Trans Rights Readathon

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Official account of the Trans Rights Readathon! 🏳️‍⚧️ March 17-31, 2026. 🏳️‍⚧️ https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co

Text Reads: ACTION ITEM.Thank you so much for supporting the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon. Fill out the exit survey (also the digital prize pool entry form) on our website. This helps the TRR volunteers to calculate approximately how many readers we reached, how many books we read, and how much money we raised for trans organizations and mutual aid this year. Check out the actions tab on our website to see how you can continue taking action to protect and advocate for the trans community beyond the TRR.
Book covers, from top left to bottom right: A Pinch of Luck by Hannah Phillips. As Old as Thyme by Alix Nicloud. The Awakening of Lora Abernathy by MJ Anthony. Best Cat in Show by Sage Evergreen. Bringing Forth Belial by Riley Daemon. Cat’s Got Your Heart by jem zero. Conflict Mediation by D.C. Emerson. Empress of Dust by Alex Kingsley. For Luck’s Sake by Cozy Dubois. Forest of the Stars by J.T. Adria. The Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire. Hi-Voltage by Raz Fox.
Jewel-toned background, with pink, white, and blue text. A trans pride pennant bisects the page. Text reads: Trans Rights Readathon. Stuff your eReader with trans+ books. Only on 3/31, Trans Day of Visibility. Check our website for the link on TDOV.
Many of our volunteers are being directly impacted by transphobic legislation. The readathon gives us hope. Thank you for being such an awesome community.
Text reads: Some resources for finding local organizations are available on our site, and most of the prizes in this pool can be shipped worldwide.
Text reads: But with anti-trans legislation on the rise, many folks need real, tangible help beyond visibility and words of support.
A small logo of the Trans Rights Readathon appears in the bottom lefthand corner of the image. On a jewel-toned psychedelic background, text reads: PRIZE POOL. Have you done any fundraising during this year’s readathon? Have you financially supported a campaign? We have a (mostly) digital prize pool that some lovely donors have put together to thank you!
Two images appear at the bottom of the slide. In a circle on the right, a white agender person in goblin cosplay smiles at the camera. A heart containing an agender pride flag is superimposed over part of the image. A yellow, purple, black, and white “VS” appears in comic-book style action text. On the right, a white nonbinary person wearing a Mothman makes an intense expression. A heart containing a nonbinary pride flag is superimposed over part of the image. Text reads: Coming Out for Charity. Two members of our leadership team are coming out to support Point of Pride. Help us plan our “gender reveal” parties! Details can be found on the main page of our website.
Psychedelic squiggles appear on all slides in multiple ombre tones. Text reads: Fundraising and the TRR. In addition to celebrating trans+ authors and stories, the readathon is a decentralized fundraiser. Here’s what we’re doing to encourage fundraising this year…
Image 1 All slides have a dark background, with a variety of pink, blue, and white doodles as accents. Text reads: Trans Rights Readathon 2026 Storygraph Challenge The prompt: A Book About Trans+ Youth or That Imagines Trans Futures The text repeats on the top of every slide
All slides have a dark background, with a variety of pink, blue, and white doodles as accents. Text reads: Trans Rights Readathon 2026 Storygraph Challenge The prompt: Trans+ Book Featuring Joy/ Love/ Resistance The text repeats on the top of every slide
Text reads: Sample Donations: - signed books - special editions - ARC copies - bookish merch - query or manuscript reviews - author or publishing AMAs - sensitivity reads - art prints - pride swag - some special, unique thing that only you do!
All slides have a dark background, with a variety of pink, blue, and white doodles as accents. Text reads: Trans Rights Readathon is partnering with Point of Pride, and we need your help!
Header reads: The 2026 StoryGraph Challenge Main text reads: This year’s bingo challenge includes nine prompts.
header: What we mean when we say Uplift text: Make content about the books you are reading! Not only does it help promote trans+ authors or characters, it gives others recommendations. You can tag us @transrightsreadathon, or use #transrightsreadathon and #trr2026 Platforms you can find us on: Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and Tiktok
Text reads: All about the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon! How to sign up, participate, dates, & more...
Rainbow text over a psychedelic background. A cartoon image of a white woman in a fitted top points to the Trans Rights Readathon logo, posed as if she is about to whisper a secret. Text reads: PSST! Are you an indie author hoping to share your book with readers during the Trans Rights Readathon?
Slide 1: Caption Reads: Fill Out The Trans Rights Readathon Exit Survey. A pastel pink-and-blue outline of a smartphone screen fills the rest of the page. A pink text bubble reads, “We want to hear from you.” A blue bubble, sent from the phone, reads, “I thought the 2025 readathon was…”
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Prompt: 2025 Releases. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Slide 5: Text Reads: What Can You Do Right Now? Read Trans All Year. Don’t wait for the readathon to read, review, support & uplift trans stories and authors! With book banning on the rise, stories written by and/or featuring trans folks especially those written by Black, Indigenous, and POC authors will be, and have always been targeted the most. Purchasing trans books, requesting trans books at your library, requesting trans books from publishers, reviewing, making content, and uplifting these books are ways to take action!
Slide 1: Text appears over a series of geometric shapes with pink, white, and blue gradients. Text reads: Let’s Celebrate International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). History about the day & how we can celebrate through resistance!
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Middle Grade. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Science Fiction. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Picture Book. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Fantasy. A series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Book Recs 1/4: A Song for You & I by K. O’Neill. Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku. Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries. In the Land of Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky. Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau. Boyfriends by Refrainbow. Escape From St. Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis Hancox. Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall. Breathe by Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD. Cheer Up! Love and Pom Poms by Crystal Frasier. Magical Boy [series], by The Kao. Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo.
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Biracial and Multiracial Author. a series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide).
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander. a series of books can be hazily in the background (books named on next slide)
Image 5: A “Q” or question: What one action do you wish readers would take today to support the trans community? Then “A” or answer: Stick up for trans people in rooms we're not in. It's hard, I know, but you've got the ability to change the minds of people who might not be willing to listen to us directly.
Image 1: cover of One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller over the words Trans Rights Readathon. The bottom text reads “TRR Author Interview."
Image 9: Other books by TJ Alexander are shown. These include Chef’s Kiss, Chef’s Choice, Second Chances in New Port Stephen, and Triple Sec.
Image 5: A “Q” or question: What do you hope readers take away from A Gentleman's Gentleman?. Then “A” or answer: That trans happiness is real and always has been. And that our stories can be fun and funny!
Image 1: TRR Author Interview: Call to action & giveaway at the end! The name of the author TJ Alexander over a picture of a smiling white nonbinary person with a half shaved head and chunky black glasses. Two of their books, Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman, are on the side.
Slide 1: Bonus Prompt: Indigenous Author.
Slide 5: Text Reads: Take Action: Throughout the readathon, we’ll be asking you to take different kinds of action. Today, can you take a few minutes to write love letters to trans folks in red states? Text followed by an image of a gradient hyperlink to the tab on our site where the relevant links can be found.
Slide 1: Pink, white, and blue text over a background image of a trans flag. Text Reads: The 2025 Trans Rights Readathon: A decentralized grassroots event that focuses on UPLIFTING trans books, AMPLIFYING trans stories, and SUPPORTING trans organizations and communities. March 21-31, 2025.
Slide 5: If you are going to leave a negative review, Don’t Tag The Author! If you are going to post a negative review, DO NOT TAG THE AUTHOR. This should apply anytime you post a negative review of any book, but let this serve as a reminder. Some authors do not want to be tagged below a certain star rating or if you post any critiques at all. Please respect the separation of author and reviewer spaces.
Slide 1: Trans Rights Readathon Social Etiquette.
Slide 1: CORE PROMPT: 2Spirit, Indigiqueer, Third Gender, & Indigenous Gender Expansive rep. WHAT we mean: A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who holds a gender identity or cultural role outside of the gender binary, and which exists outside of Western definitions of transness and/or queerness. Please note that these identities and terms are specific to the culture in which they originate.
Slide 1: BONUS Bonus Prompt: Indie Books.
Slide 1: Rep to Read: Memoir & Biography.
Slide 1: Rep to Read – Nonbinary rep. WHAT we mean… A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who exists outside of the gender binary. This includes nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, and other gender expansive identities. For some people, this may mean identifying as both masculine and feminine; for others, it means being neither masculine nor feminine; and in some cases, this means identifying as a midpoint (or multiple shifting midpoints) between masc and femme.
Slide 1: TRR25 Bonus Prompt: History.
Slide 1: Rep to Read – Intersectional Trans+ Rep Outside Your Own Experience. WHAT we mean: A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who falls under the greater trans umbrella, including trans men, trans women, nonbinary, and other gender expansive identities, and who ALSO holds another intersectional identity, such having a different racial or cultural background than your own, or a disability you have not personally experienced. This will be different for every reader!
Book Recs 1/4, Neurodivergent Rep: The Broposal by Sonora Reyes (autistic author & MC). Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (selective mutism, neurodivergence). Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (love interest and author have ADHD). A Tale of Hijinks and Honeydew by Alex Nonymous. Under the Dragon Moon by Mawce Hanlin (autism). Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution (neurodivergence).
Slide 1: Bonus Prompt: Southwest Asian Authors.
Slide 1: What we mean by trans men and mascs: A work by an author and/or starring a main character who identifies as a trans man or on the masculine side of the trans experience, which can include people who view their gender along the expansive nonbinary spectrum.
Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompts: Latine/Latinx Author.
Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompts: Asian Author. (Disambiguation: We have a separate prompt and set of slides specific to SWA---Southwest Asian---authors and stories.)
Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompt: Trans Joy.
Trans Rights Readathon Bonus Prompts: Books by Black Authors.
Rep to Read: Trans Women and Femmes. What We Mean: A work by an author and/or featuring a main character who identifies as a trans woman or on the feminine side of the trans experience, which can include people who view their gender along the expansive nonbinary spectrum.
Text: What we mean by AMPLIFY: Read, support, review, and spotlight works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters!
Text: All about the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon. How to sign up, participate, dates, and more!
Slide Describing Details: Do I have to complete the challenge to participate in the Readathon? No! The challenge is simply an additional way to participate, be intentional in your reading, and find new trans books. Do I need to finish the challenge by the end of the readathon? Also no! The challenge will be open for the rest of the year, whether your goal is to complete the 5 main prompts or aim for the full 30.
Cover Slide: Announcing the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon StoryGraph Challenge, with 5 main prompts and 25 bonus prompts.
An announcement graphic for the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon: #TRR25... Mark Your Calendars! Save the Date! 11 Days of Reading & Calls to Action. March 21-31, 2025. More info on how to sign up and participate coming soon!
A table featuring trans* books at Barnes and Noble.