Empathy and compassion is just the first step toward equity and inclusion. After reading about Natalee’s experience, you may find yourself wanting to understand more about transgender people’s experiences and the issues affecting them. Natalee and I are both educators, so of course we think knowledge and research is the key to achieving our goals of creating an equitable and inclusive society. As the expert in this area, Natalee compiled a list of resources to help our readers get started.
Children’s books, trans / gender non-conforming
I Am Jazz by Jessica Get them & Jazz Jennings
Annie’s Plaid Shirt by Stacy B David’s
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Jacob’s New Dress by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
Who Are You? The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee
YA fiction
George by Alex Vino
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Memoirs
Becoming a Man by P Carl
She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
She’s Not the Man I Married by Helen Boyd
Sissy by Jacob Tobia
Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
Sorted by Jackson Bird
Reference
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, Laura Erickson-Schroth ed.
Websites
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