Trans Rights Readathon

The Trans Rights Readathon is a reading event we look forward to every year, but it’s especially important this year. As I’m sure you know, the rights and lives of trans folks are under focused attack in the United States right now, on both a federal and a local level.

Reading is a critical tool we have for building empathy for people who might be different from ourselves. This is a particularly important time to be reading books written by and about trans folks. Particularly books that highlight love and joy and the right of trans folks to experience them.

So how does the Trans Rights Readathon work?

1. Follow @transrightsreadathon and register as a participant. You can register at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/2025-trans-rights-readathon

2. Read books featuring trans characters and/or written by trans authors. You can find some suggestions here: https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYVweFHf0s7sjaulgc0w0A5tYpGH07aneqgLzPGe1_GIK08FthBsxjR9MU_aem_5KG6H-OKdo_zrLFlqFATGg#resources

3. Donate money to organizations that support trans folks or donate money to individual trans folks. You can find a crowdsourced list of organizations here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14OhlkilIFRJVcEWEzqOeIw9eHACbfU94uxAKixNtzxM/mobilebasic

4. Post about the books you’re reading to increase visibility.

Here are a few of our favorite indie (or hybrid) trans and nonbinary authors writing romance:

• Anita Kelly

• D.C. Emerson

• Markus Harwood-Jones

• Hsinju Chen

• E.E. Ottoman

• R.M. Virtues

• A.R. Capetta

• Reese Morrison

• E.M. Lindsey

• Beck Grey

• B.P. Gilmore

• Lily Seabrooke

• Aveda Vice

• Jay Northcote

Leave us your recommendations in the comments, please!