Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out (29 page)

Bailey, J. Michael.
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Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2003.

Bornstein, Kate.
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New York: Vintage, 1995.

———, and S. Bear Bergman.
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation.
Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2010.

Boylan, Jennifer Finney.
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders.
New York: Broadway Books, 2003.

Brill, Stephanie, and Rachel Pepper.
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals.
San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2008.

Green, Jamison.
Becoming a Visible Man.
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.

Herman, Joanne.
Transgender Explained: For Those Who Are Not.
Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2009.

Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore.
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity.
Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2006.

Sinnott, Megan J.
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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004.

Stryker, Susan.
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Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008.

Eugenides, Jeffrey.
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002.

Peters, Julie Anne.
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New York: Little, Brown, 2004.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
(Poly Gram, 1994)

Boys Don’t Cry
(Fox Searchlight, 1999)

The Crying Game
(Palace Pictures, 1992)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
(Killer Films/New Line Cinema, 2001)

M. Butterfly
(Geffen Pictures/Miranda Productions, 1993)

Transamerica
(Belladonna Productions, 2005)

Here are a few of the many organizations where transgender youth and their families and friends can get help, information, and support.

The Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is the health center featured in this book.
http://callen-lorde.org

The Door is a youth program in New York City that offers support, legal services, GED resources, referrals, and health services, including a wide range of programs and services geared toward LGBTQ youth.
http://www.door.org

The Gay-Straight Alliance Network empowers youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools.
http://gsanetwork.org

Gender Spectrum provides education, training, and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens.
http://www.genderspectrum.org

Intersex Initiative is a Portland, Oregon, based national activist and advocacy organization for people born with intersex conditions. It was founded by Emi Koyama, a multi-issue social-justice activist and former intern at the Intersex Society of North America.
http://www.intersexinitiative.org

The Intersex Society of North America is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.
http://www.isna.org

It Gets Better is a video project that spreads the message of hope for LGBTQ teens.
http://www.itgetsbetter.org

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national organization that promotes the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, as well as their families and friends.
http://community.pflag.org

Proud Theater is the LGBTQ teen theater group featured in this book.
http://www.proudtheater.org

Trans Youth Family Allies empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers, and communities to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
http://www.imatyfa.org

The Trevor Project is an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth.
http://www.thetrevorproject.org

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) includes among its missions the championing of the rights of transgender people to live their lives freely and with respect: “We fight for protections against discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations (including schools), and health care. We also challenge obstacles to people obtaining government identity documents respectful of their gender identity, as well as barriers to transgender parents seeking continuing relationships with their children.”
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/discrimination-against-transgender-people

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public-policy work.
http://www.lambdalegal.org

The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social-justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment.
http://transequality.org

The Peter Cicchino Youth Project at the Urban Justice Center reaches out to LGBT and straight teenagers living on the streets of New York City.
http://www.urbanjustice.org/ujc/projects/peter.html

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.
http://srlp.org

The Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
http://transgenderlawcenter.org

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is committed to ending discrimination based on gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing, and public-policy efforts.
http://www.transgenderlegal.org

As I learn of more organizations for transgender youths, I will post them on my website:
www.susankuklin.com
.