Trans Youth Equality Foundation

Suggested Reading for Adults

	The transgender child by Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper Cleis Press, 2008	This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college.
	Transgender Explained, For Those Who Are Not by Joanne Herman	An easy to read, yet well written book that succinctly explains transgender issues and experiences. Herman is able to write in a clear and approachable way, yet does not ignore the complexity and individuality of trans peoples' experiences. Written by a transgender woman for friends, family members, colleagues and allies of trans people, the book is a perfect introduction to what it means to be transgender.
	Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide For Parents by Irwin Krieger Genderwise Press, 2011	Krieger, a clinical social worker, has worked as a psychotherapist in the LGBT community for over 25 years, and since 2003 has been working extensively with transgender teens and their parents. In this book, he shares the insights gained from this experience to assist parents in best supporting their transgender child. The guide is concrete and readable, and offers information, support, and understanding to parents of transgender children, as well as presents hands on ideas and resources.
	Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers by Cris Beam Harcourt, 2007	When Cris Beam moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might volunteer just a few hours at a school for gay and transgender kids. Instead, she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. Transparent introduces four: Christina, Dominique, Foxxjazell, and Ariel. As they accept Cris into their world, she shows it to us—a dizzying mix of familiar teenage cliques and crushes and far less familiar challenges, such as how to morph your body on a few dollars a day.
	The Phallus Palace by Dean Kotula Alyson Publications, 2002	Kotula's book approaches the subject of Female-to-Male transsexuals (FTMs) through personal essays written by himself and 19 other FTMs, along with before-and-after photographs documenting the available transition related surgeries, and more clinical essays written by a variety of doctors including psychotherapists and surgeons. Given the wide range of voices speaking to FTM experience, "The Phallus Palace" is an engaging and enlightening look into the FTM experience.
	She's Not There byJennifer Finney Boylan Broadway Books, 2003	In this autobiography Boylan, an english professor and critically acclaimed author, documents her journey from living as a man, marrying a woman, and having children, to coming out as transgender and refusing to continue to suppress her desire to be female. She documents her experiences transitioning with complexity, sensitivity, and humor.
	The Gender Frontier by Mariette Pathy Allen Kehrer Verlag. 2003	The Gender Frontier is largely a collection of photographs of gender variant and transgender people and queer youth all over the world. Through photographs and short texts, Allen is able to show the reader a wide range of individuals' experiences, as well as the ways in which her subjects lives are shaped by gender, both politically and in the day to day.
	Transgender History by Susan Stryker Seal Press	Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, through the early 1970s; the mid-’70s to 1990—the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the ’90s and ’00s.
	Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy edited by Jennifer L. Levi and Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder AuthorHouse, 2012	A comprehensive compilation of transgender-related family law issues. When facing litigation, this book is a must-read for you, and most important, your attorney. See chapters seven and eight for discussions focussed on transgender children.