🎉 NEW BOOK CLUB! 🎉 Reading Trancestors
Introducing Reading Trancestors: A Trans History Book Club
Trans people are in the midst of hard time. That’s nothing new. To find ways to survive and—despite everything—thrive in the new/old regime, we turn to our elders, who have been through it all before.
Hosted monthly by Nonbinarian Philomena Polefrone, Reading Trancestors will meet on the last Monday of the month both in-store at The Nonbinarian Bookstore and virtually on Zoom. Each month we will collectively suggest and vote on our next book together.
To kick things off on TDOV, we will read Before We Were Trans by Dr. Kit Heyam (available for purchase in print or audiobook). Attendees (both virtual & in-person) will receive $5 off their next book club pick purchase at The Nonbinarian Bookstore.
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?Â
Note: Cis queer and/or het allies are welcome to attend, understanding we are centering trans facilitators and attendees in this book group. We encourage cis queers and het allies to make a small donation (via Venmo @nonbinarianbike or Partiful RSVP PWYC registration chip-in) to help cover the cost of each month's book club pick and lower costs for TGNC attendees.
If ever you cannot afford to obtain a copy of the book club pick, please reach out to us via email. No judgment, no questions. We take care of us.
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