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• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

  a Resource for the Transgender Community

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  Authored entirely by transgender and genderqueer writers, this guide acts as a vital resource for exploring gender diversity and learning about important issues in the trans community.

• Beyond the Gender Binary

  Vaid-Menon, Alok,

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  Gender identity isn't black and white—it's a full spectrum of color. Read about creative expressions of gender from poet and artist Alok Vaid-Menon.

• Miss Major Speaks

  Conversation With a Black Trans Revolutionary

  Meronek, Toshio

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  A veteran of the Stonewall Riots, Miss Major recounts her last fifty years on the front lines for queer liberation.

• Gender Explained

  a New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World

  Ehrensaft, Diane,

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  Break free from the binary and learn about gender creativity from trustworthy leaders in the cultural and political space.

• Homebody

  Parish, Theo,

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  In this hopeful memoir, Theo learns how to feel at home in their body, despite bad haircuts, gender norms and the challenging culture of their high school.

• Nonbinary

  Memoirs of Gender and Identity

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  Thirty authors from different ages, races, religions and classes share their first-hand experiences as gender nonconforming individuals.

• Pageboy

  a Memoir

  Page, Elliot, 1987-

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  After spending years in the spotlight, Oscar nominee Elliot Page shares the journey to embrace his true identity.

• This Is Our Rainbow

  16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us

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  An LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers, this collection features stories of fantasy, history and modern life.

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  Gender Queer is a touching story of Maia's journey as a nonbinary person navigating life, crushes and coming out.

• Enlightened Transsexual Comix

  by Sam Szabo

  Szabo, Sam,

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  This highly fantastical story follows our heroine through a raw wasteland, in a psychedelic stew of social satire.

• Free to Be

  Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  Turban, Jack L.,

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  Jack L. Turban is a psychiatrist with a specialty in helping transgender youth. In this guide, he shares support, encouragement and education for those with gender diverse youth in their lives.

• Tomorrow Will Be Different

  Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

  McBride, Sarah, 1990-

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  Politician Sarah McBride shares the story of her viral public transition, career as a White House activist and battle for equal rights.

• Becoming Who We Are

  Real Stories About Growing Up Trans

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  Read about how a group of transgender youth grew up and accomplished their dreams of becoming musicians, actors, scientists, forest rangers and activists.

• Felix Ever After

  Callender, Kacen,

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  After an attempt at revenge goes awry, transgender teen Felix ends up in a messy love triangle with his bully and his best friend.

• Sissy

  A Coming-of-Gender Story

  Tobia, Jacob, 1991-

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  Creative and glitter-obsessed Jacob often struggled to fit in and find their way. In this memoir, Jacob challenges stereotypes and explores what gender could mean in a healed world.

• I Hope We Choose Love

  a Trans Girl's Notes From the End of the World

  Thom, Kai Cheng,

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  What can we hope for at the end of the world? Kai Cheng Thom journeys through the confessional, political, and literary in this moving collection of personal essays and poems.

• A Short History of Trans Misogyny

  Gill-Peterson, Jules,

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  Historian Jules Gill-Peterson weaves together stories across time to answer one simple question: why does violence against trans women happen?

• Marsha

  the Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

  Tourmaline,

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  Marsha P. Johnson is one of the most iconic figures of LGBTQIA+ history. Learn the history behind Marsha's revolutionary life in this stunning biography.

• Stone Butch Blues

  a Novel

  Feinberg, Leslie, 1949-2014,

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  Stone Butch Blues shares the story of the hardship the queer community faced before the Stonewall Riots.