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Books I recommend

I don’t have the right words because most of it has already been said better than I could, but I do have a book recommendation which I believe is my love language.

A book that everyone should read is “Real Queer America” by Samantha Allen. I read it back in February of this year and I was ashamed to have had it sit on my shelf since 2019. In “Real Queer America”, Samantha Allen, a transgender woman and journalist road trips throughout red states meeting up with queer and trans folks she is revisiting and/or meeting for the first time. She makes stops in Utah, Indiana, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

Here is one of my favorite quotes that I hope will resonate with you. Blaming folks in red states does not help anyone when we live in a broken system. If you’re longing for community like I am, this book does a wonderful job of showing how important community truly is and shall open the eyes of folks who are quick to judge and ridicule folks living in red states.

“We LGBT people are already everywhere. We are born at the same unstoppable pace in every state —North, South, red, blue and to every household, religious or not. According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 7 percent of millennials and as a thirty something, I fall in the upper end of that age bracket -now identify as LGBT. And not every LGBT person born into a conservative part of America wants to get out.” – Samantha Allen, Real Queer America

As @i.queer put it best “Don’t blame each other, blame the system. Don’t fight each other, fight the system.”

Real Queer America is now one of my favorite nonfiction works I’ve had the pleasure of reading and it fits perfectly this month for #NonFictionNovember and it’s also #TransAwarenessMonth.

Go purchase it from @librofm, @bookshop_org or even request it (and/or place an order) at your local library. As always, I will continue to be visible as a trans man in Pennsylvania and of course, uplifting queer and trans books.

Community liberation will help us all. We are not free until ALL of us are free.

#RealQueerAmerica

one sentence reviews of every book I read in january

#lgbtq #books #bookish

#LTKGiftGuide #LTKMostLoved

LAST, NOW, NEXT

It’s the last week of June & #TheAmazingReadathon, so here’s a reading update!

Last: Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens, narrated by Elena Rey — A queer Western with sapphic love, a brothel with queer women, and survival. This was *everything*!! The audiobook made the book more immersive. I will say, it’s definitely a book I need to reread because there’s definitely things I missed 😅

Now: Chlorine by Jade Song, narrated by Catherine Ho and Imani Parks — I’m about 40% in and loving it. It is a heavy read. This is a literary horror following Ren, a competitive swimmer who is also a mermaid. It shows the horrors of what young athletes go through with pressure & ab*se from their coach + the inappropriate relations. On the flip side, there’s the POV from Cathy, a girl who is infatuated with Ren, but doesn’t know Ren has the same feelings. Audiobook is great!

Next: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
— I actually did start this but haven’t had the proper time to devote to it. Hoping to use it to check off the “Creepy Queers” space for #QueerLitRead 🏳️‍🌈

Q: What are your Last, Now, Next reads? 📖

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#QueerBooks #QueerLit #QueerBooksta #TransBookstagrammer

My Queer Lit Readathon looked different this round since I was coming off of a sickness and trying to wrap up my Spotify wrapped reading vlog. One book I’m glad I read for the readathon was Pretty by KB Brookins.

Written in poems and prose, KB chronicles their life as a transmasc nonbinary person whose upbringing brought challenges and hardships. They discuss being adopted, how toxic religion hurt them on the journey to exploring their sexuality and gender identity. This is not a light book by any means (please see content warnings: SA, transphobia, religious bigotry, gender dysphoria, being adopted, homophobia) but I appreciated getting to know KB and their views as a transmasc person. They had so many important conversations that I enjoy reading about as a trans man specifically how AFAB and transmasc people confront masculinity, plus how feminism tends to leave transmasc/trans men out of activism and discussions.

Highly recommend this to any transmasc person! You can see my full reaction over on YouTube! Link in bio or comment VIDEO for a link.

Thanks to the folks @queer_lit for putting on another great round. I can’t wait for 2025!

Image description: A series of two slides. The first slide is a photo of Pretty by KB Brookins lying on a gold plate on a Christmas themed book sleeve next to a blue cup of coffee. The props lay on a white sheet. Slide two is a graphic with a rainbow gradient background showing the Queer Lit Readathon bingo board with spaces filled with the books Alex read for the readathon including “Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns” and Pretty by KB Brookins. End of image description.

#QueerBooks

Some books you can read for round 14 of @queer_lit this month! It goes from Dec 15-21st.

I just posted a YouTube video with book recs for each prompt. So, if you’re stuck, go watch the video for some inspiration. Link in bio & my stories!

Books Pictured:
Camp QUILTBAG @algonquinYR
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
Elatsoe by Darcy Little Badger
Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens @thedialpress
Just as You Are by Camille Kelogg

Image description: An image of books scattered on a bed with a white sheet. See caption for book titles. End image description.

#QueerLit #QueerBooks #ReadingCommunity

Are you participating in any reading challenges this year? That’s always one of my reading goals every year since I’ve done away with number reading goals.

One reading challenge I enjoy is the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. For the 2025 challenge, I figured I’d give some recommendations!

A Book with Two Or More Books On The Cover or ‘Book’ In The Title
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan & Rachel Cohen

A Book Set in or Around a Body of Water
Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber

A Book about Soccer
You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie
Café con Lychee by Emery Lee
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

A Book About a Road Trip
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller by Meredith Ireland

A Book Under 250 Pages
Peter Darling by S.A. Chant
Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans
Breathe by Maia Kobabe and Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier

A Book About a POC Experiencing Joy and Not Trauma
As You Walk On By by Julian Winters
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood edited by Kwame Mbalia
If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann

Image description: A series of eight slides. Six of the slides have book covers sharing recommendations for certain Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2025 prompts. Slide 1 is the title page titled “Books to Read.” The final slide is titled “Liked this post?” with calls to action in text with their icons; like comment, share, and save. See caption for all book titles and details. See caption for book titles & prompt details. End image description.

#QueerLit #BookRecommendations

Recommending THREE queer books that published in 2024 you should read in 2025!

•Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun - An adult second chance romance road trip book between two girls who dated in high school who go on a road-trip to Maine with their high school English teacher who is dying of cancer. (Will make you sob.)

•Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle - A gory and disturbing queer horror about Hollywood, the “bury your gays” trope. Audiobook was fantastic!

• Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan - A YA sapphic rivals to lovers romance between an umpire and pitcher; centers grief; messy queers

Video description: A video of Alex, a white trans man wearing round framed glasses and a navy blue long sleeve shirt sitting on his bed beside a reading pillow. Alex is holding a mug from Queer Liberation Library. He comes into frame and starts talking while holding a small microphone. End of Video description.

My favorite book of 2024! 🌈📚🚗

queer christmas books!

#LTKHoliday #LTKSeasonal

TOP FIVE FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2024

I read 82 books in 2024, here are just five of my favorites!

You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie @fiercereads
Pretty by KB Brookins
As You Walk on By by Julian Winters
Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens @thedialpress
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Video description: Alex, a white trans man sits on a black desk chair at a desk facing the camera holding up five individual books sharing his top five favorite books he read in 2024. End of video description.

finishing up the last book for my last reading vlog of October! 🍃🧟🧞‍♀️🧛🏻‍♂️

#QueerBooks #QueerLittleNightmares #QueerAnthology

Image description: A flat lay image of the book, “Queer Little Nightmares” lying in the grass with leaves scattered. The book rests on top of a black and gold Halloween themed book sleeve with illustrations of pumpkins, potions, crows, and bats.

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