Books and DVD’s That Deal With Transgender and
Gender-Independent Indivduals
Books for educators, parents, and helping professionals…
Laura Erickso-Schroth ed.; Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Comminity.; 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 Mangenta: 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
Books for educators, parents, and helping professionals…
Laura Erickso-Schroth ed.; Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Comminity.; 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 Mangenta: 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