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             Books and DVD’s That Deal With Transgender and Gender-Independent Individuals
Books for educators, parents, and helping professionals…

Laura Erickso-Schroth ed.; Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.; Oxford Press  2014


 Elizabeth J. Meyer & Annie Pullen Sansfacon, Ed; Supporting Transgender & Gender Creative Youth:  Schools, Families, and Communities in Action; Peter Lang 2014

 Brill & Pepper; The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals; Cleis Press,  Inc, CA; 2008

 Diane Ehrensaft, PhD; Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children;  The Experiment, LLC, NY; 2011

 Mary Boenke; Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones; Walter Trook Publishing, CA; 1999

 Brown & Rounsley; True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals; Jossey-Bass         Press, CA; 1996

General non-fiction/autobiographical…

   Janet Mock; Redefining Realness   

   Jenny Boylan; She’s Not There

   Jenny Boylan; I’m Looking Through You

   Julia  Serano; Whipping Girl

   Helen Boyd; My Husband, Betty

   Helen Boyd; She’s  Not The Man I Married


   Jan Morris; Conundrum


A huge list of books for/about young people on this website:     http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11446.Booklist_for_Trans_Youth



Picture books for young people of all ages…

   Phyllis Rothblatt, MFT; All I Want To Be Is Me; 2011  (If you go to Phyllis’s website, you can listen to a wonderful song that accompanies  the book.)

   Jennifer Carr; Be Who You Are!;  Author House, IN; 2010

   Jazz Jennings;  I Am Jazz;  Dial Press 2014

   Julie Brinkloe; Fireflies!; Aladdin Paperbacks, NY; 1986

   Cheryl Kilodavis; My Princess Boy;  Aladdin, NY; 2011

   Tomie dePaola; Oliver Button Is A Sissy; Voyager Books, FL; 1979

   Marcus Ewert; 10,000 Dresses; Seven Stories Press, NY; 2008

Books For middle school and teens…

   Susan Kuklin; Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out; Candlewick Pub 2014 (also available in audio format)

   Julie Ann Peters; Luna; Little-Brown; 2006

   Ellen Wittlinger; Parrotfish; Simon and Schuster; 2007

   Kelly Huegel; GLBTQ: The Survival Guide For Queer And Questioning Teens; Free Spirit Pub; 2003

Movies that deal with young gender nonconformists (most available on Netflix)

   Trans  (This is the most up to date documentary about what it means to be trans) 
   
Ma Vie En Rose (My Life In Pink)
      
Tomboy

 Pariah

 TransNation (young adults dealing with transitioning)

  Red Without Blue

  Beautiful Boxer

  Gun Hill Road

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