i hate how most trans stuff is from the perspective of people who have known they were trans all their life. i only found out in seventh grade. i was really girly before but slowly leading to coming out in seventh grade.
I think you would enjoy "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (some people have a problem with it because it was written by a cis guy). It´s the story about an intersex person who until the age of 14 was raised as girl and thought of themselves as a girl but found out that they had XY cromossomes (and other intersex characteristics I can´t remember) and starts presenting as male. The book is very long and covers many years (it follows the gene that made person intersexual) and many topic (imagration, sex, growing up, incest, ect) but (or probably because of that) I found it wonderful and such a good book (but keeping in mind I´m cis).
man i wish there were more trans-written books like that that i knew about!! sometimes there's smaller authors who sell digitally? (reading digitally is hard for me so :-( ) it's nice when cis writers branch out and research trans things but it's never quite the same XD and +captainwendy do you know if the author was intersex? because that sounds like an interesting read and it'd be doubly interesting if he was (intersex people aren't always trans but they ARE usually forced to fit into male or female and it's... pretty terrifying)
The author isn't intersex as far as I know :/ I thought it was fitting on the subject because the main character is assigned female at birth (because they have a vagina) and presents as female until puberty, when they go to a doctor and realise they are intersex. There's a really interesting part when the doctor "test" if Callie is male or female by making a series of questions. Which is cool to show that gender is a performance. And after that, even tho the doctor says Callie is female they "decide" to start presenting as male. (Not a spoiler hahahaha they say they transitioned in the first chapter)
Leo Garcia 7th grade isn't late, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I was 20 when I realized I was trans, and even that isn't late. But I understand what you're talking about and I have a book recommendation for you: Lou Sullivan Daring to be a man among men by Brice D. Smith. Lou Sullivan was a gay trans activist in the 80s and 90s, he wasn't super masculine and he didn't figure out his gender until he was sixteen or seventeen (something like that). He did so much for trans men, everyone should know his story. (You can find some of his late interviews on TH-cam, just search for his name)
Yeah really really want a book where the person is just not educated about trans stuff and never really questioned who they were until puberty and until getting into the internet
George by Alex Gino is a really great middle grade trans book! It's about a kid in 5th grade who was assigned male at birth but knows that she is a girl. It's not super heavy and it's mostly about the main character wanting to play charlotte in their school play of charlottes web and how she's not allowed because everyone sees her as a boy! It's really sweet and heartwarming and I definitely recommend it.
Y'all should read symtpoms of being human it's about a genderfluid blogger and it helped me realize I was genderfluid and explain what being genderfluid means to me and it will always hold a special place in my heart
I was just about to mention this one as well. The fact that they never revealed the protagonist’s assigned gender really helped me relate to them when figuring out me own gender.
also love him. I met him when he did a talk some years back at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. I was an awkward mess but he was really sweet (and wrote a super inspiring note in my copy of Wide Awake)
i'm currently reading his "every day" and as a bigender human i relate a lot to a, even though they don't have a permanent body which i assume is what prevents lots of the complications with kinds of dysphoria, from what the character describes, their gender is fluid in a way, although the spectrum isn't really specified. i personally feel like it's a wonderful representation of intersex people, which i don't think i've ever seen in any other book.
i gotta say i really hated every day. the trans representation was absolutely awful and i really couldnt enjoy it despite that. plus it falls into the "alien, robot, or other non-normal-human" category of nb representation. you do you ofc!! i just didnt like it
You should definitely add When The Moon Was Ours by Anna Marie McLemore to your tbr list, it's a fantastic realism book, where one of the two main characters is a trans guy. It's a really good book and I'm currently translating it to Spanish cause it's the only fantasy book I could find with a main trans character (especially an ftm one). And btw, the author is a cis woman married to a trans man so the two main characters are kind of a representation of them, while the book also addresses other things such as race, sexuality and cultural diversity. (I should mention that the book has a few explicit sex scenes, but the tone of the language used really makes it smooth) Edit: I just checked Jackson's to read list, and the book is actually there, but I'll still leave this in case anyone else just wants a fantastic story like me.
When the moon was ours is so so so so so so so good I love it so much it addresses another cultures perspective and how that impacts trans people and its not as much a trans story as a story with a trans character and how that impacts the story is done so well I love it so much
@@leojune4131 I'm currently translating it to Spanish and the author is a cis woman called Anna Marie McLemore and she's married to a trans man, so the book goes mostly from the point of view of Miel, cause Sam's chapters are all shorter, but it has really good insight cause of how close she is to a real trans guy. It's a really good book, lots of LGBT characters and a good story with lots of secrets and mystery (it's fantastic realism).
A great book that really changed my life in more ways than one is “The 57 Bus,” As a trans guy in middle school, it was absolutely amazing for my teacher to talk to the entire class about the book in the beginning of the year, causing many of my friends to read it and become educated, completely changing their outlook on things ❤️
It is also my FAVORITE book! For numerous reasons, not just because it contains a non binary main character. It really is just overall a great experience
AAAAAAA Alex As Well is a good book too. It's about someone born intersex but their parents sent them to an all-girls school. I can't remember anything else but I cried like a little weenie and it's just a really good book
I really really recommend Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin. It's about a gender fluid teen trying to figure outside what they are. The author never talks about the main characters born gender and it's just so amazing. There's also a lot more representation of other gender identities in the book. I highly recommend it! It really helped me figure out my identity when I was questioning.
A really good fantasy book I was reading has two trans character who are part of the main cast of the book and the book does focus heavily on the struggles of a trans boy. It also has some themes of Hispanic and Pakistanic heritage. The book is called "When the Moon was ours" by Anna-Marie McLemore
Another good book is Sacred Country by Rose Tremain. It follows the life and transition of a trans man living in England (and Tennessee for a bit) in the 50s/60s. It was the first book with a trans character that I read and it's really amazing
One good, but hard to read ya book is Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher. It's definitely not a happy book, and it focus on a teenage trans girl, and I don't want to spoil anything. I wouldn't recommend it to someone just coming to term with their gender, because again, it's not a happy book, but it's well written and pretty good imo.
I had to discipline myself to finish watching your video before commenting.....I absolutely loved Julia Serano's book, "Whipping Girl", for all the reasons that you mentioned. It made a huge impact on how I view the world, since my own transgender discovery. I've also read Kate Bornstein, Eddie Izzard, and Janet Mock. All are great reads and good recommendations. I've also read several transwomen bio's: "Tranny" by Laura Jane Grace; "Becoming Nicole" by Amy Ellis Nutt; and "In the Darkroom" by Susan Faludi. Of course there are many many on-line transwomen bio's.....two of my favorites are Lynn Conway and Melanie Phillips. I am always looking for new reads, thanks for the recommendations.
In the classroom where I have religion class in school some other class(I guess german class about 5th-7th grade) had to do book reports and everyone had to make a poster for their chosen book. I read through them before my class and one of the books was about a trans female character and her journey and I don't know who presented that book but they're my hero :D (especially because most of the books were like 5th-7th grade level :D)
If I was Your Girl by Meredith Russo was awesome! I also liked a Finnish book about FTM guy (Poika by Marja Björk) I'm not sure if it's translated but if you guys know Finnish, I recommend you to read it!
I LOVE "In one person" by John Irving, Stone Butch Blues and Drag King Dreams by Leslie Fineberg, Ray Spoons writing and S. Bear Bergman(although I haven't read too much from Bergman) they also wrote a book together (I think it's called gender outlaws) wich I really enjoyed:)
There's a book series and the first book is called lady midnight and second book has a casual trans character and it's just very good trans representation Because the whole story doesn't focus on the fact that the character is trans it I'd just a part of a story. I 100% recommend it! 😃
YES! Whipping Girl is the BEST!! I need to read it again! So many great recommendations to add to MY TBR list! I’d like to recommend to you If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. It’s a YA novel about a trans girl living as cis in a small town. Extra cool tidbit: the model used for the cover is also trans.
Realised it is from 6 yrs ago from the Eddie Izzard book, but still great recs on here and ones i have boy come across - so thanks from 6yrs ago 💜📚🏳️⚧️
I was given The Boy In The Dress as an audiobook on CD as a kid by the parents of my best male friend. Maybe it was a sign lol now I'm FTM. I enjoyed it at the time when I was around 10 years old
Wow I remember learning about Deborah Sampson in elementary school and they were instantly my favourite person I learned about the revolutionary war... I grew up in Boston so literally every year at school we go over it & take field trips to battlefields but all I was told was they were a woman dressing up as a man to fight cause of woman’s rights & lacking there of. But was their journey mistold by cisgender historians? I need to read that book now!
For anyone thinking about reading A Fine Bromance I would like to put a HUGE TW out there. T slur usage, general transphobia, and sexual assault. It is a good book and I have read it faster than many others, but still just thought you should know because the book itself doesn't have a warning.
Freakboy was one of my all-time favorite reads. I had originally borrowed it from the library, but I loved it so much I went out and bought it, needing a copy of my own. It's always the first one I recommend when people ask for trans/nonbinary books.
Beautiful Music For Ugly Children? Is my favorite book of all time. I have read it 16 times. And I was absolutely hoping you would recommend it and then you did 😭
You should totally check out every heart a doorway, it has great representation for both sexuality and gender, it has an asexual character which is a fist for me and a trans boy.. ♥♥
2:37 - love that. This is high on my wish list and you bumped it up more. Getting ready for Trans Gril April (the amswer to hot girl summer - includes all trans authors) readathon. Find i have alot of non-binary fiction and masc non-fiction so hoping to fill out my gaps 🏳️⚧️💜📚
The Law & Order SVU episode based on David Ramer is *amazing.* Olivia Benson helps the character based on David get his life back, and gives this scathing speech to the psychologist.
It's also interesting to know that the story of David Reimer was based on "beliefes"... well, norms at the time on how to "treat" intersex children. In the 50s a medical group in Baltimore (John Money was part of it) brought up the theory that gender is only determined on how children are raised. So they would tell parents to have sex changing surguries done to their intersex infants as soon as possible, raise them in a binary gender (mostly female) and never tell them they were intersex so they wouldn't be "confused". Horrible conservative ideology on gender and sexuality in the 50s. (Not only lying to people about their bodies but also destroying or permanently changing important parts with no medical need and no consent.) John Money partly did that to David Reimer to prove his theory. Nevermind it didn't work and David even commited suicide. So by mentioning the single case of a boy who was neither trans nor intersex, bigots pick against both groups.
Hi Jackson just bought 7 of the books you recommended I’ve read several of them already but nothing recent thanks for your information as a young person checkout a book Emergence about a nun who became a male it came out 1979 one of the first books written by a ftm transgender who made me start accepting my own transgender identity/ I can’t remember the author but I’m sure you can find
I wanna read a book what doesn't focus on being trans so much and problems you face when you are trans. Instead I wanna read a book with a whole different topic and genre, but having canon trans characteres in them.
the book “beautiful music for ugly children” is terrible. it’s written by a cishet woman and the plot is nonexistent. the writing is basic and bland. the trans aspect of it is made out to be the main focus, but is treated as a side dish. seriously, the book wouldn’t change at all if the trans part were taken out. the way the author writes the trans person is really bad and not at all how actual trans people act and speak. don’t read it. sorry this isn’t a recommendation i just wanted to warn other trans people because i read it without the knowledge that it’s that bad and it gave me so much dysphoria.
David Reimer is the first "trans" person I was ever exposed to. And it was kind of weird, because it wasn't great for me to hear, because it seemed to say that what you're born as is always what you ultimately are. Which as a trans person, can kind of set you back, because like, oh, this isn't a thing, something is just wrong with me.
Yes! The only reason I didn't include it in the video (it's in the description box link) is because I haven't actually read it yet, but I just ordered it this morning so I'll finally be able to dig in!
ah wow I really really needed this video, I've been looking for more books dealing with trans people. I just added like five of these to my amazon wish list and my TBR checklist!!!
I really really like Peter Darling a lot ! It's a transboy Peter Pan story, who actually was "Wendy", but who went to Neverland to be able to live as himself, aka as Peter Pan. The story tells how he comes back to the Neverland as an adult, to flew once again from the forced "live as a woman" live he had.
That book is amazing. I was a huge fan of "Peter Pan in Scarlet" so finding out there were other takes on the original ("Peter and Wendy") was super exciting for me.
Yes! Peter Darling was lovely. I wasn't a huge fan of the writing, as I was hoping for something more complex, and yet it's such a beautiful concept and enjoyable read.
This isn't a book but in Greek mythology, there are many trans stories. Of course, it happens through magic lol. One that stands out is Iphis and Ianthe. Iphis was born in a poor family, the mother was Egyptian but the father was Greek and they lived in Crete, which is why the story involves Egyptian as well as Greek gods. They're so dirt poor, mother's pregnant, father says it better be a boy. If the baby's a girl he'll kill her because they're high maintenance and he needs a son to help him. So the mother, when she delivers and sees it's a girl, prays to the goddess Isis who tells her to hide the child's gender. Iphis is raised as a boy but it suits him well cause he identifies as a boy anyway. Well in ancient Greece youths were courted by older men because the love of another more experienced man would teach them how to be men (according to Aristotle only men were capable of true love. yeah, VERY sexist.). Except Iphis, aside from having an innie, only liked women. He was in love with Ianthe. To summarize, after many a trial, Iphis proposes marriage and on their wedding night Hera, who presided over their wedding, deems Iphis a proper man in soul and transforms his body into a male one. Another one would be when Zeus transforms himself into his daughter Artemis to have lesbian sex with her lady in waiting, Callisto. (shivers) ew. what's to be expected of the guy married to his sister that goes around raping every man, woman, cow, and tree that he sees.
Oh, it's good to know that the one who screwed up was the translator! I read this books translation to spanish and the main character is basically misgendered through all of it, but putting that aside (and I did that entirely thanks to Leo's character) the story was great and it dealt with so many things!
i checked your havent-read-yet list and im a trans dude and i *hated* i am j. also one of the reviews on the back cover literally has the t-slur in it. on a more positive note, refuse by elliott deline is like. one of my very favorite books and i was so excited that you mentioned him.
I think that the Magnus Bane series by Rick Riordan has awesome genderfluid representation by the character Alex. The storyline and genre itself is fantasy-ish for young adults, so if you aren't in to that the book can become boring but otherwise a lot of education, casual coming out and trans issues is smoothly written into the story. The series also except demigod adventures also describes and touches on topics as homelessness youth, islamophobia and ableism against deaf people. If you like Rick Riordan style books about norse gods in a modern setting and also trans/nonbinary topics is a very good read
EUh... it's called the Magnus Chase series, not magnus bane (that's another one) ;) But yeah, Alex is sure an awesome character. There is also a bit of transphobia in it, but it's so cool that the main character (aka Magnus) just literally doesn't care about Alex being genderfluid. But sure it's not a book about being trans. It's a book featuring a trans character.
David Ramer was from my hometown. His story was EVERYWHERE while I was growing up and definitely informed the aggressive internalised transmisogyny that kept me from even questioning my gender until my late 20s. (See also my still very cismale TH-cam presence even though I'm anything but). (Gonna split my recommendation into a new thread for ease of responses)
"Symptoms of Being Human", "The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley", "The Gender Games", "The Rest of Is Just Live Here", "If I was Your Girl", and "Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda" are all brilliant books with queer themes and characters. Two Boys Kissing is so beautiful too
Great books on that list. I personally loved 'Lily and Dunkin' and 'Beautiful Music.' 'Freakboy,' 'I am Jay,' and 'Jess, Chunk and the Road Trip to Infinity' are also good.
ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM IS A GREAT TRANS INCLUSIVE BOOK! Its in a series that looks like it would be a normal everyday YA series, but a lot of the people in it are all different letter of the LGBTQIA+ acronym. Escape From Asylum features an African American trans woman who was put into an asylum by her parents, but luckily she meets a lovely bi boy there and together they help each other get through anything and everything.
I’d like to be 5 years old again, but I simply am not (although I can pretend to be). This is similar to your situation… You’d like to be a different gender, but you’re not. We all need to be happy with our situation, not a fantasy that just isn’t real. You can find happiness in reality if you try.
I watched the documentary about the boy who was raised as a girl. Super interesting and also heartbreaking. Also you should start a booktube channel :p
Symptoms of being human is an incredible book about a nonbinary person. One of my favorite things about it is they never actually specify whether or not they're dfab or dmab. It's wonderful.
I'm reading A Queer History of America, which is exactly what it sounds like. It is extremely well researched and easy to read, and I love it and would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more abt queer history (in America).
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote is a co written book of essays by two masculine presenting individuals that follows their journeys of being a gender non conforming country singer and the ups and downs of top surgery. So good!
I totally recommend the book, 'The Art of being Normal' it is an amazing book that includes two views of both female to Male and Male to female transgender people.
I've read two children's books about trans kids recently, George by Alex Gino and The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey. I'd really recommend them both, they're really sweet stories but they don't shy away from the difficulties trans kids go through. It's so important for kids to have books with trans characters in them
This was such a good video! I will definitely be picking up Darling Days and Whipping Girl now. I'm also wondering if anyone has any recs for books with trans lesbian characters in, to go along with the ones Jackson has recommended?
sapphictea From this Goodreads list I would especially recommend Nevada! It's a novel that follows a trans woman who basically leaves her job and girlfriend and goes on this epic road trip. It's very dominated by her internal monologue and is just so readable
I just bought and read all of Dreadnought yesterday, and I can't recommend it enough. it's about a trans superhero and it felt like it was written specifically for me
You sold me on Whipping Girl, I'm definitely going to check it out. I've always been curious about privilege and folks' experiences with/without it after transitioning. Thanks for this list!!
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller is one of my favorites. It’s a ya novel. The main character is genderfluid, so I love the representation there. The love interest is bi. It doesn’t obsess over the main character’s agab, but it does show their reaction to being misgendered. There’s also a lot of action and intrigue. It’s really a fun book with great representation. I personally love it and will recommend it to anyone and everyone.
So many great book recommendations! I'm headed to the library later so I'll probably pick one or two up! I read At the Broken Places a few weeks ago and I really liked it!
Jackson uploads a book video and I am here for it. The only book I've read off this list is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. I liked it but I found it weird that all of the female characters were love interests to the mc. Like there were no platonic relationships. :( anyway, great video!
8:27 - yes, this really goes yo show you don't force "trans" on people you are you. So sorry for that boy, must have been really difficult for him. Really want to read that book though! 💜📚
Me: "I wonder if there are books about transgenders" Jackson: "there is an entire trans section in the library" Me: 😱 And I justed to go to the library but my library doesn't have a trans section
Some more good YA books: The Art Of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer and Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky for younger readers
The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis is beautiful, tragic, full of hope, and erotic. It’s about a trans man coming into his identity during the colonization of South America (specifically, Argentina) 10/10.
Yoyoyo its not a trans specifically book, but Symptoms of Being Human is a great book by Jeff Garvin. It tells of Riley, a genderfluid person who blogs to help them. Its also super cool how Jeff used no pronouns for Riley throughout the whole book. Plus it has tons of human and tears. It was the first LGBT book I read, and it is truly amazing. Also, Gracefully Grayson is what I would call a children's book. Grayson is MtF trans and in 6th grade, if I remember correctly. Its not *too* sad, and I think it's another awesome LGBT book that people should definitely read
I Am J is a very good book, and I totally recommend. It's about a guy who was born a female, who likes a girl. Except he never feels like he's gay, and he doesn't feel comfortable with female pronouns and such. It's about his journey through finding out who he is, transitioning and loving his true self. :) 10/10 would reccomend
Trans fiction books I like: The Art of Being Normal, The Pants Project, Nemesis series, Lost Boi, and If I Was Your Girl. Non-binary fiction books I like: Nemesis series and Lost Boi.
i made it through the whole video without seeing "I am J" and i was super happy, but then i looked in the description and there it is, the worst book i've ever bought. the titular character promotes binding with ace bandages, is homophobic + misogynistic and sexually assaults the girl he claims to love while she's asleep, later saying "i think you wanted it"
hybridfuckingcomplex I recently read this book and I am also finding a lot of issues with it. J acts very rude to his friends and family because they aren’t mind readers. I worry that if this is the first bit of information a younger transgender kid reads he’ll get the wrong idea about literally everything. From binding with ace bandages, him running away so he doesn’t have to face coming out, and tons of other possibly dangerous things for newfound trans kids looking for information. Side note, while his best friend was a serial flirt, he didn’t have the right to make a move in her sleep and he never apologized simply claiming she wanted it. Not cool, J. Very disappointing read.
On the recommendation front, I've heard great things about the book "Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir" www.goodreads.com/book/show/32279708-fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars I've been trying to track down a copy but the publisher is a miniscule press out of Toronto and only distributes to North America. It's not even on Amazon, though the publisher has a webstore if you have a US or Canadian address.
At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun Hutchinson is an awesome LGBT+ book. The main characters are gay and the main's best friend is gender non-conforming (it doesn't specify exactly how the character identifies). This is also just an amazing book and story and it's written super well.
I haven't read many trans books but I found The Art of Being Normal beautiful which is a YA book, and I'm currently reading Finding Masculinity which is a bunch of stories by trans people about their experiences
Would love your opnion on "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. It´s about an intersexual man raised as a female and it´s also about the history of the gene that made them intersexual. I thought it was fucking amazing, I loved it so much. But two problems: I´m cis, so is the person who wrote the book. So I would love you perspective on it.
I also recommend The Girl in the Green Dress by Cath Staincliffe. It's about an 18 year old girl who is murdered for being trans. It also touches on misogyny, toxic masculinity, racism (TW: the n word is used a couple of times), loyalty and family.
One In Every Crowd by Ivan E Coyote is incredible. It's a series of memoirs written by a gender nonconforming/nonbinary lesbian story teller. It's really enjoyable. Even if you aren't LGBT I'd still recommend it because it's so nice. Also, Ivan is Canadian so it's all based in Canada pretty much. Yo to all my Canadian peeps!
I'm surprised Luna by Julie Anne Peters wasn't on your list! That's one you should look into. It's a fiction story about a transwoman told from the perspective of her younger sister. It was the first LGBTQ+ book I read.
Kai Cheng Thom’s Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir (which is a Fiction novel) is an amazing book for a look at Trans women and the violence surrounding them. But Kai is a hilarious writer and brings something to such a hard topic.
The Nemesis Series by April Daniels and Not your Sidekick by C.B. Lee are some of my favourite middle grade/teen books and both have trans characters that appear often. Although Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor is probably my favourite because I was already in love with the universe and Rick Riordan decided to add a badass gender fluid character which made it even better. Can't wait to check out some of these books
i hate how most trans stuff is from the perspective of people who have known they were trans all their life. i only found out in seventh grade. i was really girly before but slowly leading to coming out in seventh grade.
I think you would enjoy "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (some people have a problem with it because it was written by a cis guy).
It´s the story about an intersex person who until the age of 14 was raised as girl and thought of themselves as a girl but found out that they had XY cromossomes (and other intersex characteristics I can´t remember) and starts presenting as male.
The book is very long and covers many years (it follows the gene that made person intersexual) and many topic (imagration, sex, growing up, incest, ect) but (or probably because of that) I found it wonderful and such a good book (but keeping in mind I´m cis).
man i wish there were more trans-written books like that that i knew about!! sometimes there's smaller authors who sell digitally? (reading digitally is hard for me so :-( )
it's nice when cis writers branch out and research trans things but it's never quite the same XD
and +captainwendy do you know if the author was intersex? because that sounds like an interesting read and it'd be doubly interesting if he was (intersex people aren't always trans but they ARE usually forced to fit into male or female and it's... pretty terrifying)
The author isn't intersex as far as I know :/
I thought it was fitting on the subject because the main character is assigned female at birth (because they have a vagina) and presents as female until puberty, when they go to a doctor and realise they are intersex.
There's a really interesting part when the doctor "test" if Callie is male or female by making a series of questions. Which is cool to show that gender is a performance. And after that, even tho the doctor says Callie is female they "decide" to start presenting as male.
(Not a spoiler hahahaha they say they transitioned in the first chapter)
Leo Garcia 7th grade isn't late, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I was 20 when I realized I was trans, and even that isn't late.
But I understand what you're talking about and I have a book recommendation for you: Lou Sullivan Daring to be a man among men by Brice D. Smith.
Lou Sullivan was a gay trans activist in the 80s and 90s, he wasn't super masculine and he didn't figure out his gender until he was sixteen or seventeen (something like that). He did so much for trans men, everyone should know his story.
(You can find some of his late interviews on TH-cam, just search for his name)
Yeah really really want a book where the person is just not educated about trans stuff and never really questioned who they were until puberty and until getting into the internet
George by Alex Gino is a really great middle grade trans book! It's about a kid in 5th grade who was assigned male at birth but knows that she is a girl. It's not super heavy and it's mostly about the main character wanting to play charlotte in their school play of charlottes web and how she's not allowed because everyone sees her as a boy! It's really sweet and heartwarming and I definitely recommend it.
It's on the Oregon Battle Of The Books list for 3rd-5th? grade. There are a lot of angry Christian parents here.
I was gonna recommend this book!!! Melissa is adorable in "George" imo
Y'all should read symtpoms of being human it's about a genderfluid blogger and it helped me realize I was genderfluid and explain what being genderfluid means to me and it will always hold a special place in my heart
that is my favorite book. I love that Riley doesn't have any pronouns. that must have been so hard but really cool for someone to do that
yes that was my favorite part!! becausethey never actually addressed Rileys pronouns or gendered at all rrally
(It's by Jeff Garvin)
lonely and blasphemous I WAS GONNA MENTION THIS ONE TOO
I was just about to mention this one as well. The fact that they never revealed the protagonist’s assigned gender really helped me relate to them when figuring out me own gender.
OMG I love David Levithan!
He's the best!
also love him. I met him when he did a talk some years back at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. I was an awkward mess but he was really sweet (and wrote a super inspiring note in my copy of Wide Awake)
i'm currently reading his "every day" and as a bigender human i relate a lot to a, even though they don't have a permanent body which i assume is what prevents lots of the complications with kinds of dysphoria, from what the character describes, their gender is fluid in a way, although the spectrum isn't really specified. i personally feel like it's a wonderful representation of intersex people, which i don't think i've ever seen in any other book.
i gotta say i really hated every day. the trans representation was absolutely awful and i really couldnt enjoy it despite that. plus it falls into the "alien, robot, or other non-normal-human" category of nb representation. you do you ofc!! i just didnt like it
You should definitely add When The Moon Was Ours by Anna Marie McLemore to your tbr list, it's a fantastic realism book, where one of the two main characters is a trans guy. It's a really good book and I'm currently translating it to Spanish cause it's the only fantasy book I could find with a main trans character (especially an ftm one). And btw, the author is a cis woman married to a trans man so the two main characters are kind of a representation of them, while the book also addresses other things such as race, sexuality and cultural diversity. (I should mention that the book has a few explicit sex scenes, but the tone of the language used really makes it smooth)
Edit: I just checked Jackson's to read list, and the book is actually there, but I'll still leave this in case anyone else just wants a fantastic story like me.
The Boy in the Dress was also made into a really good TV film a couple of years ago!
When the moon was ours is so so so so so so so good I love it so much it addresses another cultures perspective and how that impacts trans people and its not as much a trans story as a story with a trans character and how that impacts the story is done so well I love it so much
ugh yesss, my teacher (who is trans) gave me a copy because his classmate from high school wrote it!
Who's it by?
@@leojune4131 I'm currently translating it to Spanish and the author is a cis woman called Anna Marie McLemore and she's married to a trans man, so the book goes mostly from the point of view of Miel, cause Sam's chapters are all shorter, but it has really good insight cause of how close she is to a real trans guy. It's a really good book, lots of LGBT characters and a good story with lots of secrets and mystery (it's fantastic realism).
A great book that really changed my life in more ways than one is “The 57 Bus,”
As a trans guy in middle school, it was absolutely amazing for my teacher to talk to the entire class about the book in the beginning of the year, causing many of my friends to read it and become educated, completely changing their outlook on things ❤️
It is also my FAVORITE book! For numerous reasons, not just because it contains a non binary main character. It really is just overall a great experience
AAAAAAA Alex As Well is a good book too. It's about someone born intersex but their parents sent them to an all-girls school. I can't remember anything else but I cried like a little weenie and it's just a really good book
I really really recommend Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin. It's about a gender fluid teen trying to figure outside what they are. The author never talks about the main characters born gender and it's just so amazing. There's also a lot more representation of other gender identities in the book. I highly recommend it! It really helped me figure out my identity when I was questioning.
There is one part in the book where the characters father refers to them as his "daughter" but I'm pretty sure that's the only mention
A really good fantasy book I was reading has two trans character who are part of the main cast of the book and the book does focus heavily on the struggles of a trans boy. It also has some themes of Hispanic and Pakistanic heritage. The book is called "When the Moon was ours" by Anna-Marie McLemore
The boy in the dress is also a tv moive !! It's good people should watch it
Another good book is Sacred Country by Rose Tremain. It follows the life and transition of a trans man living in England (and Tennessee for a bit) in the 50s/60s. It was the first book with a trans character that I read and it's really amazing
One good, but hard to read ya book is Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher. It's definitely not a happy book, and it focus on a teenage trans girl, and I don't want to spoil anything. I wouldn't recommend it to someone just coming to term with their gender, because again, it's not a happy book, but it's well written and pretty good imo.
I had to discipline myself to finish watching your video before commenting.....I absolutely loved Julia Serano's book, "Whipping Girl", for all the reasons that you mentioned. It made a huge impact on how I view the world, since my own transgender discovery. I've also read Kate Bornstein, Eddie Izzard, and Janet Mock. All are great reads and good recommendations. I've also read several transwomen bio's: "Tranny" by Laura Jane Grace; "Becoming Nicole" by Amy Ellis Nutt; and "In the Darkroom" by Susan Faludi. Of course there are many many on-line transwomen bio's.....two of my favorites are Lynn Conway and Melanie Phillips. I am always looking for new reads, thanks for the recommendations.
Thank you. Great suggestions I will be passing on to my book club for our next meet up!
In the classroom where I have religion class in school some other class(I guess german class about 5th-7th grade) had to do book reports and everyone had to make a poster for their chosen book. I read through them before my class and one of the books was about a trans female character and her journey and I don't know who presented that book but they're my hero :D (especially because most of the books were like 5th-7th grade level :D)
If I was Your Girl by Meredith Russo was awesome! I also liked a Finnish book about FTM guy (Poika by Marja Björk) I'm not sure if it's translated but if you guys know Finnish, I recommend you to read it!
I LOVE "In one person" by John Irving, Stone Butch Blues and Drag King Dreams by Leslie Fineberg, Ray Spoons writing and S. Bear Bergman(although I haven't read too much from Bergman) they also wrote a book together (I think it's called gender outlaws) wich I really enjoyed:)
A Boy Like Me and Symptoms of Being Human are 2 of my favorite trans book!
This will help me find some books for upcoming essays this year! Thank you! I may even let my mom read one or two, to try and understand!
There's a book series and the first book is called lady midnight and second book has a casual trans character and it's just very good trans representation Because the whole story doesn't focus on the fact that the character is trans it I'd just a part of a story. I 100% recommend it! 😃
YES! Whipping Girl is the BEST!! I need to read it again!
So many great recommendations to add to MY TBR list!
I’d like to recommend to you If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. It’s a YA novel about a trans girl living as cis in a small town. Extra cool tidbit: the model used for the cover is also trans.
Realised it is from 6 yrs ago from the Eddie Izzard book, but still great recs on here and ones i have boy come across - so thanks from 6yrs ago 💜📚🏳️⚧️
I was given The Boy In The Dress as an audiobook on CD as a kid by the parents of my best male friend. Maybe it was a sign lol now I'm FTM. I enjoyed it at the time when I was around 10 years old
Wow I remember learning about Deborah Sampson in elementary school and they were instantly my favourite person I learned about the revolutionary war... I grew up in Boston so literally every year at school we go over it & take field trips to battlefields but all I was told was they were a woman dressing up as a man to fight cause of woman’s rights & lacking there of. But was their journey mistold by cisgender historians? I need to read that book now!
For anyone thinking about reading A Fine Bromance I would like to put a HUGE TW out there. T slur usage, general transphobia, and sexual assault. It is a good book and I have read it faster than many others, but still just thought you should know because the book itself doesn't have a warning.
Have you read She's not There? I loved that one.
You should definitely read “Freakboy” by Kristin Elizabeth Clark. It is a great book written in verse with a trans main character
Freakboy was one of my all-time favorite reads. I had originally borrowed it from the library, but I loved it so much I went out and bought it, needing a copy of my own. It's always the first one I recommend when people ask for trans/nonbinary books.
I know I'm late but my favorite and first book I read was I am J and it was so good that I couldnt but it down.
Beautiful Music For Ugly Children? Is my favorite book of all time. I have read it 16 times. And I was absolutely hoping you would recommend it and then you did 😭
You should totally check out every heart a doorway, it has great representation for both sexuality and gender, it has an asexual character which is a fist for me and a trans boy.. ♥♥
There's a really cool trans character in the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan! I definitely recommend it.
Have you read Nina here nor there? That was one of the first books I read and loved it immediately.
2:37 - love that. This is high on my wish list and you bumped it up more.
Getting ready for Trans Gril April (the amswer to hot girl summer - includes all trans authors) readathon. Find i have alot of non-binary fiction and masc non-fiction so hoping to fill out my gaps 🏳️⚧️💜📚
what did you not like about parrotfish?
Please read trumpet
I'm really excited about the book Revolutionary, because I identify as non-binary/trans-masc and love the American Revolution period !!!
YESSSSSS REVOLUTIONARY!! I was going to recommend it to you if you hadn't heard about it. I really loved that book from cover to cover
The Law & Order SVU episode based on David Ramer is *amazing.* Olivia Benson helps the character based on David get his life back, and gives this scathing speech to the psychologist.
It's also interesting to know that the story of David Reimer was based on "beliefes"... well, norms at the time on how to "treat" intersex children. In the 50s a medical group in Baltimore (John Money was part of it) brought up the theory that gender is only determined on how children are raised. So they would tell parents to have sex changing surguries done to their intersex infants as soon as possible, raise them in a binary gender (mostly female) and never tell them they were intersex so they wouldn't be "confused". Horrible conservative ideology on gender and sexuality in the 50s. (Not only lying to people about their bodies but also destroying or permanently changing important parts with no medical need and no consent.) John Money partly did that to David Reimer to prove his theory. Nevermind it didn't work and David even commited suicide.
So by mentioning the single case of a boy who was neither trans nor intersex, bigots pick against both groups.
Also I Am J is a good trans masculine novel for teens
Hi Jackson just bought 7 of the books you recommended I’ve read several of them already but nothing recent thanks for your information as a young person checkout a book Emergence about a nun who became a male it came out 1979 one of the first books written by a ftm transgender who made me start accepting my own transgender identity/ I can’t remember the author but I’m sure you can find
I wanna read a book what doesn't focus on being trans so much and problems you face when you are trans. Instead I wanna read a book with a whole different topic and genre, but having canon trans characteres in them.
Gracefully Grayson is great
the book “beautiful music for ugly children” is terrible. it’s written by a cishet woman and the plot is nonexistent. the writing is basic and bland. the trans aspect of it is made out to be the main focus, but is treated as a side dish. seriously, the book wouldn’t change at all if the trans part were taken out. the way the author writes the trans person is really bad and not at all how actual trans people act and speak. don’t read it. sorry this isn’t a recommendation i just wanted to warn other trans people because i read it without the knowledge that it’s that bad and it gave me so much dysphoria.
David Reimer is the first "trans" person I was ever exposed to. And it was kind of weird, because it wasn't great for me to hear, because it seemed to say that what you're born as is always what you ultimately are. Which as a trans person, can kind of set you back, because like, oh, this isn't a thing, something is just wrong with me.
Stranger than fanfiction by Chris Colfer has a trans gay character
For 101 on sexuality and gender, Ash's book The ABC's of LGBT is great.
Yes! The only reason I didn't include it in the video (it's in the description box link) is because I haven't actually read it yet, but I just ordered it this morning so I'll finally be able to dig in!
Yes! It's good to have as a general guide, and to pick up looking for opinions on specific questions.
I think it's great that there are gender guides out there. Can't wait to pick mine!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) I love that you took the time to make this
2) I love how you say the word 'memoir'
3) So many of these books (that I've read) are so incredible
ah wow I really really needed this video, I've been looking for more books dealing with trans people. I just added like five of these to my amazon wish list and my TBR checklist!!!
I really really like Peter Darling a lot !
It's a transboy Peter Pan story, who actually was "Wendy", but who went to Neverland to be able to live as himself, aka as Peter Pan. The story tells how he comes back to the Neverland as an adult, to flew once again from the forced "live as a woman" live he had.
That book is amazing. I was a huge fan of "Peter Pan in Scarlet" so finding out there were other takes on the original ("Peter and Wendy") was super exciting for me.
Yes! Peter Darling was lovely. I wasn't a huge fan of the writing, as I was hoping for something more complex, and yet it's such a beautiful concept and enjoyable read.
This isn't a book but in Greek mythology, there are many trans stories. Of course, it happens through magic lol. One that stands out is Iphis and Ianthe. Iphis was born in a poor family, the mother was Egyptian but the father was Greek and they lived in Crete, which is why the story involves Egyptian as well as Greek gods. They're so dirt poor, mother's pregnant, father says it better be a boy. If the baby's a girl he'll kill her because they're high maintenance and he needs a son to help him. So the mother, when she delivers and sees it's a girl, prays to the goddess Isis who tells her to hide the child's gender. Iphis is raised as a boy but it suits him well cause he identifies as a boy anyway. Well in ancient Greece youths were courted by older men because the love of another more experienced man would teach them how to be men (according to Aristotle only men were capable of true love. yeah, VERY sexist.). Except Iphis, aside from having an innie, only liked women. He was in love with Ianthe. To summarize, after many a trial, Iphis proposes marriage and on their wedding night Hera, who presided over their wedding, deems Iphis a proper man in soul and transforms his body into a male one.
Another one would be when Zeus transforms himself into his daughter Artemis to have lesbian sex with her lady in waiting, Callisto. (shivers) ew. what's to be expected of the guy married to his sister that goes around raping every man, woman, cow, and tree that he sees.
Very interesting, Thanks for Sharing ☺️
The Art of Being Normal is absolutely amazing! Highly recommend.
...I haven't seen the link yet tho so I am not sure if it is that list.
Oh I just finished reading that!! I started to cry when they were talking about what happened in the woods it's such an awesome book
Martin Kvinge this is true, it is an incredible book, definitely one of my favourites.
Martin Kvinge you know I was just about to comment that book to..literally helped me so much
Oh my god that book is SO GOOD. It's become my absolute favorite, no exaggeration.
Oh, it's good to know that the one who screwed up was the translator! I read this books translation to spanish and the main character is basically misgendered through all of it, but putting that aside (and I did that entirely thanks to Leo's character) the story was great and it dealt with so many things!
I CHECKED TWO BOYS KISSING OUT FROM MY SCHOOL LIBRARY YESTERDAY AGSHSAAHDD (I saw that in the thumb nail)
i checked your havent-read-yet list and im a trans dude and i *hated* i am j. also one of the reviews on the back cover literally has the t-slur in it.
on a more positive note, refuse by elliott deline is like. one of my very favorite books and i was so excited that you mentioned him.
I think that the Magnus Bane series by Rick Riordan has awesome genderfluid representation by the character Alex. The storyline and genre itself is fantasy-ish for young adults, so if you aren't in to that the book can become boring but otherwise a lot of education, casual coming out and trans issues is smoothly written into the story. The series also except demigod adventures also describes and touches on topics as homelessness youth, islamophobia and ableism against deaf people. If you like Rick Riordan style books about norse gods in a modern setting and also trans/nonbinary topics is a very good read
EUh... it's called the Magnus Chase series, not magnus bane (that's another one) ;) But yeah, Alex is sure an awesome character. There is also a bit of transphobia in it, but it's so cool that the main character (aka Magnus) just literally doesn't care about Alex being genderfluid. But sure it's not a book about being trans. It's a book featuring a trans character.
Ooops yeah meant magnus chase and you are right it's main topic ain't being trans hahh
David Ramer was from my hometown. His story was EVERYWHERE while I was growing up and definitely informed the aggressive internalised transmisogyny that kept me from even questioning my gender until my late 20s. (See also my still very cismale TH-cam presence even though I'm anything but). (Gonna split my recommendation into a new thread for ease of responses)
"Symptoms of Being Human", "The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley", "The Gender Games", "The Rest of Is Just Live Here", "If I was Your Girl", and "Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda" are all brilliant books with queer themes and characters. Two Boys Kissing is so beautiful too
Great books on that list. I personally loved 'Lily and Dunkin' and 'Beautiful Music.' 'Freakboy,' 'I am Jay,' and 'Jess, Chunk and the Road Trip to Infinity' are also good.
ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM IS A GREAT TRANS INCLUSIVE BOOK! Its in a series that looks like it would be a normal everyday YA series, but a lot of the people in it are all different letter of the LGBTQIA+ acronym. Escape From Asylum features an African American trans woman who was put into an asylum by her parents, but luckily she meets a lovely bi boy there and together they help each other get through anything and everything.
I’d like to be 5 years old again, but I simply am not (although I can pretend to be).
This is similar to your situation… You’d like to be a different gender, but you’re not.
We all need to be happy with our situation, not a fantasy that just isn’t real.
You can find happiness in reality if you try.
I watched the documentary about the boy who was raised as a girl. Super interesting and also heartbreaking.
Also you should start a booktube channel :p
Symptoms of being human is an incredible book about a nonbinary person. One of my favorite things about it is they never actually specify whether or not they're dfab or dmab. It's wonderful.
I'm reading A Queer History of America, which is exactly what it sounds like. It is extremely well researched and easy to read, and I love it and would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more abt queer history (in America).
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote is a co written book of essays by two masculine presenting individuals that follows their journeys of being a gender non conforming country singer and the ups and downs of top surgery. So good!
I totally recommend the book, 'The Art of being Normal' it is an amazing book that includes two views of both female to Male and Male to female transgender people.
I've read two children's books about trans kids recently, George by Alex Gino and The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey. I'd really recommend them both, they're really sweet stories but they don't shy away from the difficulties trans kids go through. It's so important for kids to have books with trans characters in them
This was such a good video! I will definitely be picking up Darling Days and Whipping Girl now. I'm also wondering if anyone has any recs for books with trans lesbian characters in, to go along with the ones Jackson has recommended?
The goodreads community has your back: www.goodreads.com/list/show/30049.Trans_Lesbian_Books
sapphictea From this Goodreads list I would especially recommend Nevada! It's a novel that follows a trans woman who basically leaves her job and girlfriend and goes on this epic road trip. It's very dominated by her internal monologue and is just so readable
Dreadnought is about a fifteen year old gay trans girl.... who also happens to be a superhero... soooooooooooo
A Safe Girl to Love is a series of short stories with primarily lesbian protagonists. It can be pretty emotional though.
Wandering Son is a manga/anime with a one as a main character
middlesex is a great book with an intersex main character! i would definitely recommend it
I just bought and read all of Dreadnought yesterday, and I can't recommend it enough.
it's about a trans superhero and it felt like it was written specifically for me
You seem like a super chill guy, thanks for the lovely recommendations. Hope you are having a nice day👍💛
The Danish Girl is an *excellent* read! Absolutely adore it.
i think io goes by he/him on instagram at least
Trans book as well as asexual book that is so good. Every heart a door way
You sold me on Whipping Girl, I'm definitely going to check it out. I've always been curious about privilege and folks' experiences with/without it after transitioning. Thanks for this list!!
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller is one of my favorites. It’s a ya novel. The main character is genderfluid, so I love the representation there. The love interest is bi. It doesn’t obsess over the main character’s agab, but it does show their reaction to being misgendered. There’s also a lot of action and intrigue. It’s really a fun book with great representation. I personally love it and will recommend it to anyone and everyone.
So many great book recommendations! I'm headed to the library later so I'll probably pick one or two up! I read At the Broken Places a few weeks ago and I really liked it!
There are trans books!!!!!! I'm so reading these!!
Jackson uploads a book video and I am here for it. The only book I've read off this list is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. I liked it but I found it weird that all of the female characters were love interests to the mc. Like there were no platonic relationships. :( anyway, great video!
Paused the video multiple times to switch to my library app and put some of these books on hold
8:27 - yes, this really goes yo show you don't force "trans" on people you are you. So sorry for that boy, must have been really difficult for him. Really want to read that book though! 💜📚
Me: "I wonder if there are books about transgenders"
Jackson: "there is an entire trans section in the library"
Me: 😱
And I justed to go to the library but my library doesn't have a trans section
Some more good YA books: The Art Of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson,
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer and Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky for younger readers
The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis is beautiful, tragic, full of hope, and erotic. It’s about a trans man coming into his identity during the colonization of South America (specifically, Argentina) 10/10.
Yoyoyo its not a trans specifically book, but Symptoms of Being Human is a great book by Jeff Garvin. It tells of Riley, a genderfluid person who blogs to help them. Its also super cool how Jeff used no pronouns for Riley throughout the whole book. Plus it has tons of human and tears. It was the first LGBT book I read, and it is truly amazing.
Also, Gracefully Grayson is what I would call a children's book. Grayson is MtF trans and in 6th grade, if I remember correctly. Its not *too* sad, and I think it's another awesome LGBT book that people should definitely read
I Am J is a very good book, and I totally recommend. It's about a guy who was born a female, who likes a girl. Except he never feels like he's gay, and he doesn't feel comfortable with female pronouns and such. It's about his journey through finding out who he is, transitioning and loving his true self. :) 10/10 would reccomend
Trans fiction books I like: The Art of Being Normal, The Pants Project, Nemesis series, Lost Boi, and If I Was Your Girl. Non-binary fiction books I like: Nemesis series and Lost Boi.
i made it through the whole video without seeing "I am J" and i was super happy, but then i looked in the description and there it is, the worst book i've ever bought. the titular character promotes binding with ace bandages, is homophobic + misogynistic and sexually assaults the girl he claims to love while she's asleep, later saying "i think you wanted it"
hybridfuckingcomplex I recently read this book and I am also finding a lot of issues with it. J acts very rude to his friends and family because they aren’t mind readers. I worry that if this is the first bit of information a younger transgender kid reads he’ll get the wrong idea about literally everything. From binding with ace bandages, him running away so he doesn’t have to face coming out, and tons of other possibly dangerous things for newfound trans kids looking for information. Side note, while his best friend was a serial flirt, he didn’t have the right to make a move in her sleep and he never apologized simply claiming she wanted it. Not cool, J. Very disappointing read.
@@puddlesthecube I've read it and really didn't like it either.
On the recommendation front, I've heard great things about the book "Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir" www.goodreads.com/book/show/32279708-fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars
I've been trying to track down a copy but the publisher is a miniscule press out of Toronto and only distributes to North America. It's not even on Amazon, though the publisher has a webstore if you have a US or Canadian address.
At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun Hutchinson is an awesome LGBT+ book. The main characters are gay and the main's best friend is gender non-conforming (it doesn't specify exactly how the character identifies). This is also just an amazing book and story and it's written super well.
I haven't read many trans books but I found The Art of Being Normal beautiful which is a YA book, and I'm currently reading Finding Masculinity which is a bunch of stories by trans people about their experiences
Would love your opnion on "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. It´s about an intersexual man raised as a female and it´s also about the history of the gene that made them intersexual.
I thought it was fucking amazing, I loved it so much.
But two problems: I´m cis, so is the person who wrote the book. So I would love you perspective on it.
I also recommend The Girl in the Green Dress by Cath Staincliffe. It's about an 18 year old girl who is murdered for being trans. It also touches on misogyny, toxic masculinity, racism (TW: the n word is used a couple of times), loyalty and family.
One In Every Crowd by Ivan E Coyote is incredible. It's a series of memoirs written by a gender nonconforming/nonbinary lesbian story teller. It's really enjoyable. Even if you aren't LGBT I'd still recommend it because it's so nice. Also, Ivan is Canadian so it's all based in Canada pretty much. Yo to all my Canadian peeps!
I'm surprised Luna by Julie Anne Peters wasn't on your list! That's one you should look into. It's a fiction story about a transwoman told from the perspective of her younger sister. It was the first LGBTQ+ book I read.
since Irvine Welsh's name is so prominent back there, could u give your critique of "Marabou stork nightmares" please. Such a mindfuck!
Kai Cheng Thom’s Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir (which is a Fiction novel) is an amazing book for a look at Trans women and the violence surrounding them. But Kai is a hilarious writer and brings something to such a hard topic.
The Nemesis Series by April Daniels and Not your Sidekick by C.B. Lee are some of my favourite middle grade/teen books and both have trans characters that appear often. Although Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor is probably my favourite because I was already in love with the universe and Rick Riordan decided to add a badass gender fluid character which made it even better. Can't wait to check out some of these books
Well, damn. Apparently I need to reread Two Boys Kissing, because it sounds like I missed a bunch of stuff.