The weeklong Trans Rights Readathon will raise funds for trans rights organizations.
Kern said their silent protest received some aggressive responses from some DeSantis supporters. At one point, a woman came up to Kern and started filming them, calling them a “pedophile” for reading a book that was visibly a queer young adult book, they said.
Kern said after the protest, and after seeing dozens of posts by trans friends distraught by the onslaught of anti-trans legislation, the 37-year-old author and journalist knew they needed to find a way to rally their BookTok community, especially cisgender allies, to take action.has already raised $4,705, which they’ll split between two Houston-based organizations: Tony’s Place, a shelter for LGBTQ youth, and Montrose Center, the city’s LGBTQ community center.
Kern said they wanted the fundraising goals and destinations of the readathon to be intentionally open-ended to support all kinds of trans causes — from legal aid to individual mutual aid. “I knew some people would feel passionately about local trans-supporting orgs that were close to them, and that they would donate to individuals to provide mutual aid. Someone might have a friend who’s raising money for surgery or to leave an unsafe state or something like that. I wanted people to be able to participate in whatever way they’re able to and fundraise for however they want to support trans people,” Kern said.
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