Fall Into Your TBR 📚🍂
The Nonbinarian turns three in October, and as we begin to transition out of summer and into fall, we’re looking forward cooler weather, in-store events, and lots and lots of books!
Thanks for spending your summer with us, comrades. We can’t wait to see you this month as we gear up for our birthday celebration!
Equinox: A Fundraising Party for The Nonbinarian Bookstore
Before the calendar carries us away into the holidays, turn up and get down at The Nonbinarian Bookstore after hours! Join us in-store for a 21+ party on Sunday, September 28 from 7—11 p.m. ET, for a pop-up from No Borders Collective & Long Time Tattoo, plus tarot readings, chair massage, raffles, and more! RSVP HERE!
Your sliding scale PWYC entrance fee supports The Nonbinarian Bookstore as a volunteer-run space in providing free community resources. Allies welcome and are gently encouraged to donate more if they can, as we center TGNC and QTBIPOC attendees, vendors, volunteers, and artists.
Vibe Check:
Come solo or with friends!
Floor cleared for dancing (if that's your vibe) as well as lots of sittables to chill.
Come to support all QTBIPOC vendors, or hang out & enjoy our free in-house crafts, tarot, & conversation decks.
We are a pro-cruising space & flagging is welcome (free hankies on hand!). Always ask for consent & respect each other's boundaries.
We will have a designated sensory-friendly quiet area for those wishing to take a break & a breath from the festivities.
Register open for sales!!!! Please buy things! We're a bookstore!
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Bookshop.org Nonbinarian Book List Recs
+ Partner Wishlists
When you choose The Nonbinarian Bookstore as your bookstore of choice on Bookshop.org and shop our booklists or any item on Bookshop.org, we receive a 30% affiliate fee from every sale! The affiliate fee directly supports us as a newly opened bookstore as well as sustaining our mutual aid initiative, The Nonbinarian Book Bike.
If you would like to purchase books to donate to The Nonbinarian, please shop below:
Nonbinarian General Inventory — We love it, you love it, help us restock some of our favorite books for adults.
Nonbinarian Kids Book Inventory — Board & picture books are always the first to go at outings—help keep us stocked!
Spanish-language Books — Help us increase our high demand Spanish-language offerings in-store & on the book bike.
If you would like to donate books to our partners, please shop their wishlists below:
Drag Story Hour x The Nonbinarian — Picture books from the DSH NYC book list!
Trans formative Schools x The Nonbinarian — Help stock the permanent classroom library for a trans-centered afterschool program!
The Reading for Black Lives Project x The Nonbinarian —Specifically Black + Queer, all books from this wishlist go towards our comrade in mutual aid distro R4BL.
Project Human Dignity x The Nonbinarian — We provide books to build a permanent library for an adolescent (9-17) in-patient psych ward—because everyone deserves to see themselves on the shelf.
Oklahoma Bar Project x The Nonbinarian — Help stock in-house libraries for 3 of the remaining lesbian bars in the states.
August’s programming is already under way, so here’s what’s happening this month. All times EST; 💻 = virtual, 🛍 = in-store, 🚲= book bike outing, 📍 = off-site meet-up.
Reminder: All in-store events at The Nonbinarian Bookstore are masks required! Testing is encouraged and we have free tests on-site, but negative tests will not be accepted in lieu of a well-fitted mask.
🛍️ Masc4mask C-19 Rapid PCR Testing Site: Saturday, September 6, 1—4 p.m.
🛍️ T4T Clothing Swap: Sunday, September 7, 1—4 p.m.
🛍️ Queer Tarot Readings: Sunday, September 7, 3—6 p.m.
🛍️ COVID-Conscious Crafting September Meet Up: Thursday, September 11, 7—9 p.m. (after hours)
🛍️ Masc4mask C-19 Rapid PCR Testing Site: Saturday, September 13, 1—4 p.m.
🛍️ Queer Tarot Readings: Sunday, September 14, 3—6 p.m.
🛍 New! Queer Scrap 'N Yap: Sunday, September 14, 6:30—8:30 p.m. (after hours), RSVP here!
🛍 New! Queer Disability Aid Mobility Aid Decorating: Wednesday, September 17, 6:30—8:30 p.m. (after hours)
🛍 Intimate Fragments: A Smutty Trans Open Mic: Thursday, September 18, 7—9 p.m. (after hours), RSVP here!
🛍️ Masc4mask C-19 Rapid PCR Testing Site: Saturday, September 20, 1—4 p.m.
🛍️ Queer Tarot Readings: Sunday, September 21, 3—6 p.m.
🛍️ Queer Cookbook Club: Sunday, September 21, 4—6 p.m., RSVP here!
🛍️ QT RPG Night: Thursday, September 25, 7—9 p.m. (after hours), RSVP here!
💻 The Nonbinarian Book Club: Friday, September 26, 8—9 p.m., Zoom
🛍️ Masc4mask C-19 Rapid PCR Testing Site: Saturday, September 27, 1—4 p.m.
🛍 New! Gabbing with Gays: Saturday, September 27, 3—5 p.m., RSVP here!
🛍 Queer Disability Aid Art as Therapy Support Group: Saturday, September 27, 7—9 p.m. (after hours)
🛍️ Little Readers ROAR! Storytime: Sunday, September 28, 12—12:45 p.m., No registration needed
🛍 Back in store! ATLS Name Change Clinic: Sunday, September 28, 1—3 p.m., No registration needed. Please remember to bring a valid government ID for the ATLS notary to see.
🛍️ The Nonbinarian Equinox Raise the Rent Party: Sunday, September 28, 7—11 p.m. (21+ after hours, ticketed), RSVP here!
🛍️💻 Hybrid Reading Trancestors: A Trans History Book Club: Monday, September 29, 8—9:30 p.m. (after hours). Open only to TGNC attendees. Register on Zoom; RSVP for in-person here!
*🛍️💻 Hybrid Radical Study Group dates TBD — Follow our Instagram, check our event page, or visit our Givebutter page for details on the next meeting date and time!
Happy Fat Liberation Month! This month, we are reading Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.*
Join us on Friday, September 26 at 8 p.m. 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.
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 or online. 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.
If you prefer to listen to the audiobook, support indie bookstores and the Book Bike by purchasing through Libro.fm and selecting us as your store of choice!*
Hosted monthly by Nonbinarians Philomena and Alexander, Reading Trancestors will meet monthly both in-store and virtually on Zoom. Each month we will collectively suggest and vote on our next book together.
In September, we’ll be reading the second part of Transgender History by Susan Stryker (available in print, audiobook, and ebook).*
Reading Trancestors is a free, monthly, hybrid reading and discussion group centering trans authors and readers, focused on learning from a past that insists on continually repeating itself. How did our trancestors survive the things we’re scared will happen again? Where did they find purpose in a world with no concept of their existence? What beautiful siblings are in the archive, siblings we may not even know existed?
Attendees (both virtual & in-person) will receive $5 off their next book club pick purchase at The Nonbinarian Bookstore.
Note: This book club centers the trans gaze and is open only to trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming attendees.
*If ever you cannot afford to obtain a copy of the book club pick for any of our meetings, please reach out to us via email. No judgment, no questions. We take care of us.
If you'd like to partner with us for an event or sponsorship, please reach out via e-mail! In addition to subscribing to our newsletter, following us on social media, visiting the store, and participating in events, you can also support the Nonbinarian in the following ways:
📚 Donate a book (or books)! See our used book policy for details.
📚 Donate funds to help upkeep costs rent and bike maintenance! You can make a one-time donation or set up a monthly one on Ko-Fi, or you can donate via Venmo.
📚 Buy a book from our wishlist!
📚 Buy a book through our Bookshop storefront!
📚 Support us with a Libro.fm subscription!
📚 Buy Nonbinarian merch!
To get involved in our virtual or in-person programming, please email info@thenonbinarian.gay!
Thank you to the Nonbinarian community for always showing up and showing out! We wouldn’t be here without our comrades, cheerleaders, volunteers, and backers! It has been a joy to meet you in-store and at pop-ups, interact with you on social media, and get to know the Brooklyn community and its various neighborhoods.
Want to contribute to the Nonbinarian Newsletter?
If you want to submit something to the newsletter, including events, mutual aid needs, book recs, or ideas you'd like to see us include, please email us at newsletter@thenonbinarian.gay.
Thank you for supporting the Nonbinarian Book Bike! Look for our next newsletter on the 1st of the month. In the meantime, follow us on social media for daily updates.