Resources About Gender Identity
Transgender IssuesFrom the Gay-Straight Alliance Network. This is a resource on how to make your gay-straight alliance more gender-inclusive and your school safer for transgender and gender-questioning students.
Gender
Education and Advocacy (GEA)
GEA is an organization that educates and
advocates for transgender people as well as all people who suffer from
gender-based oppression. Here you can find resources and links to organizations
across the United States.
Gender and
Sexuality
This page publishes texts which address gender
studies and queer studies, with a particular focus upon discussions of sex,
gender, sexual identity, and sexuality in cultural practices.
Beyond the Binary: A Toolkit for Gender Identity Activism in
Schools
This resource came from collaboration between the
Gay-Straight Alliance Network, Transgender Law Center, and the National Center
for Lesbian Rights. It is full of information on how to create a safe space in
schools for transgender, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming youth.
Intersex
Society of North America
Homepage for the Intersex Society of North
America. At this site you'll find up to date information about the intersex
movement as well as general information about the issues around intersex
children, youth, and adults.
Trans
Proud
OutProud's website for transgender
youth.
Transexuality
What it is, How it exists, What
to do about it, and even some thoughts about the Why of it too.
“Is it a Boy or a Girl?”: The Importance of Gender Pronouns by Alex G, is an article published in a 2003 issue of Synapse, the YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalist) magazine by youth and for youth.
Transgender Training Resources of the Oberlin College
Multicultural Resource Center
Includes common definitions, resource
lists, information on gender neutral pronouns, a trans accessibility worksheet,
and resources for allies.
Books
- Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie
Feinberg
- Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to
Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg
- Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary Eds.
Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, and Clare Howell
- Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by
Riki Wilchins
- Gender Shock: Exploding the Myths of Male and Female by Phyllis Burke
For more information contact youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
