Banned Books Conversations: Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Season 4, Episode 2

October 6, 2025

Today’s book: BeyondMagenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (2014)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose

Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.

Guest Links:

Oksana Marafioti

https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oksanamarafioti/

Ria Carrogan

Femme On: https://www.femmeon.show/

https://www.instagram.com/femmeoncollective/

The Romantasy Coven

https://romantasycoven.transistor.fm/

https://www.instagram.com/theromantasycoven/

Tony Holt Jr.

https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr

Previous collaborations:

The Birth of a Nation (1915) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan andguests Tony Holt Jr. & Fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7gXeIBxD0

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison (1952) with guests Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Spider-Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug

She-Hulk Podcast at Large, Ep 6: Just Jen with co-hostSpider-Dan and guests Tony Holt Jr, Ada McCartney, and Maff

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pVJsszZ0IWujgMOah7uEa?si=meVL32B7S8yTmwQBjwX2Kw

Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922) W/ Co-hostSpider-Dan and guests Ria Carrogan & Veronica Klash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBOPhNCx1s

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Gender Queerby Maia Kobabe with guests Ria Carrogan, Gregory Kompes, and Blake Byles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aSsuSR3CQ

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - The KiteRunner by Khaled Hosseini with guests Ria Carrogan, Amanda Skenandore, andSherry Rosenthal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX6NFKNxO8

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - And TangoMakes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell (2005) with guests RiaCarrogan, Diamond Larson, and Kevin M. Gallagher, Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EjDzDoauM

Femme on Film: Grease 2

https://www.femmeon.show/101

Femme on Film: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

https://www.femmeon.show/53

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Front Desk byKelly Yang with guests Oksana Marafioti, Michelle Yang, and Veronica Klash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn4JoY8Kc4I

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Parable of theSower by Octavia Butler (1993) with guests Oksana Marafioti, Gregory A. Kompes,and Jennia D'Lima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9G5vtMx-g

The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 49(Cuddle naked with your partner)

https://youtu.be/Mr4ZUy0cvmg?si=Oa6plArwscFfFORG

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/

https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd

Video Producer: JP Butler

Audio Producer: RiaCarrogan