Thank You for My Life: The Life of Harry Hay Pioneering Gay Activist

Susan Stryker, the leading trans scholar and founding figure of transgender studies, explores what gender actually means—and why it matters. Drawing from her lifetime as a historian, filmmaker, and activist, Stryker traces gender from its grammatical origins through the culture wars to today's anti-trans backlash, finding surprising connections from "Yankee Doodle" to Joshua Tree acid trips to nineteenth-century phrenology. This is a conversation for our fraught moment: poignant, deeply researched, and ultimately about what it means to change reality itself. In conversation with Toshio Meronek.

Five years in, Fabulosa Books is throwing a party that's part celebration, part community love letter. Fagatha Christie (host of Book Club at the Stud) is bringing a literary-themed drag show with neighborhood performers, there's food and drinks, and here's the good part: every book donated goes straight to Lark Inn, an emergency shelter for youth aged 18-24 run by Larkin Street Youth Services. They're building a brand-new library for their clients — a quiet space to read, learn, and breathe during hard times. Show up, celebrate a beloved Castro bookstore, and help make that happen.

A monthly gathering for trans folks to read, color, and just exist together in good company. Every third Monday at Fabulosa Books in the Castro, you'll find a rotating selection of trans literature, coloring supplies, snacks, and a room full of people who get it. September's pick is Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary—a powerful memoir from a Stonewall veteran and legendary activist. Get 10% off your book when you mention the club at checkout.