Struggling and need help?

Check out our Mental Health Resource Guide for Trans Youth here.

Organizations like the Trans Lifeline and The Trevor Project are always here for you.

Check out CenterLink to find an in-person LGBTQ+ center near you.

 

Legal

TLDEF Name Change Project: The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Name Change Project matches trans individuals with lawyers pro bono (for free!) for assistance with legally changing names.

Transgender Law Center Youth Resources Page: The largest trans-led organization focuses on legal rights has a page devoted to legal issues specific to trans youth.

Lambda Legal TGNC Youth: Lambda Legal’s “Know Your Rights” Page for TGNC youth.

Medical

National Institution on Mental Illness’s LGBTQ Support Resource Page

Transgender Youth: Providing Medical Treatment for a Misunderstood Population: A “101” resource for youth and families around some of the medical considerations for trans and gender-nonconforming youth.

WPATH Standards of Care: The guidelines most doctors follow when making decisions around care for trans and gender non-conforming patients.

Callen-Lorde: Community Health Center that provides sensitive, quality healthcare to New York's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

HiTOPS: Sexual Education Resource. They host an annual Trans Youth Forum!

Faith

Strong Family Alliance: Lists several faith based organizations that are resources for support.

At School

National Center for Transgender Equality Fact Sheet: A quick easy resource for understanding The U.S. Department of Education Policy Letter on Trans Students

Equality Model School District Policy on Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students: A resource for students and schools in understanding how best to approach language and policy around trans and gender non-conforming students.

Gender Spectrum Using the Gender Support Plan: A video detailing best practices for supporting trans and gender non-conforming students.

GLSEN: Education organization working to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and to prompt LGBT cultural inclusion and awareness in K-12 schools.

At Home

How To Tell Tour Family That You are Transgender: A list of tips for trans and gender non-conforming individuals around coming out to family

LGBT Resource Center’s Pronoun Resource: Information around gender pronouns with helpful guides for families, friends, or anyone adjusting to using new pronouns for someone in their life

PFLAG’s Our Trans Loved Ones: A publication detailing questions and answers for parents, families, and friends of people who are transgender and gender non-conforming

 

Books

Young Adult Non-Fiction

  • “At the Broken Places” by Mary & Donald Collins 

  • “Beyond Magenta” by Susan Kuklin

  • “Rethinking Normal” by Katie Rain Hill 

  • “Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen” by Arin Andrews

  • “We Both Laughed in Pleasure” by Lou Sullivan

  • “First Year Out” by Sabrina Smingon

  • “What’s Normal Anyway” by Morgan Buecher

  • “Beyond the Gender Binary” by Alok-Vaid Menon

Parents/Caregivers/Adults

  • “A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns” by Archie Bongiovanni

  • “At the Broken Places” by Mary and Donald Collins 

  • “Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity” by Micah Rajunov

  • “Supporting Transgender and Gender Creative Youth: Schools, Families, and Communities in Action” by Elizabeth Meyer

  • “The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals” by Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper

  • “Transgender Children and Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy with Families in Transition” by Elijah C. Nealy

  • “Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers” by Cris Beam 

  • “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves” by Laura Erickson-Schroth

  • “Counseling Transgender and Non-Binary Youth” by Erwin Krieger

Picture Books

  • “Red: A Crayon Story” by Michael Hall 

  • “Sex is a Funny Word” by Cory Silverberg

  • “They, She, He easy as ABC” by Maya and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez 

  • “What Makes a Baby” by Cory Silverberg

  • “When Aidan Became a Brother” by Kyle Lukoff

Pre-Teens/Teens

  • “Beautiful Music for Ugly Children” by Kristin Cronn-Mills 

  • “Gracefully Grayson” by Ami Polonsky

  • “Happy Families” by Tanita S. Davis 

  • “Parrotfish” by Ellen Wittlinger 

  • “Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition” by Katie Rain Hill

Young Adult Fiction

  • “Brooklyn, Burning” by Steve Brezenoff

  • “Freakboy” by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

  • “If I Was Your Girl” by Meredith Russo

  • “Mask of Shadows” by Linsey Miller 

  • “Out of Salem” by Hal Schrieve

  • “Spy Stuff” by Matthew J. Metzger

  • “Wandering Son” by Takako Shimura 

  • “When the Moon Was Ours” by Anna-Marie McLemore