Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir)
By: Jackson Bird
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how he finally sorted t…
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1. Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard
By: Alex Bertie
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Being a teenager is difficult enough, but having to go through puberty whilst realising you're in t… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- queer
2. I am J
By: Cris Beam
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring story of self-discovery, of choosing to stand up for yourself, and of finding your own… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
3. Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In Man Alive, McBee asks, "What does it really mean to be a man?" by focusing on two of the most im… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
4. Tomboy Survival Guide
By: Ivan E. Coyote
3.90
Format: 77 pages,
Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Fail… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
5. Becoming a Visible Man
By: Jamison Green
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Best Book in Transgender Studies, 2005 Winner, Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies (CLAGS), NY 2005 La… read more
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6. Breakfast on Pluto
By: Patrick McCabe
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Breakfast on Plutobecame a #1 bestseller in Ireland, stayed on the bestseller list for months, and … read more
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7. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
By: Leslie Feinberg
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Those who have heard Leslie Feinberg speak in person know how powerful and inspiring s/he can be. I… read more
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8. 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
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
9. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Camp QUILTBAG
By: Nicole Melleby
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed authors of Hurricane Season and Ana on the Edge, an unforgettable story about th… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- transgender
- queer
11. We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
By: Lou Sullivan
4.76
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
Drawn from Lou Sullivan’s meticulously kept journals, this landmark book records the life of arguab… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"I don't even know if there was anyone that's ever felt as I do.. how they coped, what they did...how do I find out what someone like me does?"-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"A big fear of mine is that I will die before the gender professionals acknowledge that someone like me exists, and then I really won't exist to prove them wrong."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"In a lot of ways I think the problem is I spend too much time seeing myself though other people's eyes and not really being in my body and enjoying myself and relaxing in my image."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"I finally said, "Let's put it this way: I'd rather lose you than stop my shots.""You mean that chemical is more important to you than I am?""No, I am more important to me than you are."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
12. Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body
By: Florence Ashley
4.48
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Featuring critical essays, erotica, and stitched-up memories, Gender/Fucking explores sexual arousa… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
13. 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
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- 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
14. 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
15. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
16. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
17. Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
4.22
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even me… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Most of us experience gender conditioning so young—research shows it begins in infancy—that we misunderstand the relationship between nature and nurture, culture and biology, fitting in and being one…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Boxing breaks many of the binaries that men are conditioned to believe about our bodies, our genders, ourselves. With its cover of 'realness' and violence, it provides room for what so many men lack:…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"I thought about the advantages thrown at me for an aesthetic that looked like a birthright. I thought about passing, and how it erased a part of me, and how hormones responded to context, and how rac…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Millennial guys seemed, to the sociologists and anthropologists who studied them, to have attitudes toward women that portended a new era of equity—especially at work. But the reality was, indeed, fa…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
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
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
19. Never a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
By: Jo Ivester
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as w… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
20. Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love
By: Mia Violet
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
With entertaining anecdotes and thoughtful observations, this memoir depicts the realities of being… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- queer
"Being the funnyt person is an easy part to play when you hate yourself, because it feels like your whole life is a joke written by somebody else."-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love
"If you don't know that being trans is even a concept, you're unlikely to realize there's a valid reason why you don't fit in-you just assume the problem is you."-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love
"It was like I had grown up with a limiter on my emotions, blocking me from feeling anything too deeply-positive or negative-but finally it had been taken off. I was feeling things profoundly and mean…"-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love
21. The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood
By: Krys Malcolm Belc
4.13
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Krys Malcolm Belc’s visual memoir-in-essays explores how the experience of gestational parenthood—c… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
22. Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
By: Micah Rajunov
4.29
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when your gender doesn’t fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundan… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"The woman in me cannot be researched."-Micah Rajunov, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
"The dress code of "business casual" is highly gendered, and I have to decide which "drag" to wear to work."-Micah Rajunov, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
"We are dreaming things that a previous generation never imagined, but those dreams are sometimes night terrors too, frustrated visions of our oppression."-Micah Rajunov, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
"Perhaps all my shifts from room to room were just social camouflage, but that wouldn't convey the magic of catharsis. Every bed-bound woman saw in me what they needed most, mistaking a single part fo…"-Micah Rajunov, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
23. 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
24. Before I Had the Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult
By: Skylar Kergil
4.19
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Ker… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
25. Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition
By: P. Carl
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
“A memoir that is jolting, honest, passionate, and beautifully written” (Claudia Rankine), Becoming… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
26. Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir)
By: Jackson Bird
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how he finally sorted t… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
27. A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar
By: Harry Nicholas
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
‘On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of wh… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
28. No Man of Woman Born
By: Ana Mardoll
4.19
Format: 243 pages, ebook
Destiny sees what others don’t. A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. … read more
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- lgbt
- transgender
- queer
"He didn't understand why Graeme wasn't a boy, but he recognized that he didn't need to understand a thing for it to be true."-Ana Mardoll, No Man of Woman Born
"I'm quite certain now that I'm male and always have been, but I was told otherwise for so long that I accepted I couldn't be."-Ana Mardoll, No Man of Woman Born
29. The T in LGBT: everything you need to know about being trans
By: Jamie Raines
4.59
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
30. Am I Trans Enough? How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self
By: Alo Johnston
4.61
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Am I Trans Enough? The answer is undoubtably yes. You are. Alo Johnston has been where you are. … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
31. The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter, (Light Novel) Vol. 1: Holy Maiden Summoning Improvement Plan
By: Yatsuki Wakatsu
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Seiichirou Kondou is a 29-year-old accountant and major workaholic. When he's accidentally transpor… read more
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- lgbt
