Davidson Bookstore Holds Reading In Support Of Transgender Youth

DAVIDSON, NC — Davidson’s Main Street Books will join scores of bookstores from around the country this week in showing support for transgender and non-binary youth by participating in the Jazz and Friends National Day of School and Community Readings.

This is the fourth year for the event, which began after a national anti-LGBTQ hate group bullied a young girl in Wisconsin, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

In Davidson, the event will be held Feb. 28 from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Main Street Books, located at 126 South Main Street in Davidson.

Here’s what Main Street Books says about the event:

Main Street Books is pleased to partner with Lake Norman Connects to offer a special reading of Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. Storyteller Jamie will follow Julián’s journey of self-love and sequined tails with a guided discussion geared toward elementary-aged readers.

This reading will coincide with other Jazz and Friends readings transpiring across the nation, bringing together thousands of people in schools and communities in support of transgender and non-binary youth. Jazz and Friends is an initiative introduced by Welcoming Schools, a branch of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation that strives to offer resources and programming to educators that render learning environments more inclusive of the LGBTQ community.

Although the discussion will be most appropriate for early and middle readers, all ages and identities are welcome to attend! And after the reading, mosey over to Ben & Jerry’s, where a portion of all proceeds between 5 and 7 pm will benefit LKN Connects, so they can bring more LGBTQ events and resources to Lake Norman.

Read more about the national campaign and how to get involved here.

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