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Important Websites with Information

National Center for Transgender Equality
transequality.org
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment. NCTE was founded in 2003 by transgender activists who saw the urgent need for a consistent voice in Washington, DC for transgender people

TransYouth Family Allies (TYFA)
www.imatyfa.org
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers, and communities to develop supportive environments where gender may be expressed and respected.

Transgender Law Center
www.transgenderlawcenter.org
Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.

Welcoming Schools
welcomingschools.org
Welcoming Schools offers professional development tools, lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and many additional resources for elementary schools on:

  • Embracing family diversity
  • Avoiding gender stereotyping and affirming gender
  • Ending bullying and name-calling

Books for Parents of Trans Youth

So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color
by Caro De Robertis (2025)

How We Make Each Other: Trans Life at the Edge of the University
by Perry Zurn (2025)

My Child Is Trans, Now What? A Joy-Centered Approach to Support
by Ben V. Greene (2024)

Free To Be: Understanding Kids and Gender Identity
by Jack Turban (2024)

He/She/They
by Schuyler Bailar (2023)

Transgender History, 2nd Edition
by Susan Stryker (2017)

The Gender Creative Child
by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD (2016)

The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Gender Identity
by Darlene Tando, LCSW (2016)

Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached
by Hillary Whittington (2016)

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
by Amis Ellis Nutt (2016)

Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance
by Marsha Aizumi (2013)

Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children
by Rachel Pepper (2012)

Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender Nonconforming Children
by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD (2011)

The Transgender Child
by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper (2008)

Books for Gender Creative Children

When Aiden Became a Brother
by Kyle Lukoff (2019)

Call Me Max
by Kyle Lukoff (2019)

Julián is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love (2018)

Red: A Crayon’s Story
by Michael Hall (2015)

I Am Jazz
by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (2014)

Jacob’s New Dress
by Sarah and Ian Hoffman (2014)

George
by Alex Gino (2015)

Gracefully Grayson
by Ami Polonsky (2014)

My Princess Boy
by Cheryl Kilodavis (2010)

Be Who You Are
by Jennifer Carr (2010)

10,000 Dresses
by Marcus Ewert (2008)

Riding Freedom
by Pam Muñoz Ryan (1999) 

Books for Transgender Teens

American Teenager: How Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era (Young Adult/Adult)
by Nico Lang (2024) 

Obie is Man Enough
by Schuyler Bailar (2021) 

Trans: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability (Young Adult/Adult)
by Jack Halberstam (2017) 

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
by Jazz Jennings (2016) 

If I Was Your Girl
by Meredith Russo (2016)

Melissa
by Alex Gino (2015)

Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
by Arin Andrews (2015)

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
by Susan Kuklin (2015)

The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
by Rylan Jay Testa, PhD (2015)

Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
by Kate Bornstein (2006)

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