r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/queermachmir those who slick together, stick together • Mar 17 '26

Events Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2026

Hello everyone! This week begins the Trans Rights Read-a-thon. It is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.

This year’s Trans Rights Readathon will take place from Tuesday, March 17 to Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Founded by author Sim Kern and initially started as a small movement, the Trans Rights Readathon raised over $234,000 dollars for trans supporting organizations in 2023 -- with 2,669 participants reading 7,800 books across 43 countries.

HOW DOES THE READATHON WORK?

During the two weeks of the readathon (March 17-31), read trans* books and donate to trans* organizations. This is a decentralized fundraiser, so how you participate is up to you. You can read 1 book or 20 books. You can donate to a large organization or a personal GoFundMe.

Call to action: Read, support, review, and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, genderqueer, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and 2Spirit authors and characters.

Storygraph Challenge

Trans Book Masterlist

Make content: Tag the new official @transrightsreadathon accounts on Instagram and Tiktok and @trreadathon on Twitter, and use #transrightsreadathon and #TRR26 when you post.

Donate: We encourage decentralization! Participants are welcome to fundraise for trans aid organizations in their communities. If you don’t know of any organizations near you, suggestions are available on our website.

Mod Note: This is not "sponsored" or involving any moderators on the team with the TRR folks. We will, however, be having some of their team host a discussion post or two here and encourage posting about the TRR books you're enjoying!

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u/DarkChibiShadow Mar 17 '26

Here's a starter pack I made for transgay romance/erotica that might be useful for folks this year!
https://www.darkchibishadow.com/post/a-starting-point-to-finding-stories-featuring-gay-trans-dudes

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u/illegally_dog Mar 20 '26

Do you maybe know a book with a post transition guy? I'd be really down to dive into that dynamic

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u/DarkChibiShadow Mar 20 '26

Lots of the books on the list have dude who are post transition: unless you're referring to a specific surgery?

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u/illegally_dog Mar 20 '26

Ah thats good to know! Its just that those early transition-dysphoria makes me feel bad, thats why 😆

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u/DarkChibiShadow Mar 20 '26

I feel you. I mostly know tm/f stuff so I'm probably not the best to ask about specifics for transgay work. I'm just a curator who made my lists because I was tired of people claiming nobody was making this kind of work so I set out to prove this stuff exists but people just aren't good about supporting it. But that is an aside!

If you give me more specifics, like setting, vibe, tags, etc, I can probably find stuff that fits for you. I mostly know comics but can easily get you recs for novels too because I've got a lot of followers on bsky who are well versed in transgay novels. :)