Last month, I wrote about the first Trans Rights Readathon, a fragmented charity that went on to boost over $234,000 for trans aid agencies. However, anti-trans legislation has continued to spread throughout the nation as a result of this fundraiser, which is a great way to promote positive change. There are many organizations working hard to support this legislation as well as to give aid to trans people.
The Trans Rights Readathon’s next annual event runs March 22 through March 29. You can take part by:
1 ) Reading books by and/or about transgender, intersex, Two-Spirit, and sex-nonbinary people. This lotto board can also serve as a guide for your TBR!
Picture from the images folder for Trans Rights Readathon2 ) Writing and posting content about transgender books on social media. You can use the hashtags #TransRights Readathon and #TRReadathon on Twitter, TikTok, and @TRReadathon on Instagram, as well as #TRRead24. You may post to your social media accounts with a ton of images, including tracker that will upgrade you every day throughout the readathon, in addition to the bingo board.
3 ) Donating and fundraising for transgender support organizations. This is a decentralized charity, which means there’s not just one business to contribute to. Check out the ones nearby to you, or check out the Trans Rights Readathon’s report of collaborative ideas. You may pledge to dedicate a certain sum per guide finished or page read during the readathon and ask your friends, family, or followers to meet it. You may even create your own charity website.
4 ) Boosting and donating! Every bit helps, even if you can’t read a ton of books that week. You can still share the posts and donate to other people’s fundraisers.
This is only a tiny selection of the books you may learn for the readathon, but I’m going to suggest some books to read for the Trans Rights Readathon that also tick off the 2024 Read Harder Challenge requirements. You can also test out these Book Riot articles, which are curated by The Trans Rights Readathon:
Books to Read for the Trans Rights Readathon and the 2024 Read Harder Challenge as well as the Trans Rights Readathon
Of course, any of the ebooks I recommended for Task #2: Learn a Teen publication by a transgender author, is also something to learn during the Trans Rights Readathon! However, there are some different options that could be great Trans Rights Readathon picks starting with a few books that have been included in earlier Read Harder Challenge advice lists.
A benefit is that all of these books are easy reads, whether they’re comics or novellas or children’s books, so that makes them excellent choices for picking up during a month- much readathon.
Finna by Nino Cipri
Task #5: Read a sci- fi novella.
This is another recommendation for task #5, which I previously suggested. It was also written by a trans/nonbinary author and features a nonbinary person using the they/them pronoun. It’s about two minimum wage employees at an Ikea-like location who must follow an elderly customer through a wormhole to retrieve her safely. The corporate will reward this with gift cards. The two employees, Ava and Jules, just broke up a week ago, making the situation even more awkward.
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Task #6: Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
There are plenty of books that will help you with task #6 and are appropriate for the Trans Rights Readathon. One is King and the Dragonflies, as Erica recommended. Callender is a trans author, and this middle grade book is about Kingston, a 12- year-old boy haunted by dreams about his brother Khalid, who recently died. Khalid advised him to end his friendship with Sandy just before that because Khalid believed that Kingston might become less gay as a result of their friendship. When Sandy vanishes, Kingston sets out to find him and must choose what kind of person he wants to be.
