andrew Joseph White) - vengeful ghosts and Victorian asylum horror <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/970a743f-895d-4905-a6b7-9ddf26dfdd96" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/970a743f-895d-4905-a6b7-9ddf26dfdd96</a>- These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart (Izzy Wasserstein) - cyberpunk noir in an anarchist commune <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/761d1775-8a9a-4152-9a3c-d42764681e54" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/761d1775-8a9a-4152-9a3c-d42764681e54</a>- Unreal Sex - anthology of erotic queer stories <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bf6722ee-aaf1-4aab-864b-6d70557fec9b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bf6722ee-aaf1-4aab-864b-6d70557fec9b</a>You can also find a bunch more horror in my Halloween post: <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/113306347013096973" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/113306347013096973</a>And you can see most of the other trans books I've read tagged here: <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/tags/e57a687f-b5a1-46b3-94b4-6ca5e2fc72e7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/tags/e57a687f-b5a1-46b3-94b4-6ca5e2fc72e7</a> and <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/list/3430/s/trans-representation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookwyrm.social/list/3430/s/trans-representation</a><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerLiterature</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerBooks</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Booktoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Booktoot</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TRR25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRR25</a>

Sally StrangeListen up gays and gyals: you should read "Running Close to the Wind" by Alexandra Rowland. It will cheer you up. It will make you gay(er). It will make you want to bake a fancy cake and enter it into a competition where all manner of subterfuge is used to win, so that each cake needs the protection of a full pirate crew complement, armed to the teeth and ready to do battle with sneaky cakesmith competitors as well as evil seagulls. <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/NowReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NowReading</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Pirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pirates</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/QueerLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerLiterature</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LGBTQIA2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA2S</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/user/SallyStrange/review/5896840" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookwyrm.social/user/SallyStrange/review/5896840</a>

Jaelyn 🏳️‍🌈The <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransRightsReadathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRightsReadathon</a> runs from 22nd to 29th March to help promote <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransBooks</a> and other books by <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a>+ authors as well as raise money for organisations supporting <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a>. You can find more here: <a href="https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaYeG3j-etmrAEMMR92zX0IdeMUGnVT1CrQtTY46ahfg8HTJv0pGRW5BWe8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaYeG3j-etmrAEMMR92zX0IdeMUGnVT1CrQtTY46ahfg8HTJv0pGRW5BWe8</a>Are you looking for some inspiration on what to read? Here are a few trans books I’ve read over the past two years with a link to the short write-up I’ve posted on masto.- An Unkindness of Ghosts (a generational ship based on strict religious class and racial lines) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/112010358429461206" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/112010358429461206</a> - Before We Were Trans (nonfic expansive trans history) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111925434476580895" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111925434476580895</a> - Cemetary Boys (Día de Muertos) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111948153628086071" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111948153628086071</a> - Crosshairs (anti-fascist trans BIPOC resistance) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109875405273577531" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109875405273577531</a> - Detransition, Baby (relationships, family and detransition) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110677635785865288" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110677635785865288</a> - Felix Ever After (transmasc art student faced with a forced outing) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110922336949457075" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110922336949457075</a> - Galaxy: The Prettiest Star (comic, alien princess has to live as a teen boy on Earth) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110713520336037920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110713520336037920</a> - Genderqueer (graphic novel memoir of coming to terms with gender) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110197948473297597" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110197948473297597</a> - Grey Dawn (time travelling US civil war romance) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110905391999476446" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110905391999476446</a> - Her Majesty’s Royal Coven (secret witch covens and perils of transphobic white feminists) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110672387005252841" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110672387005252841</a> - Life From Uncommon Stars (Beautiful book about a violinist who made a deal with the devil. Plus alien refugees) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111857696212333355" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111857696212333355</a> - Manhunt (Zombies and TERFs) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111121132084300194" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111121132084300194</a> - Nevada (avoidance roadtrip and cracking eggs) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110156613359709154" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110156613359709154</a> - None of the Above (nonfic reflections on being non-binary and mixed race) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111358450476082261" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111358450476082261</a> - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (shapeshifting gender crisis) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109881650190136280" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109881650190136280</a> - Peter Darling (transmasc Peter Pan) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111777906176975664" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111777906176975664</a> - Proud Pink Sky (alt-history gay "utopia") <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110876840593226540" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110876840593226540</a> - She Who Became The Sun (if Mulan became emperor) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109859241361729201" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/109859241361729201</a> - Stealing Fire (Fantasy hijra courtesan plus political intrigue) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110899878229609633" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110899878229609633</a> - Tell Me I'm Worthless (horror) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111818147713154134" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111818147713154134</a> - The Seep (Benevolent alien invasion creates a utopia where our thoughts can become reality) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110107963055496140" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/110107963055496140</a> - Variations (short stories set throughout trans history) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111869456717299751" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111869456717299751</a> - World Running Town (post-apocalypse scavenging and AI romance) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111806794390327277" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111806794390327277</a> - Wrath Goddess Sing (transgender Achilles retelling) <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111127131850262409" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lgbtqia.space/@jaelisp/111127131850262409</a><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerLiterature</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerBooks</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Booktoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Booktoot</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TRR24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRR24</a>

Jaelyn 🏳️‍🌈Crosshairs (Catherine Hernandez) – In a near-future fascist takeover of Canada, a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> & <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIPOC</a> resistance fights back.“And you know what the most shameful thing about it all? It took the mutilation of my partner’s body for me to understand what being an ally is. That’s how deep it runs, Hana. What will it take for you to wake the hell up? What are you willing to lose? What horrible thing are you willing to watch before you understand that you have to change first?”<a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerLiterature</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerBooks</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Booktoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Booktoot</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>

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