Reading List for Adults & Educators

• Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D
• Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents by Irwin Krieger
• He’s My Daughter: A Mother’s Journey to Acceptance by Lynda Langley
• Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers by Michele Angello and Ali Bowman
• Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son by Lori Duron
• Raising Ryland by Hillary Whittington
• The Right To Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools by Stuart Biegel
• Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylen
• Supporting and Caring for Our Gender Expansive Youth – Report from Gender Spectrum and the Human Rights Campaign
• The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper
• The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens by Stephanie Brill
• Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy by Jennifer Levi & Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder
• Trans-Kin: A Guide for Family and Friends of Transgender People (Volume 1) by Dr. Eleanor A. Hubbard (Editor), Cameron T. Whitley (Editor)
• Transgender History by Susan Stryker
• Transgender Warriors: The Making of History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg
• Transitions of the Heart edited by Rachel Pepper

The following is taken from LGBTQ Reads for Middle Grades:

Queer Cis Male Protagonists

• Alan Cole is Not a Coward and Alan Cole Doesn’t Dance by Eric Bell
• A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
• Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
• King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
• Better Nate Than Ever series by Tim Federle
• Rick by Alex Gino – A
• The Whispers by Greg Howard
• Middle School’s a Drag, You Better Werk by Greg Howard
• Totally Joe by James Howe
• Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas
• Boy Meets Hamster by Birdie Milano
• Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz
• The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
• The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
• The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan (Fantasy)
• So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez

Queer Cis Female Protagonists

• Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
• Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – A
• Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
• Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake
• Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
• Star Crossed by Barbara Dee – B
• One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock (Historical)
• Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt
• Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles
• In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
• Pepper Blouse and the Wicked Will by Briana McDonald (Mystery)
• Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
• In the Role of Brie Hutchens…by Nicole Melleby
• How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby
• Middletown by Sarah Moon
• The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker (Paranormal)
• Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
• The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater/Sophie Escabasse
• Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
• S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
• Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor
• The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson

Transgender Girls

• Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
• Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
• George by Alex Gino
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (Fantasy)

Transgender Boys

• The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
• The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey

Intersex Characters

• Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo (MS)

Non-Binary MCs

• The One Who Loves You Most by medina
• Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
• Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
• There is also nonbinary representation in major secondaries in the The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan, Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker, and The Moon Within by Aida Salazar.

An online search for “LGBTQ YA books” will give you several links to various Young Adult themed books

Reading List for Trans Teens

• Affirmation: The 100 Most Powerful Affirmations for Transgender by Jason Thomas
• All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell
• Before I Had the Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult by Skylar Kergil
• Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
• Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
• Real Talk for Teens: A Jump-Start Guide to Gender Transitioning and Beyond by Seth Jamison Rainess
• Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
• Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock
• The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity by Rylan Jay Testa, Ph.d and Deborah Coolhart, Ph.d, LMFT

Reading List for Children

• 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
• The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy by S. Bear Bergman
• All I Want to Be Is Me by Phyllis Rothblatt
• And Tango Makes Three by Peter Farnell
• Are You a Boy or a Girl? by Karleen Pendleton Jimenez
• A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager
• Be Who You Are by Jennifer Carr
• But, I’m Not A Boy by Katie Leone
• Call Me Tree: Llámame Arbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez
• The Different Dragon by Jennifer Bryan
• Dogs Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp
• The Family Book by Todd Parr
• Goblinheart: A Fairy Tale by Brett Axel
• Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman and Diana Souza
• How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay by Meredith Maran
• I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
• It’s Okay to Sparkle by Avery Jackson
• Jacob’s New Dress by Sarah Hoffman
• My New Daddy by Lilly Mossiano
• My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis
• Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
• Roland Humphrey is Wearing a WHAT? by Eileen Kiernan-Johnson
• Rough, Tough Charley by Verla Kay
• The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein
• Toby’s Doll’s House by Ragnhild Scamell and Adrian Reynolds
• When Kathy Is Keith by Wallace Wong
• Who’s in a Family? by Robert Skutch