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Join us this month reading Lambda Lit Award finalist Woodworking

18 hrs ago • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Kiss all the time. Sauna, frequently. 💦

It's hard out there, let's dance and recline on sweat-dripping cedar.

May 16 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Wheels (and music and lyrics) of dreams

Remembering the girl who taught me new music and this month's BABC read

May 9 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?

Rather, join me on the Road to Hell... and live on Zoom with Jordy Rosenberg Wed April 29

Apr 27 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Postcard from the poppies.

We're reading Jordy Rosenberg's latest Night Night Fawn this month—Join us April 29 on Zoom.

Apr 5 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

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Thank you, Judith.

Mar 25, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

The Love Report

Apr 17, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Everyone is aware, now what?

Nov 20, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Branding for equality.

Mar 31, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Being Alive Book Club

Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?

Rather, join me on the Road to Hell... and live on Zoom with Jordy Rosenberg Wed April 29

Apr 27 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

The Definitive Book Of Pick-up Ledes By Max Delsohn

Book club meets tomorrow night with Max!

Nov 16, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

BABC reads "Trans Kids, Our Kids"

This month, we’re reading Trans Kids, Our Kids — a remarkable narrative and advocacy project written in support of trans kids and their families. In the…

Oct 23, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Being Alive

Being Alive

A weeklyish newsletter amplifying trans joy and home to the Being Alive Book Club 📚️🏳️‍⚧️✨. Also frequently mentioned: design, art, parenting, making, and musical theater.

Transmasc Library

"Nothing that can happen now can compare to how awful it felt to be pre-transition." — Oliver Radclyffe

Happy Pride! Oliver Radclyffe joins the Being Alive Book Club to talk sex, transition, and parenting.

Jun 29, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

"Transition in and of itself is a sacred and holy thing." — Kyle Lukoff

A conversation with prolific author Kyle Lukoff on fighting for ourselves, our friends, and the world we want.

Apr 12, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Kyle's (in)complete guide to writer Kyle (Lukoff)

A love letter to my friend and an intro to his many, many transformational books.

Mar 26, 2025 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Basking in love and books. ☀️❤️📚️

Updates to A Transmasc Library (now 63 titles!), three transmasc beach reads, and a little love story.

Jul 21, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Organizing my transmasculine library

Setting up my study.

Jan 13, 2024 • Kyle Ranson-Walsh

Recommendations

Woman of Letters

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Alexander Chee

GAYLETTER by Tom & Abi

GAYLETTER

Daniel Lavery

Carly Ayres

Being Alive is a reader-supported publication and book club.