🏳️⚧️ Affirmations Book Clubs
Young trans, nonbinary, & gender-creative readers are invited to two casual monthly book clubs at High Five Books, co-hosted by Translate Gender and sponsored by Transhealth.
🌞 Affirmations is on hold for summer, back in September!
New for Fall 2026, there will be separate book clubs for kids (ages 7-11) and tweens & teens (ages 12-15). To join the in-person group (or if you have questions for the High Five team) email kinsey@highfivebooks.org.
Finishing and/or purchasing the book is not required to attend Affirmations!
(Book club books purchased at High Five will receive a 10% discount. Free copies sponsored by community members are available for book club participants.)
Batcat #2: Sink or Swim!
Batcat is back in an original graphic novel about facing your fears and making new friends along the way.
Batcat and Al the Ghost are great roommates—Batcat even shares their eye scream occasionally—but sometimes Batcat still craves solo them time. When Batcat visits the Mermaid Lagoon for a relaxing day of reading all by themself, they discover the local mermaids in hysterics all over the beach—so much for quiet day on the sand!
It appears that something has drained the color from all the mermaid’s tails, and they won’t leave Batcat alone until the half-bat, half-cat reluctantly agrees to help find out what happened. With a bag of the mermaid’s famous fish tacos on the line, Batcat will meet more zany inhabitants of Spooky Island and overcome their greatest anxiety in order to solve this colorful mystery!
In Batcat:Sink or Swim!, cartoonist Meggie Ramm has done it again, crafting a fantastic story about friendship and finding the courage to face your fears.
Batcat series:
Batcat (#1)
Batcat: Sink or Swim! (#2)
"I just want to tell you that we are so grateful that you all host this book club. [Our child] has felt isolated here and this was the first time in ages he's been able to be around other gender-expansive kids. He was so happy; I can't quite put it into words, but this experience was deeply meaningful."
- Parent of an 11-year-old Affirmations Participant
