Our members recommend …
Non-Fiction
Gender Born, Gender Made (2011); The Gender Creative Child (2016) by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD.
She has decades of experience with gender nonconforming children and lives and works in the Bay area.
Becoming Nicole; The Transformation of an American Family (2015) by Amy Ellis Nutt.
Mom, I Need to be a Girl by Just Evelyn.
Published as a book and also online at http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html
Helping Your Transgender Teen; A Guide for Parents (2011) by Irwin Krieger
A short, simple introduction, but makes guidelines for medical transition sound more inflexible than they are.
The Transgender Teen (2016) by Brill and Kenney (associated with Gender Spectrum).
Mixed reviews – a lecturing tone, some vocabulary errors; but appreciated by some parents just starting out. Addresses non-binary.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out (2015) by Susan Kuklin.
How to They / Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity (2020) by Stuart Getty
Becoming a Visible Man, 2nd ed (2020) by Jamison Green.
Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience (2006) by Matt Kailey.
Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance (2nd Ed 2013; Kindle 2021) by Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why it Matters (2023) by Schuyler Bailor.
He is the first transgender man to compete in an NCAA Division I sport (swimming for Harvard)
Free to Be: Understanding Kids and Gender Identity (2024) by Jack Turban, M.D.
Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir) (2020) by Jackson Bird
Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not (2009) by Joanne Herman.
She’s Not There; A Life in Two Genders (2003) by Jennifer Finney Boylan.
The author is an English professor who transitioned in adulthood (with a wife and kids). Very readable and great perspective.
Through the Door of Life; A Jewish Journey between Genders (2012) by Joy Ladin.
This author was also an English professor who transitioned in adulthood with a wife and kids.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (2007) by Julia Serano
My Child is Transgender: 10 Tips for Parents of Adult Trans Children (Kindle 2012, 28 pages) by Matt Kailey
Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults; A Guide for Professionals and Families (2019) by Finn Gratton.
Office for therapy in Mountain View.
Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism; Voices From Across the Spectrum (2019) by Mendes and Maroney.
See also:
- Gender Identity Awareness Network book list, including books for children.
- LGBT National Help Center’s Booklist
Fiction
Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Digital Media
Trevor Project: Sharing Space. Episode 1. Daniel Radcliff moderates a conversation with trans and nonbinary young people (~20 min YouTube)
I Changed My Mind Episode 1. a mother who learned how to support and affirm her trans son, after religion-based rejection. (~15 min YouTube)
Erin Reed, Erin In The Morning: erininthemorning.com; youtube.com/@ErinInTheMorning; substack.com/@erininthemorn
Ben Greene, Good Queer News: substack.com/@transolderbrother
Schuyler Bailar: pinkmantaray.com; Dear Schuyler podcast
And see LGBT National Help Center’s suggested online media including podcasts, webcomics, films, and playlist.
