Books in Support of Trans People on Transgender Day of Visibility
By Colleen Rowe | March 29 2023 | Gender and Sexuality Studies
A Memoir and a Mystery
978-0-525-65853-5
Part memoir, part investigative reporting, Diary of a Misfit is a sweeping journalistic saga about sexuality and gender, family trauma, and the redemptive force of love.
$29.00 US
Aug 30, 2022
Hardcover
368 Pages
Knopf
The inspiring story of transgender actor-activist Nicole Maines and her extraordinary family
978-0-8129-9543-5
The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all.
$18.00 US
Jun 07, 2016
Paperback
320 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Parenting
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Parents, Families, and Communities
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Human Sexuality
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Parenting
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Gender Studies
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A Black Spirit Memoir
978-0-593-32920-7
A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self” (Esquire)
$16.00 US
Jun 07, 2022
Paperback
240 Pages
Riverhead Books
On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
978-1-101-97324-0
“I know I’m not a man . . . and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m probably not a woman, either. . . . . The trouble is, we’re living in a world that insists we be one or the other.” With these words, Kate Bornstein ushers readers on a funny, fearless, and wonderfully scenic journey across the terrains of gender and identity.
$17.00 US
Nov 15, 2016
Paperback
320 Pages
Vintage
978-0-14-313684-2
“Paul Tran’s debut collection of poems is indelible, this remarkable voice transforming itself as you read, eventually transforming you.” —Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
$18.00 US
Feb 15, 2022
Paperback
112 Pages
Penguin Books
A Life in Two Genders
978-0-385-34697-9
She’s Not There is the unconventional memoir of a person who changes genders, a portrait of a loving marriage that withstands a radical change, and a revealing look at society’s folly in over-emphazing the importance of fixed gender roles.
$18.00 US
Apr 30, 2013
Paperback
352 Pages
Crown
- English > Comparative Literature > Major Themes: Gender
- English > Comparative Literature > Major Themes: Society
- English > Literature > American Literature – Non-Fiction
- History > Topical History > History of Gender and Sexuality
- History > Topical History > History of LGBTQ
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Gender Studies
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Psychology of Sex and Gender
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Gender Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Human Sexuality
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
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Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity
978-1-101-97249-6
Unbound is an intimate portrait of a new generation of transmasculine individuals as they undergo gender transitions.
$16.95 US
May 14, 2019
Paperback
352 Pages
Vintage
A Memoir
978-0-525-56132-3
"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." —The New York Times Book Review
$18.00 US
Jun 08, 2021
Paperback
320 Pages
Penguin Books
- Communication > Speech Communication > Gender Communication
- English > Comparative Literature > Immigrant and Refugee Literature
- English > Comparative Literature > LGBT Literature
- English > Comparative Literature > Major Themes: Gender
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Gender in America
- History > Topical History > History of Disability
- History > Topical History > History of LGBTQ
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Gender and Communication
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Gender Philosophy
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Psychology of Sex and Gender
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Gender Studies
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