Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not …
Want to Read $ 8.99"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
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1. Transgender History
By: Susan Stryker
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender Historyt… read more
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2. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
3. Gender Queer
By: Maia Kobabe
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"I don't"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
4. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By: Sonya Renee Taylor
4.23
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more
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- queer
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
5. Gender Euphoria
By: Laura Kate Dale
4.11
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one’s … read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"My leg hair reminds me of wildflower meadows. My head hair is long pond grass. My armpit hair is a hawthorn bush. My pubic hair is wet moss and lichen on a rock."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
"If you don’t mind keeping a secret, I can tell you that the reality is that people ask fewer questions about what’s going on in your pants if they’re distracted by what you’ve got drawn on your arms."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
6. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- gender
- lgbt
- transgender
- queer
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
7. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
By: Kai Cheng Thom
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
8. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
9. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
10. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- audiobook
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
11. All Boys Aren’t Blue
By: George M. Johnson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more
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- memoir
- queer
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"History has an interesting way of painting."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
12. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
13. I'm Afraid of Men
By: Vivek Shraya
4.23
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Queerness is associated with freedom from boundaries."-Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men
"Do these parts still exist somewhere inside of me with the capacity to be reactivated?"-Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men
"Why is being touch by strangers — strangers who refuse to identify themselves — a form of flattery?"-Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men
"My brownness turns out to be a form of queerness in and of itself and makes me too queer for gay men."-Vivek Shraya, I'm Afraid of Men
14. Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- queer
"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
15. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics
By: The Kao
4.37
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
16. A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
By: Archie Bongiovanni
4.37
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
17. Die Zukunft ist nicht binär
By: Lydia Meyer
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Es gibt nur zwei Geschlechter? Von wegen! Menschen sind mehr als entweder oder. Dennoch sind uns… read more
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- audiobook
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
18. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters
By: Schuyler Bailar
4.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes th… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
19. A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
By: Mady G.
4.27
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg gu… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"No matter the outcome or whatever decision you make, you will grow and blossom into who you’re meant to be and that’s an amazing thing. Try new things, take some chances. You might be surprised at wh…"-Mady G., A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
20. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
By: Jacob Tobia
4.07
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"Plainly put, the imperative to “be professional"-Jacob Tobia, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
"No one trans story is better or inherently more “radical"-Jacob Tobia, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
"Oh, and it should go without saying, but fuck capitalism."-Jacob Tobia, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
"and patriarchy deems all things feminine to be less intelligent."-Jacob Tobia, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
21. What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
By: Juno Dawson
4.34
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first centu… read more
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- audiobook
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"That's the thing with kids, isn't it? You're never quite sure what you're going to get. If you don't want an LGBTQ+ child, use a condom!"-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
"Imagine feeling like—on top of being a quirk of nature—you also have to battle your parents. Well, that just makes a tough situation tougher."-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
22. In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
By: Jamie Windust
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's a… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"Asking us to push away the very walls that are constantly crushing us into small, confined boxes is toxic."-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
"The current socio-political climate, exacerbated by the media's addiction to falsifying our existence, has meant that being trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming in the twenty-first century feels li…"-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
23. Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition
By: Julia Kaye
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye’s gender transition.… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
24. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
By: Maia Kobabe
4.47
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
25. Lieber Jonas oder Der Wunsch nach Selbstbestimmung
By: Linus Giese
4.33
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
Warum wir selbst über unseren Namen und unser Geschlecht entscheiden können sollten. Vor fünf Ja… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies
By: Dianna E. Anderson
4.11
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
For decades, our cultural discourse around trans and gender-diverse people has been viewed through … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
27. Angry Cripples
By: Alina Buschmann
4.64
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
»Wir sind schon laut! Die große Vielfalt behinderter Lebensrealität. »Angry Cripples« werden … read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
28. How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity
By: Stuart Getty
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ever wonder what nonbinary or gender nonconforming really mean? And how the heck do you use they/th… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
29. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
By: Bex Ollerton
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
30. The Book of Non-Binary Joy
By: Ben Pechey
3.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
'A joy to read' JEFFREY MARSH 'Full of wit, fun and wisdom!' ALEX IANTAFFI 'Oh hello darling, a… read more
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- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
31. Lieben und lieben lassen: Gefühle passen in keine Schublade (German Edition)
By: Saskia Michalski
4.20
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
Liebe ist ein Spektrum, keine SchubladeAufgewachsen in einer Welt zwischen Disney-Klischees und kon… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
"Früher war Blau die Farbe der Jungfrau Maria und galt als fein und elegant. Sie war ausschließlich Mädchen vorbehalten. Jungs hingegen waren über viele Jahrhunderte gerne in Rosa gesehen. Die Signalf…"-Saskia Michalski, Lieben und lieben lassen: Gefühle passen in keine Schublade (German Edition)
