I can't find a free copy online (y'all are more than welcome to take a second look) and I feel horrible asking others to buy it. If enough people are interested in the group reading of trans literature but can't afford the book, we could do a group reading of Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues, which is free here but it's not as radicalizing or theory oriented as I'd like.

I... uh... found... a free copy on LibGen. Get your epub copy here.

FIRST MEGATHREAD GOES UP ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH. GET TO READING, LIBS. TAKE NOTES AND COME READY TO DISCUSS.

The book is 147 pages. We're all busy and some of us (and by this I mean me) are slow readers, so I'm thinking we have three megathreads in !transenby_liberation over the course of three weeks. ~50 pages of the book each week. I'd open a megathread each Saturday morning where we could drop notes, quotes, or discuss things that opened our eyes, educated us, or inspired/motivated us.

Everyone would be welcome, not just trans and enby comrades. I'm personally open to answering any questions that cis comrades have about our own lived experiences throughout the reading and I encourage other trans and enby comrades to be open as well, if they feel comfortable; absolutely no pressure though!

I think this could be an incredible opportunity for us to have an open, educational dialogue with our cis comrades to better educate them on what trans rights entail and how best to support trans and non-binary folk.

I hope I'm not being too idealistic with all of this. Let me know what y'all think and we can go from there, I suppose. I'm more than open to suggestions on how to handle all of this too.

  • D61 [any]14•4 years ago

    So far, in a quietly noisy public place having my blood sucked out, in an hour I've read almost 30 pages.

    Not super dense, reads quick and conversational like so far.

    • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]8•4 years ago

      Fucking based. Everything by them is super easy to understand without skimping on the power of their message. o7

      • D61 [any]5•4 years ago

        I may need to look up some of the terms used.

        Like, I'm unsure if "transsexual" is one that has been retired or just has some more nuanced meanings that I wasn't aware of that keeps it in use.

        • the_river_cass [she/her]9•4 years ago

          it's an older term. it's still used today, primarily by older trans people who grew up with it and by, unfortunately, trans medicalists who see transition as primarily (solely) pertaining to the physical sex characteristics. it's got enough stigma that I'd avoid calling anyone it if you're a cis person but it sees plenty of use within the trans community - it would probably be reclaimed if not for the reactionary way it's used to exclude NB/non-transitioning trans people by the trans medicalists.

          • D61 [any]4•4 years ago

            I kinda figured that was the case, thanks for the info.

            • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]5•4 years ago

              I guess I should mention their work is a bit older so a lot of the language is a bit outdated, but they absolutely laid the groundwork for the modern transgender movement and brought a lot of the ideas and terminology into the mainstream.