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‘Perhaps Life Would Be Easier if I Shaved, But Why?’

By Alok Vaid-Menon — 2019

When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.

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LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The most comprehensive, practical and user-friendly workbook written specifically for clinicians and educators to engage and support lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and questioning youth.

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Lee-Anne Gray
2018
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What Gender Identity Means to Today’s Teens

What does your teen think about gender?

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2019
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Disability and Body Image

Discussing what I think are the 5 biggest challenges that disabled people face in developing a healthy/positive body image and how I tackle them.

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2016
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Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum

Bringing together a collection of narratives from those who are on the autism spectrum whilst also identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA), this book explores the intersection of the two spectrums as well as the diverse experiences that come with...

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Eva A. Mendes, Meredith R. Maroney
2019
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Why the “Born This Way” Argument Doesn’t Advance LGBT Equality | Dr. Lisa Diamond | TEDxSaltLakeCity

Lady Gaga has said it. The Pope has said it. But are people really born gay? Lisa Diamond, a professor of psychology and gender studies, deconstructs the “born this way” argument and shows why it doesn’t advance LGBT equality.

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2018
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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels.

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Maggie Nelson
2025
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Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps—and What We Can Do About It

In the past decade, we’ve come to accept certain ideas about the differences between males and females—that boys can’t focus in a classroom, for instance, and that girls are obsessed with relationships. In Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise Eliot turns that thinking on its head.

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Lise Eliot
2010
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

What are sexual orientation and gender identity? Healthcare systems collect and report sexual orientation and gender identity data, or SOGI data, from their patients.

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2020
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Bill Nye on Sexuality and Gender Spectrum

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2017
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Every Sex and Gender Term Explained

When discussing hotly debated topics such as gender identity and the like, it pays to be well versed in the language and glossary terms so you can sound like you know what you're talking about. Let Trace break down some need to know terms for you.

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2015
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