Books

The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff

Kryss Shane, MS, MSW, LSW, LMSW The rates of bullying, truancy due to lack of safety in schools, and subsequent suicidality for LGBT+ youth are exponentially higher than for non-LGBT+ youth. As a result, many American K-12 students are suffering needlessly and many school leaders are unsure of what to do. This book solves that problem.

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Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders

Kryss Shane, MS, MSW, LSW, LMSW Setting out best practices and professional guidance for creating LGBT+ inclusive workplaces, this approachable and easy to follow book guides current and future leaders of all industries toward appropriate and proven ways to create safer working environments, update company policies, enhance continuing education and training, and better support LGBT+ people in the workplace.

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Mom, I Need To Be A Girl

by Just Evelyn This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook, , explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state.

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Tomorrow Will Be Different

Sarah McBride

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Raising Ryland

Hillary Whittington

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The Transgender Child: A Handbook For Families And Professionals

by Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper (Paperback) This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state.

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Transgender Emergence

by Arlene Istar Lev, CSW-R, CASAC An outstanding book of historical and the most current guidelines for addressing the needs of all gender-variant people, including transgendered children and youth.

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True Selves

by Mildred L. Brown, Ph.D and Chloe Ann Rounsley A serious book by a therapist with over 25 years of working with transgender individuals.

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Extensive Book List

Provided by Stand with Trans This list includes an annotated list of transgender and gender non-conforming themed materials, listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name. The list includes (in order): Children’s Picture Books - for littles of preschool and early elementary school ages Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction for elementary school ages Young Adult Fiction, Biographies, Nonfiction and Magazines for middle school and high school ages Books, Training Resources, and Articles and Information of Interest for Parents and Adults including Fiction, Biographies, Nonfiction, and Articles Transgender Themed Documentaries, Feature Length Films, Television Shows.

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Allies & Angels

by Terri and Vince Cook For 15 years, the proud parents of two young men thought their younger son was their daughter. Allies & Angels is a story of strength, compassion and unconditional love−sharing how these parents supported their son’s transition and the lessons learned along the way. Learning their daughter was really their son taught them who they are and who they want to be. When you order a copy of this book via this link using discount code TRANSKIDSPRF, $1 will be donated to the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation.

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Becoming Nicole

Amy Ellis Nutt

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Beyond Magenta

Susan Kuklin

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Finding The Real Me

by Tracie O’Keefe and Katrina Fox A compilation of stories by transgender people about their accepting, transitioning, and coming out process.

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Families in Transition

Arlene I. Lev and Andrew R. Gottlieb

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He’s Always Been My Son

Janna Masia Barkin

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Made In God's Image

by Ann Thompson Cook and Dumbarton United Methodist Church “An exceptional resource for people of faith who want to open their hearts to a wider discussion of gender issues.” – Rev. Erin K. Swenson.” You can request a copy by email.

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Sam Is My Sister

by Ashley Rhodes-C Based on one family’s real-life experiences, this heartwarming story of a girl named Sam and the brothers who love and support her will resonate with readers everywhere.

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