Resources

Some links and guides to support the community

Transition Resources

Everyone's transition and gender journey is unique. It can be helpful to connect with other trans folx to see how others decide what feels most affirming as they navigate their transitions. Typically, we think of transitions as having three main categories: social, medical, and legal. Here are some resources that can help explore different ways to transition:

Coming Out/Inviting In

For some trans and queer people, they may desire to "come out" or disclose their gender identity or sexual identity to others. Sometimes we think of this as "inviting in" so the burden is less on the queer/trans person to enter into a cis-hetero world and instead they invite a trusted person to know them more fully. This can be helpful at times or it can be really dangerous, depending on many factors. Here are some guides to help people think through the coming out process:

Sexual Health

Taking care of your sexual health is crucial for TGD individuals. See the resources below that are designed specifically for queer and trans individuals:

Spiritual Resources

Though some religious institutions target trans and queer people, religion and spirituality can be very important for some trans and gender diverse people. Having a connection to a religious or spiritual community that is affirming is hugely helpful especially for those whose religion or spiritual connection remains very important to them. See the links below for some affirming.

Queersources

Check out the resources below on other topics important to the trans and queer community:

Books & Graphic Novels

All the Things We Don’t Talk About, Amy Feltman
Love Me For Who I Am, Kata Konayama
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan, Lou Sullivan
Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg
Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, Dean Spade
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, George M. Johnson
Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them)
Pet, Akawaeke Emezi
Black on Both Sides: A Radical History of Trans Identity, C. Riley Snorton
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution, Susan Stryker
Nemesis series: Dreadnought (book 1) and Sovereign (book 2), April Daniels
You and Your Gender Identity, Dara Hoffman-Fox, LPC in CO (they/them)
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, second edition, Laura Erickson-Schroth (editor)
To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Older Adults, by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre
Queer: A Graphic History, Meg-John Barker and Jule Scheele
Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib
Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe
The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights, Archie Bongiovanni and A. Andrews
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson