RECOMMENDED

READING

General & Biographies

  • She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders - Jennifer Finney Boylan

  • Transsexual Men on Finding Brotherhood, Family, and Themselves - Zander Keig & Mitch Kellaway

  • Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen - Jazz Jennings

  • Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More - Janet Mock

  • Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders - Jennifer Finney Boylan

  • Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Seal’s Journey to Coming out Transgender - Kristen Beck

  • I’m Not The Man I Used To Be - Keena Dixon

  • Tea and Transition - Nicola Jane Chase

  • Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of US - by Kate Bornstein

  • Beyond Magenta - Susan Kuklin

  • Whipping Girls - Julia Serano

  • Alice in Genderland- A Crossdresser Comes of Age - Richard Novic, MD

  • Transition: Becoming Who I Was Always Meant to Be _ Chaz Bono

  • In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life - Jamie Windust

  • How They/Them: A Visual Guide To Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity - Stuart Getty

For Spouses & Significant Others

  • Between Shadow and Sun: A Husband’s Journey Through Gender _ A Wife’s Labor of Love _ Tina White

  • My Husband’s A Woman Now: A Shared Journey of Transition and Love - Leslie Hilburn Fabian

  • Love, Always: Partners of Trans People on Intimacy, Challenge and Resilience _ Jordan Johnson

  • Head over Heels: Wives Who Stay with Cross-Dressers and Transsexuals- Virginia Ehrhardt

  • She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband - Helen Boyd

  • Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders - Diane and Jackson Minshall

  • My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser - Helen Boyd

  • Trans-Kin: A Guide for Family & Friends of Transgender People - Cameron Whitley

  • The Trans Partner Handbook - Jo Green

  • Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family - Amanda Jette Knox

For Parents

  • Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers - Michele Angelo & Alisa Bowman

  • Mom, I Need to be a Girl - Just Evelyn

  • Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family - Amy Elliss Nutt

  • I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a Transgender Child - Cheryl B. Evans

  • Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son by Lori Duron

  • My Daughter He: Transitioning With Our Transgender Children - Candace Waldron

  • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals - Stephanie Brill

  • Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen - Arin Andrews

  • Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children - Rachel Pepper

  • Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents - Irwin Krieger

    Mother Talk Conversations with Mothers of Lesbian Daughters and FTM Transgender Children - Sarah F. Pearlman

  • Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached - Hillary Whittington

  • The Transgender Teen - Stephanie Brill

For Children

  • Red: A Crayon’s Story - Michael Hall

  • Jacob’s New Dress - Sarah and Ian Hoffman

  • I am Jazz - Jassica Herthel/Jazz Jennings

  • Introducing Teddy - Jessica Walton

  • Who Are you - Brook Pessin-Whedbee

Reference Books

  • Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community - Laura Ericson Schroth

  • The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity - Rylan Jay Testa, PhD

  • Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue - Nicholas M Teich

  • The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition - Ann L. Boedecker

  • Affirmed: An Inclusive Guide to Medical and Surgical Transition - Dr. Sidhbh Gallagher