Get a trans book in classrooms!
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Hey there!
I am Sophie Labelle, a cartoonist as well as a children's literature author.
As a former elementary school teacher, I know how limited classroom budgets are, but as someone who grew up trans, I also know how important it is for trans youth to be in contact with positive trans fictional characters. So here's my idea :
I made this children's book titled "A Girl Like Any Other" about four years ago, about a young girl's transition and her family and friends. It's basically the book that launched my career as an author. It allowed me to draw more and to meet some of the most amazing families that I know, and gave me the background setting for my comic series "Assigned Male".
As it's almost back-to-school time, I want to send copies of the book for free to elementary teachers that are willing to have it in their classrooms. All they will have to do is to send me a message at [email redacted] or on Facebook before August 15th.
The goal is to get the budget to print 200 copies as well as enough money to cover shipping fees for all over the world. I'll adjust the goal if I see that the demand is higher than that.
It costs around 8$ to print one single copy, and we can estimate a median of 4$ for the shipping (it's 2$ for Canada - where I live, - 3$ for the US and 5.50$ worldwide). We need to add 7% for the handling of the money by GoFundMe and Paypal, so that's 12.84$ per copy - so 2568$ for 200 copies.
If there's any money left from the campaign, it will be donated to the Trans Lifeline.
I am Sophie Labelle, a cartoonist as well as a children's literature author.
As a former elementary school teacher, I know how limited classroom budgets are, but as someone who grew up trans, I also know how important it is for trans youth to be in contact with positive trans fictional characters. So here's my idea :
I made this children's book titled "A Girl Like Any Other" about four years ago, about a young girl's transition and her family and friends. It's basically the book that launched my career as an author. It allowed me to draw more and to meet some of the most amazing families that I know, and gave me the background setting for my comic series "Assigned Male".
As it's almost back-to-school time, I want to send copies of the book for free to elementary teachers that are willing to have it in their classrooms. All they will have to do is to send me a message at [email redacted] or on Facebook before August 15th.
The goal is to get the budget to print 200 copies as well as enough money to cover shipping fees for all over the world. I'll adjust the goal if I see that the demand is higher than that.
It costs around 8$ to print one single copy, and we can estimate a median of 4$ for the shipping (it's 2$ for Canada - where I live, - 3$ for the US and 5.50$ worldwide). We need to add 7% for the handling of the money by GoFundMe and Paypal, so that's 12.84$ per copy - so 2568$ for 200 copies.
If there's any money left from the campaign, it will be donated to the Trans Lifeline.
Organizer
Sophie Labelle
Organizer
Montréal, QC
