Recommended Reading

Booklists:

• Inform Transform 2026 Community Booklist

• Welcoming Schools Booklists & Reading Guides (for K-12 and adults)

For Youth and Families

• Beyond Magenta, Transgender Teens Speak Out, written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

• This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell, Illustrated by Aurelia Durand

• Sex is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings and You by Cory Silverberg, Illustrated by Fiona Symth

• The Gender Quest Workbook, A Guide for Teens & Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity by Rylan J. Testa, Deborah Coolhart and Jayme Peta

• Not All Boys Are Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson

• The Gender Wheel: a story about bodies and gender for every body by Maya Gonzalez

• The Power of Parenting: Helping Your Child After a Homicide Loss

For Teens and Adults:

• The Gender Book created by Hunter Rook, Jay Mays and Robin Mack

• decolonizing trans/gender 101 by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• The Antiracist Business Book, An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership by Trudi Lebrón

• Rest is Resistance, A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

• Emergent Strategy, Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown

• We Do This ‘Til We Free Us, Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

• Heal Your Way Forward, The Co-Conspirator’s guide to an Antiracist Future by Myisha T. Hill

• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

For Providers:

• Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade Gender, Race and Politics by Carrie N. Baker

• A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming care: Working with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Clients by Sand C. Chang, Anneliese A. Singh and lore m. dickey

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