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Trans-forming Our Thoughts on Gender | Katina Sawyer | TEDxVillanovaU

Gender is the primary organizing category that individuals utilize in society today. However, because of the prevalence of normative masculine and feminine gender expression, these expression have become problematically linked with biological narratives.

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2015
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Gender Queer: A Memoir

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here.

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Maia Kobabe
2019
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How Does Trauma Affect LGBTQIA+ Communities?

Research shows that people in LGBTQIA+ communities experience trauma at higher rates than straight, cisgender people. “The effects of trauma can be seen in higher rates of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and self-injurious behavior.

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Cathy Cassata, Amy Smith
2021
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The ABC’s of LGBT+ (Gender Identity Book for Teens)

The ABC’s of LGBT+ is a #1 Bestselling LGBT book and is essential reading for questioning teens, teachers or parents looking for advice, or anyone who wants to learn how to talk about gender identity and sexual identity.

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Ashley Mardell
2016
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The Importance of Social Media When It Comes to LGBTQ Kids Feeling Seen

For LGBTQ youth in particular, the Internet can be a refuge—a safe place to feel less alone. For queer youth to feel normal, they need to see, read and hear the voices of others who look like them and use the same identifying labels.

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Amber Leventry
2019
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It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living

Growing up isn’t easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, and this is especially true for LGBTQ kids and teens. In response to a number of tragic suicides by LGBTQ students, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage uploaded a video to YouTube with his partner, Terry Miller.

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Dan Savage (editor), Terry Miller (editor)
2012
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Gender: Your Guide—A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture

The days of two genders—male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink—are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving.

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Lee Airton
2025
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Thirteen-Year-Old Comes Out to Class: “This Is Who I Am and I Make No Apologies.”

As part of a class assignment in seventh grade, Arwyn Halloran was asked to write an autobiography. Though initially unsure of whether to include her sexual orientation in the narrative, she ultimately decided that including that detail would be helpful to her class—and to her.

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2018
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Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child

Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child provides parents of a LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning) child with a framework for helping their LGBTQ child navigate a world that isn’t always welcoming. Tips from a mother with experience.

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Telaina Eriksen
2017
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Biden Foundation Teams Up with LGBTQ Groups on Family Acceptance Campaign

The Advancing Acceptance campaign seeks to raise awareness about the importance of family acceptance for transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.

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Julie Moreau
2019
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