Thursday, March 31, 2022

Today is Trans Visibility day


     

President Joe Biden officially proclaimed March 31, 2021, as a Transgender Day of Visibility, proclaiming in part, “I call upon all Americans to join in the fight for full equality for all transgender people." The White House published this proclamation; this made Biden the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the Transgender Day of Visibility. - Wikipedia

     


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More from the Library


With honor and integrity : transgender troops in their own words

Máel Embser-Herbert  Book
This book shares the experiences of transgender military personnel, past and present. While a growing body of research demonstrates that a ban on open service harms the US military and that trans service members make invaluable contributions, here we turn to the experiences of the service members themselves, hearing from them in their own words


Before I had the words : on being a transgender young adult
Author: 
Kergil, Skylar, Book
At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Kergil posted his first video on YouTube. In the months and years that followed, he recorded weekly update videos about the physical and emotional changes he experienced. Skylar's openness and positivity attracted thousands of viewers, who followed along as his voice deepened and his body changed shape. Through surgeries and recovery, highs and lows, from high school to college to the real world, Skylar welcomed others on his journey.



Transgender rights by Marty Erickson
The fight for equal rights? -- What are transgender rights? -- Why are transgender rights important? -- Who is working toward transgender rights? -- What is the future of transgender rights?


















Book List from GLSEN
More resources from GLSEN

I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel

Book 
From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl’s brain in a boy’s body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn’t feel like herself in boys’ clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. Jazz’s story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers.

Melissa by Alex Gino

Book | eBook | eAudiobook | Spanish

Transphobia, Mild Violence

George isn’t a boy, but everyone else seems to think she is. She knows she’s a girl. When her teacher announces that their class will be performing Charlotte’s Web, George desperately wants to try out for Charlotte instead of Wilbur (the boy’s role). Her teacher is dismissive, but George eventually finds allies in those around her and begins to show the world her true self. George is a beautiful story of discovery and the Trans experience which will resonate with readers of all ages. The novel portrays the experience in a way that is both authentic and understandable to young readers as well.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Book 

Violence, Death

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. 

When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Book Audiobook

Attempted r*pe, Homophobic Slurs, Transphobia, Suicide Attempt

Amanda Hardy is the new girl at school. Like everyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is holding back. Even from Grant, the guy she’s falling in love with. Amanda has a secret. At her old school, she used to be called Andrew. And secrets always have a way of getting out...

Birthday by Meredith Russo

Book eAudiobook

Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Homophobia, Parental Abuse, Suicide Attempt

Meet Morgan and Eric: born on the same day, at the same time and bonded for life. In this moving dual narrative, we meet them every birthday from the age of thirteen, as Eric figures out who he is, as Morgan decides to live as her true self, and as they realize they are inextricably part of each other.

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver 

Book | eAudiobook

Suicidal Ideation, Being Disowned, Child Abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria

When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents’ rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school. But Ben’s attempts to survive the last half of senior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. As Ben and Nathan’s friendship grows, their feelings for each other begin to change, and what started as a disastrous turn of events looks like it might just be a chance to start a happier new life. At turns heartbreaking and joyous, I Wish You All the Best is both a celebration of life, friendship, and love, and a shining example of hope in the face of adversity.

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Book eBook |  eAudiobook

Transphobia, Allusions to Homophobia, Allusions to Deadnaming, Assorted Bullying, Catfishing

Felix is attending an ultra-competitive arts summer program to have a better shot at a full scholarship to Brown when someone posts Felix’s dead name beside photos of him, pre-transition, in the school’s lobby. Felix’s plot to get revenge throws him onto the path of love and self-discovery.

Out! How to Be Your Authentic Self by Kacen Callender

Book eAudiobook

The ultimate coming out survival guide by queer and trans activist-and social media superstar-Miles McKenna Activist

Miles McKenna came out on his YouTube channel in 2017, documenting his transition to help other teens navigate their identities and take charge of their own coming-out stories. From that wisdom comes Out!, the ultimate coming-out survival guide. Find validation, inspiration, and support for your questions big and small-whether you’re exploring your identity or seeking to understand the experience of an awesome queer person in your life.

sorted by Jackson Bird
Book 

Dysphoria

When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to his friends, family, and anyone in the world with an internet connection.

Assigned female at birth and raised as a girl, he often wondered if he should have been born a boy. Jackson didn’t share this thought with anyone because he didn’t think he could share it with anyone. Growing up in Texas in the 1990s,

he had no transgender role models. He barely remembers meeting anyone who was openly gay, let alone being taught that transgender people existed outside of punchlines.

DREADNOUGHT by April Daniels 

Book eBook 

Ableism & Ableist Language, Transphobia, Homophobia, Misgendering & Deadnaming, Physical, Emotional & Verbal Parental Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, Murder, Bullying, Doxxing

Danny Tozer has a problem: She just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be. Now there’s no hiding that she’s a girl.


BEYOND THE GENDER BINARY by Alok Vaid Menon  

Book | eBook eAudiobook

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today’s leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination

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