Social Justice Book Club

The Social Justice Book Club provides a space for Buffalo State University community members to have meaningful conversations about challenging topics.

We invite you to join us in Spring 2025 as we read essays from Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Writers.

We will meet in person, generally every other Thursday, but our first meeting will be on TUESDAY, Feb. 11 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM (Bacon 223). Meeting dates are February 11 and 20, March 6 and 20, and April 10 and 24. 

At each meeting, we will discuss a couple essays. The meeting schedule below will be updated soon with chapter numbers.

Thanks to generous funding from the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program and Student Leadership and Engagement, print copies of the book will be provided to student participants. The book club is open to faculty, staff, and students of Buffalo State University.

Fill out this form to join the book club. (Note: past participants of the book club should still fill out the form! Thanks!)

This program was made possible with the support of E. H. Butler Library, Equity and Campus Diversity, Student Leadership and Engagement, the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies interdisciplinary minor, the Grant Allocation Committee, the Anne Frank Project, and Haymarket Books.

The Social Justice Book Club logo was designed by John Gardner.

Spring 2025 meeting schedule

1. TUESDAY, February 11
   1. Introduction
   2. Becoming prom king
   3. The first signs hormones...
2. Thursday, February 20
   1. Gender-creative parenting...
   2. Escaping the monochrome...
   3. Loving my deep voice...
3. Thursday, March 6
   1. The euphoria that lies in revolt
   2. The gender of language...
4. Thursday, March 20
   1. Life at the trans-intersex intersection
   2. Clippers and clarity
   3. Playing roller derby
5. Thursday, April 10
   1. Punks against gender conformity...
   2. The myth of the yak
   3. The gates to Jannah
6. Thursday, April 24th
   1. Epidermis
   2. Transition in lockdown

Flyer (feel free to share! thanks!)

Community Agreements

As Social Justice Book Club participants, we agree to abide by the following community agreements: