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For every book by a trans author I read for #transrightsreadathon I donated $20. I meant to read five, but a flare-up slowed me down.

I was happy to see some members here participating!

It is terrifying out there, so if you have the means, please consider donating to the Trans Health Legal Fund: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/thlf-donate

Depart, Depart by Sim Kern is a heartbreaking story of natural disasters, survivors‘ guilt, generational trauma, and fear. And yet, it‘s also a tale about finding yourself and your family, even in the darkest of times.

I‘m in awe of this author. Not only did they balance the light and dark, but they also didn‘t shy away from really laying into the horrors of the darkness.

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/depart-depart-by-sim-kern/

A flawed but readable novella about a Jewish trans guy who survives climate disaster. He arrives at a shelter and finds a corner of fellow queers. While there he starts to see the ghost of his Holocaust survivor grandfather. A bit didactic, but I appreciated the culturally specific speculative aspect and tackling rifts in the LGBTQ community. I wonder if this protagonist is being set up as "the good white queer" by not abandoning his POC friends.

This is an in impactful story at the intersection of being trans and Jewish, set during a natural disaster caused by climate change in the heart of Texas.