Cassius Adair

Sylveon Consulting

As Sylveon Consulting, my business partner Tuck Woodstock and I provide media organizations and non-profits with consulting, fact-checking, and education on trans and non-binary history, narrative, and politics. Please visit our Contact page to hire me, Tuck, or one of our network partners.

Sensitivity Reading

I also serve as a sensitivity reader / diversity reader for gender and sexuality issues in fiction and non-fiction, especially transgender representation. Rates are negotiable, but my base fee is $300 for a full-length manuscript (60K words). I’ve worked with mainstream novelists at big presses and I’m happy to work with you too. If you’re interested, email me.

Cass Adair read an early draft of my novel The Vanishing Half and provided invaluable feedback that helped shape a trans character in the book. I was worried about not only rendering an experience different than my own but also writing a trans character in a time period in which I was not even alive. Cass blew me away with his feedback, not only pointing out inaccuracies in my draft but also providing additional historical context that helped shape this character’s world. He spotted problems I could not see and also helped me brainstorm solutions. Cass is a generous, insightful reader, and I’d recommend his services and Sylveon Consulting to any writer.

—Brit Bennett, best-selling author of The Mothers and The Vanishing Half