Explore what it means to be you with your own personal Trans Survival Workbook! Combining essential tips and practical advice with quizzes, activities and reflective exercises, this interactive journal allows you to document your transition, engage with your feelings and improve your mental health. With coming-out letters, colouring pages, fun games and inspiring stories, it is the perfect toolkit for discovering who you are and what your gender identity, gender expression and pronouns mean to y...
Transgender Lives (Complex Stories Complex Voices)
by Alison Benke
Meet Katie, Hayden, Dean, Brooke, David, Julia, and Natasha. Each of these transgender individuals tell how they came to understand, accept, and express their gender identities, as well as the sorrows and successes they experienced. Author Biography, Bibliography, Full-Color Photographs, Further Reading, Foreword, Glossary, Index, Organizations, Photo Captions, Primary Source Quotations, Resource List, Sidebars, Source Notes, Timeline, Table of Contents, TV/Film/Video Resources, Webs.
When Rosie first embarked on exploring her sexuality, she didn't know where to start and spent a long time longing for something that didn't feel possible to her. Every woman wants to be able to explore their sexuality, but it can be hard to approach dating in a way that feels authentic when the information out there is limited, and you may not have friends in the queer community already. So maybe the first step is to turn to the internet, but that can feel like falling into a black hole of info...
Ignite your inner activist, receive comfort against adversity and be inspired by Poems to Save the World With, a selection of classic and modern poetry selected and beautifully illustrated by Chris Riddell.Poetry can galvanize, uplift and inspire us to affect change in our lives – and in the world. In this gorgeous anthology, Chris Riddell brings his trademark intricate, exquisite artwork to his own selection of poetry, speaking to hope, happiness, lockdown, hardship and rebellion. With poetry o...
Katie Rain Hill realised very young that a serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie”—the girl trapped within her—was determined to live. In this first-person account, Katie reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to t...
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Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project
by Gayle E. Pitman and Sarah Green
A pioneering psychologist, Hooker was a poet and a towering figure in LGBTQ+ rights. This evocative biography tells the story of Evelyn Hooker, the extraordinary woman behind the research, advocacy, and allyship that led to the removal of the “Homosexuality” diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Written by Stonewall award-winning author Gayle Pitman, Hooker’s groundbreaking work is captured like never before. At the end of the book, a “Note to Readers” prov...
Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today’s leading activists and artists. In this installment, The New Queer Conscience, Voices4 Founder and LGBTQIA activist Adam Eli offers a candid and compassionate introduction to queer responsibility. Eli calls on his Jewish faith to underline how kindness and support within the queer community can lead to a stronger global consciousness. More importantly, he reassures us that we’re not alone. In fact, we never were. Bec...
*"[An] excellent exercise in narrative nonfiction." --Booklist (starred review) From New York Times bestselling author Andrew Maraniss comes the remarkable true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown. On October 2nd, 1977, Glenn Burke, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, made history without even swinging a bat. When his teammate Dusty Bak...
Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. The Full Spectrum includes a variety of writers—gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioning—on a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/f...
A poetry book like no other, He, She, They, Us pulls together poems from queer poets both old and new – from Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes to the likes of Jay Hulme, Dean Atta, Josie Giles, Nikita Gill, Theo Parish and Travis Alabanza. This anthology celebrates queerness in all its forms and takes us through the experiences that make us who we are today.Collected and introduced by editor, writer and anthologist Charlie Castelletti, He, She, They, Us: Queer Poems contains an in...
Coming Out: Insights and Tips for Teenagers offers compassionate insight into the hows and whys of coming out. Whether you are struggling with coming out yourself or wanting to help a friend or family member, this book seeks to provide answers to some of the questions you may have. Written from the perspective of the LGBTQIA+ community with firsthand accounts from fellow teenagers, this book addresses the issues and concerns of today that will resonate with anyone wishing to come out and live a...
Self-Acceptance and Identity Affirmations for LGBT+ Teens (Ages 12-18)#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult LGBTQ+ Issues, LGBTQ+ Issues, Maturing, and Civil and Human Rights A positive affirmations book with invaluable information for all queer teens Inspirational and motivational quotes and information. Queer Cheer provides advice and words of wisdom encouraging teens to find—and keep—their inner rainbow. Covering topics relevant to lgbt+ teens today, this instructional book includes everythi...
Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a three-time world champion in track from South Africa. Since her first spectacular performance at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin, she has been at the center of a growing debate about female eligibility rules in professional athletics because of her naturally high testosterone levels. After she was forced to take devastating hormone-altering drugs in order to continue competing, this debate has moved to center stage in the future of i...
Love Makes a Family: Friends, Family, and Significant Others (Lgbtq Life)
by Willi Vision
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!...
Not that long ago, laws throughout the country criminalized homosexual behavior, the medical community viewed being gay as a sign of mental illness, and coming out could lead to being fired, shunned, and disowned. Then came Stonewall. And things began to change. In her dramatic retelling of the Stonewall riots of 1969, award-winner Ann Bausum introduces teen readers to the decades-long struggle for gay rights. Vividly narrated and illustrated with archival photographs, Stonewall demonstrates how...