So the petition to Amazon for them to create a transgender fiction genre ran up to 223 signatures and then it just stalled. Considering the amount of hits we get on this site, I think we can hit the goal of 1000 signatures in a day if people just took a few minutes out of their busy schedules to sign.

Here is why it's important in one word - Legitimacy. Here's another one word answer - equality. The L and the G and the B have their own genre. They have their own best seller lists and their own top author list, they enjoy people finding their work easier without it being lost in a sea of erotica. Now, I'm not bashing erotica, but I know there are some who just want to read a nice story without sex. This is a call to arms. I wish someone else was doing it that was more popular and well liked, but it's me. Do it for the cause. Do it because it is right. Signing the petition isn't going to out anyone because only the execs at Amazon will see it. I also got a nice letter from them saying we'll look into it and probably get around to it sometime. Let's show them that there is interest.

I am not a big rah rah person. My life was on the mat and not with pom poms. But got help me, if I have to get on top of a human pyramid I will and you will have to explain to the small girl on the bottom why she needs back surgery.

Let's get it done.

http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-please-start-a-transg...