Click on any of the booklets below to read them online.  Please scroll down to see other great resources!


Transgender Information:
  • Click here for a list of FAQs about Transgender Individuals
Books that feature transgender, gender non-conforming, and gay children/teens
    • My Princess Boy – Cheryl Kilodavis (ages 4 and up)
    • 10,000 Dresses – Marcus Ewert (ages 5 and up)
    • The Different Dragon by Jennifer Bryan (ages 6 and up)
    • Be Who You Are – Jennifer Carr (children)
    • Mommy, Mama, and Me by Lesléa Newman (children)
    • My Uncle’s Wedding by Eric Ross (children)
    • The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy – S. Bear Bergman (children)
    • Backwards Day – S. Bear Bergman (children)
    • Luna – Julie Anne Peters (young adult)
    • Parrotfish – Ellen Wittlinger (young adult)
    • Wandering Son – Shimura Takako (young adult)
    • Almost Perfect – Brian Katcher (young adult)
    • I am J – Cris Beam (young adult)
    • F2M: The Boy Within – Hazel Edwards & Ryan Kennedy (young adult)
    • Jumpstart the World – Catherine Ryan Hyde (young adult)
    • London Reign – A.C. Britt (young adult)
    • The Suicide Year – Lena Prodan (young adult)
    • The Sweet In-Between – Sheri Reynolds (young adult)
​             Click Here For More Supportive Books & Media for Gender Variant / Non-conforming Kids

Youth Books (Fiction & Nonfiction)
    • My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
    • The God Box by Alex Sánchez
    • Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan
    • You Don’t Know About Me by Brian Meehl
    • The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke
    • It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage and Terry Miller
Adult Books
    • “What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality” by Daniel A. Helminiak
    • “…And Then I Became Gay: Young Men’s Stories” by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
    • “The Preacher’s Son” by Marc Adams
    • “Lavender Road to Success: The Career Guide for th e Gay Community” by Kirk Snyder
    • “Outing Yourself: How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers” by Michelangelo Signorile
    • “Raising My Rainbow” by Lori Duron
    • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals – Stephanie Brill & Rachel Pepper
    • Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents – Irwin Krieger
    • Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children – Diane Ehrensaft
    • Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle, and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children – Rachel Pepper
    • True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism, For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals – Mildred Brown & Chloe Ann Rounsley
    • Beyond Acceptance – Carolyn Griffin & Marian and Arthur Wirth (1986)
    • BI any other name: Bisexual People Speak Out Ed. – Loraine Hutchins & Lani Ka’ahumanu (1991)
    • Coming Out: An Act of Love by Rob Eichberg, Ph.D. (1990)
    • Coming Out To Parents by Mary V. Borhek (1983)
    • The ABCs of Coming Out by Jason Howard Green (2011)
    • Different Daughters: A Book by Mothers of Lesbians by Louise Raskin, Ed. (1987)
    • Is It A Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Gays and Lesbians by Eric Marcus (1993)
    • Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay : a Mother and a Son look back – Marlene Fanta Shyer and Christopher Shyer (1996)
    • The Family Heart: A Memoir Of When Our Son Came Out by Robb Forman Dew (1995)
    • Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality – Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward (1989)
    • The Other Side Of The Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses & Families, Amity Pierce Buxton (1994)
    • Reflections Of A Rock Lobster: A Story about growing Up Gay by Aaron Fricke (1981)
    • Rescuing The Bible From Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks The Meaning of Scripture by Bishop John Shelby Spong (1991)
    • Straight Parents / Gay Children by Robert A. Bernstein(1995)
    • Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan of Arc to RuPaul by Leslie Feinberg (1996)
    • Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (2011 – older youth and adult)
    • Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay Or Lesbian Child by Michael C. LaSala
    • The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family by Dan Savage
    • No More Goodbyes by Carol Lynn Pearson
    • The Right to be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools by Stuart Biegel
    • The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed (2010) by Judy Shepard
    • Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy F. Aarons
    • My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family by Zach Wahls (2012)
    • The Perfect Family by Kathryn Shay (2010)
    • Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter
      by Kevin Jennings (2003)
Movies/Short Films
Aging Issues
  • Gen Silent
Black History
  • Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
  • The New Black
LGBTQ Stories
  • Broken Heart Land
  • Carol
  • Facing Fear
  • Freeheld
  • Inlaws and Outlaws
  • The Matthew Shepard Story
  • Milk
  • Out in the Silence
LGBTQ Youth/Safe Schools
  • Ask Me: What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know
  • It’s Elementary + four other films from Groundspark
  • Let’s Talk about Sex
Parenting Issues/Stories
  • Always My Son
  • Anyone and Everyone
  • Families Are Forever
  • Prayers for Bobby
  • TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro
Religion Issues
  • Fish Out of Water
  • For the Bible Tells Me So
  • Son of a Preacher Man (music video)
  • Through My Eyes
Transgender Issues/Stories
  • Two Spirits
  • ​Becoming Me
  • Boy Meets Girl
  • Faces and Facets of TransGender Experience
  • Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink)
  • Normal
  • Schafer Family Transgender speech
  • Switch: A Community in Transition
  • Tangerine
  • Transamerica
  • Transparent (Amazon Series)