What: TransPonder Book Club
When: every Tuesday @ 5p PT
Who: everyone, all ages, allies welcome
Where: virtual, Google Meet, email info@transponder.community for link
FREE

This is a social club; we meet every week but only talk about one book per month. Some activities are: chatting about what books we’re reading, discussing trans artists and issues, reading each other LGBTQIA-friendly picture books, and we even chat about shoes.

On the last Tuesday of the month we discuss our monthly discussion book. Our discussion book is a book for trans/gender-diverse people, about trans/gender-diverse people, and/or by trans/gender-diverse people. Reading the discussion book is not required. 

CLICK HERE for our recommendation list

Need a FREE digital copy of a monthly discussion book?

Want an ebook or e-audiobook copy of the monthly books we’re discussing but don’t have the means to acquire one? TransPonder can help! Request an ebook copy of one of our monthly discussion books by filling out our form.

CLICK HERE to fill out the book request form

Our Monthly Discussion Books

2023

Click each book cover for the Goodreads link.

If an ebook or e-audiobook is available in Libby, you can check it out with any Oregon library card. If it’s available in Hoopla, you can get it with a Eugene library card.

CLICK HERE for our Amazon Book club link

December: Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Lavery

Available on Hoopla in audiobook.

book cover of Something That May Shock and Discredit You

August: Gender Queer by Kobabe

Available on Libby and Available on Hoopla.

book cover of gender queer: a person in shorts looking at their reflection the water.

April: Manywhere by Thomas

Available on Libby in ebook.

book cover of manywhere: drawing of birds on a lime green lightning bolt

November: Transgender History by Stryker

book cover of Transgender History

July: Too Bright to See by Lukoff

Available on Libby in ebook and e-audiobook.

Too Bright to See book cover: illustrated youth looking at a white house, with trees in the background

March: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Wang

Audiobooks not available.

The Prince and the Dressmaker book cover

October: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Dawson

Available on Libby.

Book cover: black background with an illustrated eye with a person surrounded by fire in the pupil.

June: Bingo Love by Franklin, St-Onge, San, & Cardinal

Available on Hoopla in ebook.

book cover of bingo love: two couples kissing and holding each other with flowers everywhere

February: How to be an Antiracist by Kendi

Available on Libby in ebook and e-audiobook.

book cover of how to be an antiracist

September: Zenobia July by Bunker

book cover of Zenobia July. Green background with person with a blue shirt, long black hair, and a backpack.

May: Nevada by Binnie

Available on Libby in ebook.

book cover of nevada

January: The Black Flamingo by Atta

Available on Libby in ebook and e-audiobook. Available on Hoopla in ebook and e-audiobook.

2022

December: Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Axelrod & Taylor

Available on Hoopla in ebook.

book cover of 'galaxy the prettiest star'

August: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

April: The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

werewolf shadow curling around a youth in pink, huddled over occult paraphernalia.

November: The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

Available on Libby in ebook.

E-audiobook is only available on Audible.

July: The Testosterone Files by Max Flores

Free copy only available in paperback.

March: How We Do Family by Trystan Reese

We have hardcover copies at TransPonder’s office!

a family of five dressed in casual summer denim, smiling.

October: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Available on Libby in ebook and e-audiobook. Available on Hoopla in audiobook.

June: Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery by Wiebe, Tavishati, Upchurch, & Staples

Available on hoopla. Ebook only. Recommended ages 16+ for violence, drugs, sex, and language.

rat queens book cover

February: Lumberjanes, Vol. 1 by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters, Allen, Laiho, & Aiese

wood shack background with five gangly teens in what can only be described as 90s grunge clothing.

September: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

May: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

green, yellow, and blue background, with impressionist imagery of a face

January: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

graphic novel of Snapdragon with a person with a bike with fluffy pigtails and a dog in a basket

2021

December: A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett

Ebook only!

white background with orange dots. small illustrations of keys and cigarettes. A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett.

August: Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

blue background with a bunch of illustrated figures dancing

April: Tranny by Laura Jane Grace

Cover of “Tranny” by Laura Jane Grace, which includes a black sketch of a person’s face, eyes heavily lined in khol.

November: Dawn by Octavia Butler

sunrise in the background. audiobook of DAWN by Octavia Butler

July: Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Cover of Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee. Pink background with illustrations of five couples on a date.

March: The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

Cover of “The Black Tides of Heaven” by Neon Yang, with an illustrated figure in a blue robe, seated on a cloud in a sky. Text reads: TransPonder Book Club, Tuesdays @ 5 PM PT

October: The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

Background of a map of Greece. In the foreground is the book cover of “The Wrong End of the Telescope” by Rabih Alameddine next to light lettering which sits on top of a dark background. “TransPonder Book Club October Discussion Book, The Wrong End of the Telescope, Tuesdays @ 5 p.m. PT”⁠

June: Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Audiobook cover of “Beyond the Gender Binary”: Purple background with cartoon image of Alok with purple hair, in a yellow and green outfit with ruffles.

February: Gender Failure by Coyote & Spoon

September: Finna by Nino Cipri

cover of finna--blue with yellow lettering and illustrations of pipes in the background

May: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

“If I Was Your Girl” audiobook cover: dark background with a teen girl with red hair in a spaghetti strap top, looking over her shoulder.

January: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

2020

December: Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

August: Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

real queer america book cover

November: The Princess Beard by Dawson & Hearne

Book cover on a orange background with a pirate ship, a map, and pirate hat.

July: Dreadnought by April Daniels

dreadnought book cover

October: Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (and Gender Outlaws by Bornstein & Bergman)

June: Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

janet mock book cover

September: George by Alex Gino

May: Beast by Brie Spangler

beast book cover

Event Details

This event is running from 30 June 2020 until 26 December 2023. It is next occurring on December 5, 2023 5:00 pm

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