Celebrate FOUR Years of The Nonbinarian — Become a Member Today! 🎂📚🚲
What began four years ago as a mobile mutual aid initiative has evolved into a scrappy independent bookstore, now entering it's THIRD year of business! In celebration, we’d like to honor of one of the greatest lessons The Nonbinarian has taught us: When we invite our community in, you allow us to grow beyond what we ever thought was possible.
In time for the book bike’s fourth birthday (10/17) & our two year store anniversary (11/8), we are launching our membership drive to further build a sustainable, collective future. A future were we are able to reliably redistribute resources, such as free COVID tests, high quality masks, and potentially provide compensatory care for the collective members who have donated their time & labor to make this store happen.
Keep queer COVID-Conscious third places alive by becoming a founding member of The Nonbinarian Bookstore or by gifting a membership to a friend.
— k. kerimian (they/them), Nonbinarian Co-Founder
The Nonbinarian Membership Drive!
In the four years since our founding, The Nonbinarian has accomplished so much — from distributing hundreds of free books by cargo bike across the borough to opening our brick and mortar bookstore in 2024.
Now, we’re excited to invite you to join us as a member and help us achieve our goals of continued mask & COVID test distribution, expanding our inventory, & looking toward a sustainable future for The Nonbinarian Bookstore! Whether you’re new to what we do or a longtime supporter, your membership fuels our mission.
Why Join? As a member, you’ll receive exclusive benefits, including
Founding member status (with bonus founder's store credit)
Special member-only discounts & birthday store credit
Exclusive Nonbinarian mugs, totes, & tees
Access to seasonal member social gatherings
Join Now and Make an Impact: Help us continue to provide a vital COVID-conscious third space by becoming a member today.
Hurry — exclusive benefits are only available to those who sign up by November 8th (our two year store anniversary!)
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The Book Bike’s 4th birthday!
10/18 Queer Bring a Cake Book Bike Picnic at Brower Park! Celebrate FOUR years of The Nonbinarian with Queer Cookbook Club for a book bike distro & birthday cake picnic gathering. Folks new to the book bike, long time pals, & volunteers past & present are invited for a wholesome gay time outside for books, cake, & community.
Whether you swing by to grab a free book or buy a Queer Cookbook Club pick, or you bring a dessert to share & stay a while, we would love to see you at one of our landmark distro locations, Brower Park in Crown Heights.
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Upcoming Events with The Nonbinarian:
💻 = virtual, 🛍️ = in-store, 🚲 = book bike, 📍 = off-site
Reminder: All in-store events at The Nonbinarian Bookstore are mask required.
See our website for more information on our events & to register!
📍 10/15 Author Talk: Tim Manley with Peter Aguero at Brooklyn Heights BPL branch 6pm—7:30pm (off-site), RSVP here
🛍️ 10/15 QT TTRPG One-Off: Alice is Missing (a silent RPG) 7pm—9pm (after-hours), RSVP here
🚲 10/18 The Nonbinarian Book Bike’s Birthday Outing at Brower Park 12pm—2pm (outdoors), RSVP here
🛍️ 10/22 Fragments Expanded: A BIPOC Smut Writing Workshop 6:45pm—9pm (after-hours), RSVP here *Open only to QTBIPOC attendees
🛍️ 10/25 Queer Scrap ‘N Yap 7pm—9pm (after-hours), RSVP here
🛍️💻 10/26 Hybrid Reading Trancestors: A Trans History Book Club 7pm—8:30pm (after-hours). Register via Zoom or RSVP here for in-store attendance. *Open only to TGNC attendees.
🛍️ 10/27 The Somatics of Tarot Workshop 7pm—9pm (after-hours), RSVP here
🛍️ 10/29 Intimate Fragments: A Smutty Trans Open Mic 7pm—9pm (after-hours), RSVP here
💻 10/30 Virtual Nonbinarian Book Club 8pm—9pm EST. Sign up for our Book Club Bulletin for Zoom link & reminders!
🛍️ 11/1 T4T Clothing Swap 1pm—3pm
Please note: Masc4Mask PlusLife testing is on hold due to limited supplies. Please keep an eye on our Instagram & website for future announcements.
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The Nonbinarian Book Club is a monthly, virtual, queer and trans-focused book club. Attendees will receive $5 off their next purchase at The Nonbinarian Bookstore (in-store). Meetings take place on the last Friday of each month and book club picks will be announced via the Nonbinarian Newsletter and social media on the 1st of each month.
This month, we'll be reading Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body (available for purchase in-store, in print for direct-to-home shipping from Bookshop.org, as an e-book, or on audiobook from Libro.fm)
Join us on Friday, October 30 at 8pm ET on Zoom to meet other club members and chat about the book! The Zoom link will be sent out on the day of the meeting.
Trans people are in the midst of hard time. That’s nothing new. To find ways to survive &, despite everything, thrive in the new/old regime, we turn to our elders, who have been through it all before.
Hosted monthly by Nonbinarian Alexander (he/him), meeting on the last Monday of the month on-site in-store at The Nonbinarian Bookstore & virtually on Zoom. Each month we will collectively suggest & choose our next book together.
This month, we'll be reading Miss Major Speaks (available for purchase in-store, in print for direct-to-home shipping from Bookshop.org, or as an e-book).
Free. No need to have read in order to attend. Trancestors attendees receive an in-store discount. Join us online or in person on Monday, October 26 from 7pm-8:30pm ET.
To attend in-person: RSVP for in-store HERE!
To attend virtually: Zoom link here!
Note: This book club centers the trans gaze & is open only to trans, non-binary, & gender-nonconforming attendees.
The Nonbinarian’s Bookshop.org Reading Lists
The Nonbinarian loves recommending books for you! Shop some of our volunteer curated book lists here:
When you select The Nonbinarian Bookstore as your bookstore of choice on Bookshop.org, we receive a 30% affiliate fee from every sale! The affiliate fee directly supports us as a small indie bookstore as well as sustaining our mutual aid initiative, The Nonbinarian Book Bike.
Thank you for choosing to support The Nonbinarian on Bookshop.org!
Support a trans teacher and Nonbinarian community member’s classroom. PS 307’s preK students are working on amazing things, and you can contribute. Visit their classroom page to support their school, make a difference in their community, and help young people achieve their goals. Visit
In addition to subscribing to our newsletter, following us on social media, visiting the store, leaving us reviews, & attending events, you can also support the Nonbinarian in the following ways:
📚 Become a member
📚 Chip-in via Givebutter or Venmo
📚 Donate used books
📚 Buy books through Bookshop.org
📚 Buy audiobooks through Libro.fm
📚 Buy Nonbinarian merch
Visit us:
The Nonbinarian Bookstore at 1130 President St, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Getting there: Ramp accessible entrance, corner of President & Rogers. 2/5 President stop; 3 Nostrand stop; B49, B44. Street & garage parking.
Regular store hours:
12pm—7pm Daily
Please note: Hours are subject to change, per volunteer COVID safety & risk exposure, private events, or extenuating circumstances. We will announce these changes online when possible.
As a disabled owned & volunteer operated store, we appreciate your patience & understanding.
Follow us:
Website: thenonbinarian.gay
Socials: @nonbinarianbike
Newsletter: Buttondown
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