Books for Transgender Awareness Week

By Coll Rowe | November 12 2024 | Gender and Sexuality Studies

For Transgender Awareness Week, which takes place November 13th – November 19th we are sharing books by and about transgender people. Their stories and experiences give insight on the joy they feel in living as their true selves and the discrimination they face.

Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th is an observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender bigotry and violence.

The books in this collection will educate your students on the lives, stories, and creations of transgender people and help create acceptance and empathy for transgender students in classrooms.

Find the full collection of titles here.

A Memoir
9780593537145
By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race.
$28.00 US
May 28, 2024
Hardcover
240 Pages
Knopf

Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
9781839763342
A legendary transgender elder and activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle and the future of black, queer, and trans liberation.
$19.95 US
May 16, 2023
Paperback
176 Pages
Verso

Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
9781524761486
“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history.
$19.00 US
Mar 05, 2019
Paperback
304 Pages
Crown

A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change
9780593296554
An inspirational memoir-meets-manifesto by Danica Roem, the nation’s first openly trans person elected to US state legislature.
$27.00 US
Apr 26, 2022
Hardcover
320 Pages
Viking

9780593316719
Boys Weekend is a hilarious trans-“final girl” horror graphic novel about a bachelor party gone very, very wrong.
$28.00 US
Jun 06, 2023
Hardcover
232 Pages
Pantheon

Trans Justice Is Justice for All
9781839768392
An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voice.
$24.95 US
Sep 13, 2022
Paperback
320 Pages
Verso

A Memoir of Reclamation
9780593445907

When Geena Rocero began a modeling career in the U.S. and saw her star rapidly rise, she found herself hiding her trans identity to survive. This high-stakes double life finally forced Geena to decide to reclaim her power once and for all: radiant, head held high, and unabashedly herself.

$18.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
Dial Press Trade Paperback

A Black Spirit Memoir
9780593329207

In this extraordinary memoir, the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji reveals the harrowing yet resolute truths of their own life.

$16.00 US
Jun 07, 2022
Paperback
240 Pages
Riverhead Books