Pepper's Trans Rights Readathon

I am joining the bookish community for the Trans Rights Readathon March 20-27. I’ll be reading 8 books by trans authors and my goal is to raise 500 dollars for Brave Space Alliance, a Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ center located in south side Chicago.

Brave Space Alliance has a special place in my heart as it’s one of the few queer organizations in the south side who are organizing, advocating, and providing needed social services for trans and gender-nonconforming people. They offer access to a community pantry, assistance with housing and covering funeral costs, and have organized several support groups for people of all identities. They seriously do so much for our community with a limited amount of funding. My friends and I have utilized their services several times and it means the world to me that I can repay them by fundraising for them and supporting them in the midst of such violence and hatred towards our community.

Please join me and send a message that the trans community is loved and that our voices and our lives matter.

I have linked the video from Sim Kern (who came with the idea for a readathon) to this campaign