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Books about gender and transgender rights, butch/femme, history, and activism.

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression By Anneliese A. Singh, Diane Ehrensaft (Foreword by) Cover Image
$25.95
ISBN: 9781626259461
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Published: New Harbinger Publications - February 2nd, 2018

How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self.


Am I Trans Enough?: How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self By Alo Johnston Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781839975349
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - February 21st, 2023

Am I Trans Enough? The answer is undoubtably yes. You are.

Alo Johnston has been where you are. From watching every transition story on YouTube and navigating online message boards for answers to finally starting testosterone and transitioning himself, he now walks alongside you every step of the way to guide you towards acceptance of who you truly are.


The Transmasculine Guide to Physical Transition: For Trans, Nonbinary, and Other Masculine Folks By Sage Buch Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781648410727
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Published: Microcosm Publishing - February 7th, 2023

Gender Euphoria By Laura Kate Dale (Editor) Cover Image
By Laura Kate Dale (Editor)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781800180567
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Published: Unbound - April 19th, 2022

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning.


Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities By Laura Erickson-Schroth (Editor) Cover Image
$39.95
ISBN: 9780190092726
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - April 15th, 2022

There is no one way to be transgender.


All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy By Tash Oakes-Monger Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781839971495
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - January 19th, 2023

'Transition has not been something linear for me, my joy has come in seasons.'

Now, more than ever, trans people deserve to hear stories of joy and hope, where being trans doesn't have to be defined by fear and dysphoria, but can be experienced through courage, freedom, and the love and acceptance of their chosen families.


She/He/They/Me: An Interactive Guide to the Gender Binary By Robyn Ryle Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781728242736
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Published: Sourcebooks - June 21st, 2022

An accessible guide for learning about gender identity for those questioning their own genders, generally curious about gender, or interested in better understanding someone else's identity.


Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between By Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781785924798
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - May 21st, 2019

'The book we all need for this moment in time.' CN LESTER
'An absolute must read' FOX FISHER
'A genius book' LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW


In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies By Dianna E. Anderson, Emily Vanderwerff (Foreword by) Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781506479248
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Published: Broadleaf Books - July 12th, 2022

For decades, our cultural discourse around trans and gender-diverse people has been viewed through a medical lens, through diagnoses and symptoms set down in books by cisgender doctors, or through a political lens, through dangerous caricatures invented by politicians clinging to power.


Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities By Jos Twist (Editor), Meg-John Barker (Editor), Kat Gupta (Editor) Cover Image
By Jos Twist (Editor), Meg-John Barker (Editor), Kat Gupta (Editor)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781787753396
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - April 21st, 2020

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT
'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHER

What does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?


How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity By Stuart Getty, Brooke Thyng (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Stuart Getty, Brooke Thyng (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781632173133
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Published: Sasquatch Books - September 29th, 2020

“This tender, smart, personal book is a gift. Stuart Getty generously shows us, with witty illustrations and kind humor, the hows and whys of they/them pronouns. A wonderful and necessary resource that is a delight to read.”
—Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot and Valencia


Pass with Care: Memoirs By Cooper Lee Bombardier Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781948340212
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Published: Dottir Press - June 9th, 2020

2021 FIRECRACKER AWARD FINALIST

FEATURED IN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY's STILL HERE, STILL QUEER: LBGTQ BOOKS 2020

FEATURED IN BOOK RIOT'S INDIE PRESS ROUND-UP: 10 GREAT NEW RELEASES FOR SUMMER


Trans Sex: A Guide for Adults By Kelvin Sparks Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781839970436
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - November 21st, 2022

Revolution Is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation By Qween Jean (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Joela Rivera (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Mikelle Street (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Cover Image
By Qween Jean (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Joela Rivera (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Mikelle Street (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
$45.00
ISBN: 9781597115308
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Published: Aperture - October 25th, 2022

Revolution Is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation is the powerful and celebratory visual record of a contemporary activist movement in New York City, and a moving testament to the enduring power of photography in activism, advocacy, and community.


Black Trans Feminism By Marquis Bey Cover Image
$33.29
ISBN: 9781478017813
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Published: Duke University Press - February 25th, 2022

In Black Trans Feminism Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each.


Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender By Dr. Kit Heyam, Ph.D Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781541603080
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Published: Seal Press - September 13th, 2022

A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity  

Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives.


The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All By Shon Faye Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781839768392
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Published: Verso - September 13th, 2022

An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voice

In this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice.


decolonizing trans/gender 101 By B. Binaohan Cover Image
$10.00
ISBN: 9780993793516
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Published: Biyuti Publishing - June 1st, 2014

tired of reading yet another trans/gender 101 entirely centered around white people and their normative narratives? tired of feeling like you must be _this_ tall to be trans enough to belong in the community ? tired of feeling like the white trans community is erasing your experiences? having gender feels but not understanding how they fit into the current white hegemonic discourse on gender?


Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity By C. Riley Snorton Cover Image
$24.95
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ISBN: 9781517901738
Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - December 5th, 2017

Winner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018
Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018
Winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor 2018
Winner of Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction 2018
Winner of the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from th


Fairest: A Memoir By Meredith Talusan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525561323
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Published: Penguin Books - June 8th, 2021

Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction
 
"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review

"A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous


The Trans Self-Care Workbook: A Coloring Book and Journal for Trans and Non-Binary People By Theo Lorenz Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781787753433
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - October 21st, 2020

If you're transgender, non-binary, or any other gender under the wide and wonderful trans umbrella, this book is for you. A creative journal and workbook with a difference, this book combines coloring pages celebrating trans identity, beauty and relationships, with practical advice, journaling prompts and space for reflection to promote self-affirmation and wellbeing.


Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity By Micah Rajunov (Editor), A. Scott Duane (Editor) Cover Image
By Micah Rajunov (Editor), A. Scott Duane (Editor)
$26.40
ISBN: 9780231185332
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Published: Columbia University Press - April 9th, 2019

What happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate. In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary.


Gender Queer: A Memoir By Maia Kobabe Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781549304002
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Published: Oni Press - May 28th, 2019

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here.


How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are By Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781785927461
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - September 21st, 2017

'Excellent' KATE BORNSTEIN
'The compassionate, accessible manual the world has been waiting for' LAURIE PENNY

Have you ever questioned your own gender identity? Do you know somebody who is transgender or who identifies as non-binary? Do you ever feel confused when people talk about gender diversity?


Seeing Gender By Iris Gottlieb, Kacen Callender (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Iris Gottlieb, Kacen Callender (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781797211978
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Published: Chronicle Books - April 26th, 2022

Now with a new foreword by National Book Award Winner Kacen Callender, this fascinating book on a relevant subject illustrates the complexities of gender and sexuality through history, science, sociology, and the author's own story.


Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story By Jacob Tobia Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735218840
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - March 3rd, 2020

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Transformative ... If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds." --The New York Times Book Review (A Paperback Row Pick)


Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition By P. Carl Cover Image
By P. Carl
$26.00
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ISBN: 9781982105099
Published: Simon & Schuster - January 28th, 2020

“A memoir that is jolting, honest, passionate, and beautifully written” (Claudia Rankine), Becoming a Man explores one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America.

Becoming a Man is the striking memoir of P. Carl’s journey to become the man he always knew himself to be.


I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World By Kai Cheng Thom Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781551527758
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Published: Arsenal Pulp Press - October 15th, 2019

Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature; American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book

What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith?


A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities (Quick & Easy Guides) By Mady G.  (Illustrator), Jules Zuckerberg (Illustrator), Mady G. , Jules Zuckerberg Cover Image
By Mady G. (Illustrator), Jules Zuckerberg (Illustrator), Mady G. , Jules Zuckerberg
$9.99
ISBN: 9781620105863
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Published: Limerence Press - April 23rd, 2019

A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!

In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world!


My Meteorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing By Harry Dodge Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143134367
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Published: Penguin Books - March 17th, 2020


New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
An expansive, radiant, and genre-defying investigation into bonding—and how we are shaped by forces we cannot fully know

 


Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You By Kathryn Gonzales, Karen Rayne, Anne Passchier (Illustrator) Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781433829833
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Published: Magination Press - August 27th, 2019

A groundbreaking all-inclusive, uncensored, must-have guide for teens who are living in this world, who identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, or are questioning their gender identity or how they express themselves, and for their cis-allies and advocates.


A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns (Quick & Easy Guides) By Archie Bongiovanni, Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni (Illustrator) Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781620104996
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Published: Limerence Press - June 12th, 2018

A quick, easy and important educational comic guide to using gender-neutral pronouns.

"A great, simple look at the importance of using correct pronouns; extremely accessible to those for whom gender-neutral language is a new concept." –– School Library Journal (starred review)

Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people no


They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities By Eris Young Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781785924835
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - September 19th, 2019

'The go-to book on everything non-binary' MEG-JOHN BARKER
'A succinct tour through the non-binary and genderqueer experience' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY


Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between By Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781785924798
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - May 21st, 2019

'The book we all need for this moment in time.' CN LESTER
'An absolute must read' FOX FISHER
'A genius book' LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW


Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture By Amos Mac (Editor), Rocco Kayiatos (Editor), Tiq Milan (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Amos Mac (Editor), Rocco Kayiatos (Editor), Tiq Milan (Introduction by)
$34.95
ISBN: 9781936932597
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Published: Amethyst Editions - June 11th, 2019

A dynamic celebration of trans male culture, this essential collection makes visible a decade of FTM and transmasculine experiences.

"A decade's worth of unfiltered conversations, radical art, and cultural shifts." --Them.


Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices By Freiya Benson (Editor) Cover Image
By Freiya Benson (Editor)
$21.95
ISBN: 9781785924323
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - August 21st, 2019

Selected as a 2019 LGBT Book of the Year by Dazed and Ms. Magazine


Amateur: A Reckoning with Gender, Identity, and Masculinity By Thomas Page McBee Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501168758
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Published: Scribner - May 14th, 2019

*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize

One of The Times UK’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018


Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People In Our Lives By Davey Shlasko, Kai Hofius (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Davey Shlasko, Kai Hofius (Illustrator)
$13.19
ISBN: 9780990636915
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Published: Think Again Training - October 1st, 2017

Revised, updated and expanded for 2017 - the new Trans Allyship Workbook is everything you've been wanting to read about trans allyship A workbook to help you build your understanding of trans communities and develop concrete skills for supporting trans people in your life, with over 100 pages of explanation, activities, illustrations and reflections including -


We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan By Lou Sullivan, Ellis Martin (Editor), Zach Ozma (Editor) Cover Image
By Lou Sullivan, Ellis Martin (Editor), Zach Ozma (Editor)
$21.95
ISBN: 9781643620176
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Published: Nightboat Books - September 24th, 2019

"Celebratory, even radical"--The New Yorker

"Monumental"--Hyperallergic


Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More By Janet Mock Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781476709130
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Published: Atria Books - December 2nd, 2014

New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the 2015 WOMEN'S WAY Book Prize • Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist • Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • Lambda Literary Award Finalist • Time Magazine “30 Most Influential People on the Internet” • American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book
 


Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation By Kate Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781580053082
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Published: Seal Press - August 31st, 2010

In the 15 years since the release of Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein's groundbreaking challenge to gender ideology, transgender narratives have made their way from the margins to the mainstream and back again. Today's transgenders and other sex/gender radicals are writing a drastically new world into being.


You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery By Dara Hoffman-Fox, Zinnia Jones (Foreword by), Sam Dylan Finch (Foreword by), Zander Keig (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Dara Hoffman-Fox, Zinnia Jones (Foreword by), Sam Dylan Finch (Foreword by), Zander Keig (Introduction by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781510723054
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Published: Skyhorse - September 26th, 2017

Are you wrestling with questions surrounding your gender that just don’t seem to go away?


Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog) By Joy Ladin Cover Image
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Published: University of Wisconsin Press - October 8th, 2013

National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Memoir

Professor Jay Ladin made headlines around the world when, after years of teaching literature at Yeshiva University, he returned to the Orthodox Jewish campus as a woman—Joy Ladin.


Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue By Nicholas Teich Cover Image
$25.20
ISBN: 9780231157131
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Published: Columbia University Press - March 13th, 2012

Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination. Chapters introduce transgenderism and its psychological, physical, and social processes.


Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman By Leslie Feinberg Cover Image
$25.95
ISBN: 9780807079416
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Published: Beacon Press - June 30th, 1997

With a New Afterword


Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution (Seal Studies) By Susan Stryker Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781580056892
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Published: Seal Press - November 7th, 2017

A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout


Gender Failure By Ivan Coyote, Rae Spoon Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781551525365
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Published: Arsenal Pulp Press - April 8th, 2014

"Being a girl was something that never really happened for me."--Rae Spoon


Bible and the Transgender Experience: How Scripture Supports Gender Variance By Linda Herzer Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780829820423
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Published: Pilgrim Press - November 1st, 2016

The Bible and the Transgender Experience explores: Whether or not God creates only two genders What Jesus had to say about gender variance Various understandings of "the cross-dressing passage" Gender variant groups and individuals in scripture The movement, within scripture itself, from the exclusion of gender variant people to their inclusion within the people of God


Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity By Julia Serano Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781580056229
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Published: Seal Press - March 8th, 2016

This classic manifesto is “a foundational text for anyone hoping to understand transgender politics and culture in the U.S.


decolonizing trans/gender 101 By B. Binaohan Cover Image
$10.00
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Published: Biyuti Publishing - June 1st, 2014

tired of reading yet another trans/gender 101 entirely centered around white people and their normative narratives? tired of feeling like you must be _this_ tall to be trans enough to belong in the community ? tired of feeling like the white trans community is erasing your experiences? having gender feels but not understanding how they fit into the current white hegemonic discourse on gender?


The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions By Jo Green Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781785922275
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - August 21st, 2017

Individuals who transition from one gender to another are often in some degree of a relationship, and over 55% of these relationships endure through the transition process.