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Though the government can make it more difficult for trans people to navigate certain spaces, they cannot decide who you are or how you identify. Here's how trans people can protect themselves now that Trump is in office. ⤵️

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"Hope is about possibility; it requires people to do things, even in the face of it all falling apart. And history is filed with people doing things to make the world better, even if they sometimes fail. But then others dust themselves off and try again. History is, at its core, about hope."

Brink of College Friends-to-Lovers Magic Apples Dark Shadow Alternate Futures Existence Threatened… What could go wrong? #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

HS senior best friends shouldn’t even think about dating…But tell that to their future selves when they’re thrust into a time-bending adventure that threatens their very existence. WOLFWOOD X MIDNIGHT LIBRARY X OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

Brink of College Friends-to-Lovers Magic Apples Dark Shadow Alternate Futures Existence Threatened… What could go wrong? #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

RENEGADES x MY HERO ACADEMIA She: - uses stardust to make her strong&fast - works as a part-time superhero - has a dreamy superhero boyfriend who isn’t all as he seems - on a mission to uncover the truth behind her dad’s death & the heroes she admires may have been involved #Q #YA #SF #P2Ppit

THE DEEP DARK x BETTER LEFT BURRIED Vespin craves belonging, but can he while balancing an imposed friendship and the risk of his own shadow consuming him. RAVENOUS SHADOWS #P2PPit #Q #YA #LGBT #M #UA

Archaeologist Dr. Alec Easton falls into a world of prophecy and magic. Here’s my agent guide to WHAT’S WRITTEN IN THE SAND #P2Ppit #A #R #F #Q

HUNGER GAMES × COBAB × POWERLESS Inspired by Central African mythology A boy with dangerous blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #P2Ppit #YA #OS

TWELVE AND THE COALITION They always said that the people who abandoned us must have loved us, because they could have sold us into slavery instead. It's hard to believe it when everyone else in this country is determined to prove we deserve our degradations. #P2Pit #Q #SF #A

Ava-Amaka wakes up in a hospital with no memory of her parents' murder. Troubled by nightmares, she discovers a cult, her supernatural heritage, and falls in love with her enemy's son. #P2Ppit #W #YA #M #R #Magicalrealism #ownvoices

GHOSTSxTWISTERxNANCYDREW When anxious Sia visits America's most haunted town, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio. Ghost voices. The ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia's courage and weather smarts save her friends—living & dead? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q

HS senior best friends shouldn’t even think about dating…But tell that to their future selves when they’re thrust into a time-bending adventure that threatens their very existence. WOLFWOOD X MIDNIGHT LIBRARY X OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

7 YEAR SLIP x U GOT MAIL 32 y/o Lorelai is cursed w/ unreliable visions of the future. Riddled with anxiety, she ignores her flashes of insight. Until she meets rival journalist Travis—and sees a vision of his death. Her bestie convinces her to fake date him to save his life. 💖🌶️✨ #P2Ppit #Q #R #A

When Dassy is forced to attend her estranged mother’s magical school, she finds there’s more to meet the eye. She’ll have to get along with girls who don’t think she belongs and thwart gemstone thieves, all while maintaining her grades to keep her magic and memories. #P2Ppit #MG #Q #F

A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP! 🌈Mythology X SPOP 🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves 🗡️Betrayed by his father 🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore 🐐Snarky/greedy satyr 🐎Badass centaur 🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie ☀️Gods from many pantheons #P2Ppit #YA #Q #F #amquerying #writing

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x MIDNIGHT BARGAIN When Syrala discovers the queen severed her subjects’ souls, she must decide who to betray – her own hopeful, broken soul, or her husband, the prince she is learning to love. #P2Ppit #F #A #Q

Catalina just wants to move on from her time in rehab, her friends’ murders, and her girlfriend dumping her, but when her ex tells her that the serial killer who murdered their friends isn’t done, she knows she has to face her past. #P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q

When the chosen Empress is assassinated, her disabled & gutsy ex-GF must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods' eternal slave & weapon against mortals 🌶️Hot Banter 🖤Forbidden Love 🏳️‍🌈LGBT, BIPOC,♿, Neurospicy #P2Ppit #Q #F

Blessed and cursed with green-brown hair—a mark of prophecy—Kora Faye must uncover her origins and awaken three goddesses before an ancient threat, sealed in a dome city for centuries, escapes. As time unravels, she must harness her power or risk shattering reality itself. #P2Ppit #UW #F #Q #A

ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic & the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most. #P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q #F

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #YA #C #Q #p2ppit

When two theatre program rivals are forced to compete together their senior year, they must learn to put aside their differences in order to earn the top score & leave a legacy after graduation, their newfound chemistry creating romantic tension on & offstage #P2Ppit #YA #UW #R

KINDRED x LIFE ON MARS A young Muslim man must grapple with generational trauma and the very real danger of racism and discrimination when he is thrown back in time to the 1970s from 2024. #P2Ppit #UW #YA #spec

when 17 y/o Julissa is bumped down a chair in band by new kid Anthony, she teams up with her childhood rival Logan to sabotage Anthony for their chairs back and fake date him to impress her drifting friends—only to realize Logan might be the one she’s falling for #P2Ppit #YA #Q #R #UW

HALLMARK by Kevin Smith. Framed as a mix tape & set in a 90s ski town, two teens from rival high schools fall in love amid their friends’ shenanigans all while working to fulfill their dreams: he as a writer, she as an Olympic skier. Male fat positive. #YA #R #Q #UW #P2Ppit

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) When 16yo Mia Pan learns her mom can't afford rent, she must win a $100k coding competition to stay in NYC—her childhood home—while navigating feelings for her autistic teammate and wondering if she's autistic herself. #YA #C #R #UW #Q #P2Ppit

LOCKE&KEY x HAZELWOOD They can leave their worst memories on the train—they never have to carry that baggage again. But the train doesn't run on coal & there's a murder of crows warning them away ❤️‍🔥 Slow burn grumpy x sunny 🚂 Gilded theme parties 🐦‍⬛ Big Stakes #P2Ppit #Q #YA #F

What do you get when 90s nostalgia crashes into the chaotic world of a time loop & more music and pop culture references than you can throw a Sony Walkman at? You get a whole lot of freaking drama & a massive dose of romantic teenage awkwardness shot directly into your veins. #p2ppit #ya #w #uw

RIPExBLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN When grad student Jim invents a device that could revolutionize medicine, his intoxicating suitemate Bash warns him it could be weaponized—& stops at nothing to make his point. Are Jim's degree & the lives he could save worth staining his conscience? #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #F

When Wendy realizes she's been revived 75 years in the future and is completely cut off from the outside world, she must decide: trust the feral gang of boys in the swamp, or the charasmatic man they all call Captain Hook? CHILDREN OF MEN as a fairy tale gone horribly wrong. #P2Ppit #A #Q #SciFi

THE AGATHAS X SILENT SISTER 18 y/o Paige plans to spend her summer attending writing workshops and paddle-boating on the sparkly lake at camp. But when her boyfriend turns up dead and his BFF is arrested, she smells something fishy—and it isn't coming from the lake. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #M

THE WICKED DEEP x MIDNIGHT MASS A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken. #P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️‍🌈

DOWNTON ABBEY X FRIENDS In 1855, the crème of British nobility attend a 2-week house party. Once the party begins, so does the madness! The days are riddled with impossible love, scandalous secrets AND an abduction..What could possibly go right?! #P2Ppit #UW #Q #A #R #HF #UW 📖

The volcano's dormant, they said. The magic school's been there for years, they said. Just focus on teaching your classes. Don't worry about the smell of god magic, or that weird disappearing sand. The earthquakes are probably fine. A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO STRING MAGIC #P2Ppit #W #A #F

A southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #H #T #LGBT

JOURNEY TO RALLEM Josie, Jameson, and their friends travel across the continent in the hopes of bringing back Josie's lovers. They face unexpected challenges from meddling, immortal ancestors with age old vendettas. At each turn, events drive Josie and Jameson closer. #P2Ppit #Q #r #f

Sundered Galaxy: Last week Anthony was your average American guy. Now he's on a stolen warship with an alien crew and a mysterious and powerful feet of unknown adversaries after him. He just wants to go home. NOPHEK GLOSS x FARSCAPE #A #Sf #W 📖 #Bluepit

THE ROMANCE EXPRESS 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦? A British couple on the verge of breaking up boards a mysterious train and travels through alternate realities, where they must confront their unspoken conflicts if they want to save their relationship. #P2Ppit #Q #A #R

GHOSTSxTWISTERSxNANCYDREW When anxious weather buff Sia visits the most haunted town in America, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio. Ghost voices. The ghosts are being hunted and eaten. Can Sia's courage and smarts save them...and herself? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q

The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

Worried about the future, 2 BFFs discover a magical orchard that thrusts them into a time-bending, reality-questioning adventure where they must escape the dark Shadow, save the orchard & get back to their own timeline before fading out of existence. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

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